Melissa Mom and Me
Anxiety. It's being called the disease of the 21st century. The Age of Anxiety examines what anxiety is, and how and why it is being re-defined by medical and pharmaceutical industries. The Age of Anx…
Melissa Mom and Me
Anxiety. It's being called the disease of the 21st century. The Age of Anxiety examines what anxiety is, and how and why it is being re-defined by medical and pharmaceutical industries. The Age of Anxiety is a film that delves into a crisis in motion according to the World Health Organization, disorders related to dread are the most prevalent mental illnesses on the globe at the moment. Is this a disease of modernity? Or is our highly competitive and material culture itself undermining our nerves? The Age of Anxiety explores these questions, while also investigating the role that pharmaceutical companies and even the psychiatric profession play in this phenomenon. Is our anxiety fueling an industry that in turn is profiting from and exploiting our dread in a vicious and self-perpetuating cycle? —John McGinley
Melissa Mom and Me
Documentary,Drama
Film Details
Anxiety. It's being called the disease of the 21st century. The Age of Anxiety examines what anxiety is, and how and why it is being re-defined by medical and pharmaceutical industries.
The Age of Anxiety is a film that delves into a crisis in motion according to the World Health Organization, disorders related to dread are the most prevalent mental illnesses on the globe at the moment. Is this a disease of modernity? Or is our highly competitive and material culture itself undermining our nerves? The Age of Anxiety explores these questions, while also investigating the role that pharmaceutical companies and even the psychiatric profession play in this phenomenon. Is our anxiety fueling an industry that in turn is profiting from and exploiting our dread in a vicious and self-perpetuating cycle? —John McGinley.