What Depression and Anxiety Look Like in the Brain

Dr Sanil Rege (Founder and Director of Psych Scene and Vita Healthcare) explains how the frontal lobe and limbic system interact with one another in the genesis of psychiatric disorders. Psychiatric diagnoses are not discrete entities. This is because the brain is far too complex to create simple categorical diagnoses. In some cases, it is better to break the symptoms down, localise them to the parts of the brain involved and then think of the neurotransmitters involved. This allows for a focus on symptoms and the person as a whole rather than diagnostic names.