We frequently hear that we live in an age of anxiety, from 'therapy culture', th
e Atkins diet and child anti-depressants to gun culture and weapons of mass dest
ruction. While Hollywood regularly cashes in on teenage anxiety through its Scre
am franchise, pharmaceutical companies churn out new drugs such as Paxil to comb
at newly diagnosed anxieties. On Anxiety takes a fascinating, psychological plun
ge behind the scenes of our panic stricken culture and into anxious minds, askin
g who and what is responsible.
