Anxiety

anxiety
Listen now  Download file 
Embed player
Original Air Date: 
July 04, 2010

It's now the most common mental health problem in the world. Anxiety. And the United States is the country with the highest level of anxiety, according to a World Mental Health Survey conducted in 18 countries in 2002. In this hour, award-winning journalist Patricia Pearson talks about her personal struggles with anxiety. And psychiatrist Daniel Carlat tells us about the trouble with psychiatry.

Patricia Pearson on A History of Anxiety

A man with anxiety
Audio

Patricia Pearson, author of of "A Brief History of Anxiety...Yours and Mine," discusses why she thinks Americans are so anxious.

Length: 
12:16

Ethan Watters on the Globalization of the American Psyche

To The Best Of Our Knowledge
Audio

Author of "Crazy Like Us" argues that American versions of depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and eating disorders are spreading around the world.

Daniel Carlat on the Psychiatric Crisis

To The Best Of Our Knowledge
Audio

Tufts Medical School psychiatrist Daniel Carlat believes psychiatry is in crisis.

Brian Kane on Acousmatic Sound

To The Best Of Our Knowledge
Audio

What role does sound play in Franz Kafka's fiction?

Show Details 📻
Airdates
July 04, 2010
June 19, 2011
Guests: 
Patricia Pearson

Patricia Pearson

Writer and Journalist
patriciapearson.net
en.wikipedia.org

Ethan Watters

Author
crazylikeus.com

Daniel Carlat

Psychiatrist
danielcarlat.com

Brian Kane

Professor
browsebriankane.com
Categories: 
Science
Last modified: 
August 02, 2024