Healthy+Minds

=__**Healthy Minds**__=

All mental disorders can be explained according to the 4 levels. Below is a general description of how the 4 levels relate to mental disorders
 * __Levels of Explanation__**


 * Biological
 * The biological and chemical processes involved in the behaviours of mental disorders
 * Basic Processes
 * The psychological processes involved in developing or avoiding mental disorders
 * Learned responses as a result of mental disorders (operant conditioning, etc.)
 * Person
 * Individual differences between people that can explain why some people are more prone to disorders than others
 * Personality types/traits that are conducive to some mental disorders (anxious, timid personalities more likely to contract anxiety)
 * Socio-Cultural
 * The influences of other people in the development and avoidance of mental disorders

**__Depression__**

 * __Symptoms__**
 * Loss of enjoyment from activities that used to give pleasure
 * Negative thinking of oneself
 * Constant worry
 * Social withdrawal
 * Fatigue and difficulty in getting sleep
 * __Causes__**
 * Imbalance of neurotransmitters such as serotonin
 * Genetic predisposition
 * Low self-esteem
 * Thinks one is depressed due to feeling of weakness