The Age of Anxiety

Psychiatric drugs are a well-integrated part of mental health treatment, but this wasn't always the case. In the 1950's, the primary way people received help for their anxiety was through talk therapy. Then Miltown, the first tranquilizer, was introduced in 1955 and taken up with astonishing success. It not only paved the way for drugs like Valium and Xanax, but it spurred a shift in the perception of anxiety and how it can be treated. In her new book "The Age of Anxiety", Andrea Tone provides an insightful look at how anti-anxiety drugs became a billion-dollar industry that not only impacted psychiatry and pharmaceuticals, but American culture as well. She joins Larry Mantle to discuss her book.