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U.S. anxiety rates surge in a year of pandemic, recession and violence

More than a third of American adults reported symptoms of anxiety disorder in July -- a rate more than four times what it was in the first half of 2019. Scientists are still struggling to understand the overlap between uncertainty, fear and anxiety in the human brain. Stephanie Gorka, an assistant professor at Ohio State researching anxiety disorders, joins CBSN to talk about how America is coping.
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