According to dr. smoller, professor of psychiatry at harvard medical school, anxiety disorder is due to systems that have kind of gone awry in the brain.

According to Dr. Smoller, the professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical school, anxiety disorder is due to threat and harm-avoiding systems that have kind of gone awry in the brain. anxiety disorders involve more than temporary worry or fear. For a person with an anxiety disorder, the anxiety does not go away and can get worse over time.