Crazy! A Guide to Mental Disorders for a Big City Resident

Mental illnesses are much more common than they seem: according to WHO statistics, at least one in four people has suffered from some form of them at least once in their lives. At the same time, most people have a poor understanding of how the mind works and why it breaks down. When faced with depression, anxiety disorders, or some other problem, they deny it or try to solve it inappropriately. How to make sense of strange symptoms and help yourself and loved ones? Before you is a new, revised edition of the bestseller by Daria Varlamova and Anton Zayniev. The authors are familiar with the problem of mental disorders first-hand. Both have faced clinical depression and a lack of adequate information about it. They sifted through a pile of scientific publications, talked to specialists, and ultimately wrote a book that won the Enlightener award and gained significant popularity among Russian readers. In the new edition of the book, the authors added information about recent research and advanced methods of treating mental illnesses, as well as comments from a scientific editor.

They also wrote a separate chapter on obsessive-compulsive disorder. So, the book still provides the most relevant knowledge about mental disorders, which will help you not lose your mind.