Neuropsychiatrist Dr. Richard Restak Publishes Timely Book on Anxiety

Posted on December 1, 2004

Thanks to layoffs, deadly diseases, horrible weather and the ongoing threat of terrorism millions of Americans are suffering from anxiety disorders today. Neuropsychiatrist Dr. Richard Restak has written a book on the subject called, Poe's Heart and the Mountain Climber: Exploring the Effect of Anxiety on Our Brains and Our Culture.

Restake told Newsweek in a recent interview that he become motivated to write the book after 9/11 when he saw that people were "were frightened, fearful in ways they hadn't been before." There are many causes of anxiety but Restake suggested that video media can play a big role. Dr. Restake said, "video image can be anxiety-arousing by having people exposed to images before seen by only soldiers or EMTs or doctors."