Anxious Nation

Name: Anxious Nation
Genre: Documentary
Released: May 5, 2023
Duration: 101 min
Cast: Dave Cummings, GC Coris, Heather Cummings, Jessica Kolbe, Jonah Burns

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Area 23a | Release Date: May 5, 2023 | Not Rated

Starring: Dave Cummings, GC Coris, Heather Cummings, Jessica Kolbe, Jonah Burns, Kameron Johnson, Kenya Hameed, Meredith Burns, Nicole Cochrane, Noah Cummings

Summary: Over the past three decades, the biggest public health threats to teenagers in the United States came from binge drinking, drunken driving, teenage pregnancy, and smoking. Today, these have been replaced by soaring rates of mental health disorders-especially anxiety. In a rare public advisory in early 2022, the U.S. surgeon general warnedOver the past three decades, the biggest public health threats to teenagers in the United States came from binge drinking, drunken driving, teenage pregnancy, and smoking. Today, these have been replaced by soaring rates of mental health disorders-especially anxiety. In a rare public advisory in early 2022, the U.S. surgeon general warned of a devastating mental health crisis among adolescents, creating a national emergency. Like pouring gasoline on an already out-of-control inferno, anxiety and its impact were intensely exacerbated by the pandemic. Academy Award-winning director Vanessa Roth and first-time co-director Laura Morton thoughtfully unfold the epidemic of anxiety and explore why we are such an anxious nation. The film sets out to lift the shroud of shame around mental health while giving emotional insights into how anxiety shows up in our children's lives, impacts families, and what parents' contributing role may be in the journey. Kids and families bravely share their stories, and the subjects will surprise you -- the star of the high school basketball team, the premed college student, the all-American girl next door. Resolving anxiety is not a one size fits all answer. The filmmakers offer deep insights into how we got here and what we can do to harness anxious energy for good. Above all, the film offers hope. While there is no cure for anxiety, we can learn to manage it, so it doesn't define us.… Expand

Director: Laura Morton and Vanessa Roth

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 101 min

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Sumner Forbes

May 4, 2023

The rise of anxiety is a serious problem with no real end in sight. Films like Anxious Nation are important for spreading the message. However, the only realistic way to change attitudes on mental health is to normalize seeking care and to make more people aware of the solutions. Read full review

Natalia Winkelman

May 4, 2023

When it comes to the causes of this mental health crisis or the precise ways in which it manifests, the documentary falters, unable to distill its empirical material into insights. Read full review

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