Anxiety disorders affect millions of Americans every year.  Although the symptoms and effects of these disorders are usually viewed as negative and detrimental, anxiety disorders may have played an advantageous role in human's evolutionary history.  Explore our webpage to uncover more information about three types of anxiety disorders, post traumatic stress disorder, general anxiety disorder, and social anxiety disorder, as well as provide insight into their evolutionary significance.

Below is our narrated photostory detailing anxiety disorders and evolution.

Creighton University Honors Program
Sources and Methods: Evolutionary Psychology
Omaha, NE 68178
April 29, 2011
Editors: Kelly Dean, Adam Grahn, Nathan Messbarger