The Physiology Behind Generalized Anxiety Disorder

In a jittery episode of AsapSCIENCE, creators Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown explain via whiteboard animation, the physiology behind generalized anxiety disorder, the wide array of physical symptoms caused by anxiety, how medication treats anxiety and how phobias are forms of anxiety.

Moffit and Brown also offered a number of helpful tips in dealing with anxiety in a separate video.

Lori Dorn
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