“One out of every four of us suffers from a problem related to his or her psychological or mental health every year, and anxiety and depression alone affect more than 500 million people around the world. Why are these problems so widespread? And what makes our modern life have such an impact In Understanding Mental Illness, neuroscientist and bestselling author Dean Burnett answers these questions and more, It reveals what is really going on inside our brains when we struggle with mental health issues such as anxiety, depression and addiction.Bringing together what enlightening scientific research tells us and authentic experience gleaned directly from people who deal with mental health issues on a daily basis, this is an honest, entertaining and reassuring account of how it happens. These problems, why they happen, and how we can really understand them Other books by the same author: - The Idiot Brain - The Happy Brain - Why Your Parents Drive You Crazy