Three in 5 Americans experience anxiety over world events, family safety, or financial security, according to a recent mental health poll by the American Psychiatric Association. In this edited conversation, clinical psychologist Rachel Zack Ishikawa, who is also an instructor in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, spoke to the Gazette about when anxiety, a normal response to stress, can morph into a mental health disorder, the role of social media in its spread, and how to prevent it from interfering with everyday life.
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