This course from The Open University offers a guide to the predominant emotional disorders associated with depression and anxiety, as well as a toolbox for understanding some of their root causes and physical origins.

As humans, we like to think of ourselves as highly evolved creatures.

But often unfortunately for us, our brains are working at an evolutionary level, responding to our surroundings and sending out signals to our bodies based on instincts developed thousands of years ago.

This free course by Saroj Datta and Claire Rostron, both senior lecturers at The Open University, provides a brief overview of emotional disorders such as major depression and general anxiety disorder with clear guidelines for identification and diagnosis.

Emotions and Emotional Disorders offers insight into the complexity of human emotions.