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Anxiety & Depression Basics
What anxiety disorders and major depression are, how common they are, the biology (stress, HPA axis, learned helplessness), how they are diagnosed, and what works: CBT, SSRIs, exercise, sleep, and when to get help.
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Prereqs: Stress & cortisol; sleep. Next: Focus, ADHD & attention; CBT. Sources: DSM-5-TR; NIMH statistics; Cuijpers et al. psychotherapy meta-analyses; Sapolsky, *Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers*. If you are in crisis, call or text 988 (US).Next: 1. What they are