Mental health

Psychiatric and neurodevelopmental conditions raise questions about diagnosis, causes, treatment and how they are understood and described. The parts divide by condition. Neurological diseases, the meaning of diagnostic labels, psychedelic medicines and the gut microbiome belong to neighbouring concerns.

• Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder — clinical features, causes and outcomes, debates over diagnosis, treatment evidence, and social and ethical consequences
• Eating disorders — diagnostic criteria, eating behaviour, stigma and underdiagnosis, possible brain and gut contributions, and communication for clinical and public readers
• Post-traumatic stress disorder — diagnostic criteria, associated problems, memory mechanisms, treatment, and military deployment, blast injury and culture