Anxiety is ubiquitous in everyday life and avoiding sources of anxiety is often at the core of our everyday choices and can even shape our life plans. But why are we all so anxious, when is this normal uniqueness as opposed to a diagnosable anxiety disorder, and why have anxiety disorders become mor[...]

In this timely and provocative critique of modern psychiatry, Allan V. Horwitz examines current conceptions of mental illness as a disease. He argues that this notion fits only a small number of serious psychological conditions, and that most conditions currently regarded as mental illness are cultu[...]

Explores the history and multiple identities of anxiety-melancholia, nerves, neuroses, phobias, and so on - it becomes clear that every age has its own anxieties and that culture plays a role in shaping how anxiety is expressed.[...]