Unnerved: Anxiety, Social Change, and the Transformation of Modern Mental Health

by Jason Schnittker

Anxiety is not new. Yet now more than ever, anxiety seems to define our times. Anxiety disorders are the most common psychiatric disorders in the United States, exceeding mood, impulse-control, and substance-use disorders, and they are especially common among younger cohorts. More and more Americans are taking antianxiety medications. According to polling data, anxiety is experienced more frequently than other negative emotions. Why have we become...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 023120034X
• ISBN13: 9780231200349
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"