Anxiety is the most common mental health issue in Australia.
But it seems we know much less about it than we do about other mental health conditions.
In fact, back in 2015 the ABC published a questionnaire to help researchers get a clearer picture of what we know about mental illness. The answer with the most incorrect responses was related to anxiety.
Associate Professor Nicki Reavley is one of a team of mental health experts who wrote the How 'mental health smart' are you? questionnaire. She said the results of the quiz show we've still got a way to go with what we know and understand in relation to certain mental illnesses.
"People are quite good on depression... they're much less likely to think someone's weak or that they can snap out of depression [than in the past]. Organisations like beyondblue have done a really good job in the past 20 years of raising awareness. But for anxiety and less common disorders like psychosis, I'd say there's a fair way to go."
So, take our quiz to find out what you know about what causes anxiety, how it's treated, and what it isn't. (And, yes, the question so many people got wrong in 2015 is here again.)
