TY - BOOK AU - Stossel,Scott TI - My age of anxiety: fear, hope, dread, and the search for peace of mind SN - 0307269876 (hardcover) : PY - 2013/// CY - New York PB - Alfred A. Knopf KW - Stossel, Scott KW - Anxiety disorders KW - Epidemiology KW - Anxiety KW - Chemotherapy KW - Tranquilizing drugs KW - Social aspects N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-383) and index; The riddle of anxiety -- The nature of anxiety -- What do we talk about when we talk about anxiety? -- A history of my nervous stomach -- A rumbling in the belly -- Performance anxiety -- Drugs -- "A sack of enzymes" -- A brief history of panic; or, how drugs created a new disorder -- Medication and the meaning of anxiety -- Nurture versus nature -- Separation anxiety -- Worriers and warriors, the genetics of anxiety -- Ages of anxiety -- Redemption and resilience -- Redemption -- Resilience N2 - The author recounts his lifelong battle with anxiety, showing the many manifestations of the disorder as well as the countless treatments that have been developed to counteract it, and provides a history of the efforts to understand this common form of mental illness ER -