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LucidMindora is a free, ad-free guide to nine mental health conditions. It shows what each condition does in the brain, what treatment actually does and how long it takes, and how to talk to someone going through it. Education, not diagnosis.
Nine conditions
Major Depressive Disorder
Major depressive disorder is an episode lasting at least two weeks in which mood stays low or interest and pleasure are lost, along with changes to sleep, appetite, energy, concentration and self-worth.
Symptoms · In the brain · Treatment · Supporting someone · Notes from Opq
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Generalized anxiety disorder is worry that runs most days for six months or more, across several parts of life, with physical signs such as restlessness, fatigue, poor concentration, irritability, muscle tension and disturbed sleep.
Symptoms · In the brain · Treatment · Supporting someone · Notes from Opq
ADHD
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a developmental difference in attention regulation, impulse control and activity level, present before age twelve and showing up in more than one setting.
Symptoms · In the brain · Treatment · Supporting someone · Notes from Opq
PTSD
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a condition following a traumatic event in which the memory keeps returning as though it were happening now, reminders are avoided, and the body stays on guard for more than a month.
Symptoms · In the brain · Treatment · Supporting someone · Notes from Opq
Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar disorder is a mood condition defined by episodes of mania or hypomania, usually alongside episodes of depression, in which energy, sleep need, judgement and speed of thought all move together.
Symptoms · In the brain · Treatment · Supporting someone · Notes from Opq
OCD
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a cycle of unwanted intrusive thoughts and the acts a person feels driven to perform to relieve them, taking up more than an hour a day or causing real distress.
Symptoms · In the brain · Treatment · Supporting someone · Notes from Opq
Substance Use Disorder
Substance use disorder, commonly called addiction, is continued use despite harm, with craving, loss of control over the amount used, and a brain reward system that has reorganised itself around the substance.
Symptoms · In the brain · Treatment · Supporting someone · Notes from Opq
Social Anxiety Disorder
Social anxiety disorder is intense fear of being watched or judged in social situations, strong enough that those situations are avoided or endured with dread, and lasting six months or more.
Symptoms · In the brain · Treatment · Supporting someone · Notes from Opq
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a condition in which perception and belief separate from shared reality — most often hallucinations and fixed false beliefs — alongside a loss of drive, expression and the ability to organise thought.
Symptoms · In the brain · Treatment · Supporting someone · Notes from Opq
How this site is built
Each condition has five sections. What it is and what it feels like. What it does in the brain. What treatment does, how well, and how long it takes. What to say to someone going through it. And a set of personal notes that is marked as personal.