Explore self-help and research-focused mental health books focusing on anxiety disorders and depression written by ADAA mental health experts. Purchases through Amazon benefit ADAA.
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Quiet Your OCD Brain: Live Q&A with author Reid Wilson, PhD
Join us Tuesday, July 7, to hear from ADAA Member Expert and Author, Reid Wilson, PhD
New Personal Story
USA squash player, Amanda Sobhy, shares her experience as a high-achieving athlete battling an eating disorder intertwined with anxiety and depression.
ADAA Podcast
OCD, Trauma, or Both? Understanding the Overlap.
In this episode, Dr. Nathaniel Van Kirk, a ADAA member and leading clinical psychologist and trauma expert, joins Gabe Howard to unpack the complex relationship between trauma and OCD. While both terms are widely used, few understand how deeply they can intertwine — or how often they’re misunderstood.
New Blog
Worry functions as a deceptive cycle driven by the mistaken belief that it is a responsible or caring act, where in reality it fuels anxiety. ADAA member Karen Cassiday, PhD, ABPP, explains how embracing uncertainty and trusting the reality of the present over the fears of the imagination will help eliminate worry.
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FIND HELP
Take Charge. Get Answers. Move Forward.
ADAA's Find Your Therapist
ADAA’s Find Your Therapist Directory connects YOU with licensed mental health professionals who are experts in anxiety, depression, OCD, PTSD and co-occurring disorders.
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Personal Stories
Find inspiration from people like you who have struggled and found help with an anxiety disorder, PTSD, OCD or depression. Share Your Voice and Your Story!
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ADAA Self-Help Books – Bookstore/Reading List
Living With Borderline Personality Disorder: The Emotional War No One Sees
Trinity shares her battle with borderline personality disorder, marked by intense emotions and fear of abandonment, and how she has found resilience and healing through therapy, faith, and the belief she is more than her impulses.
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The Mentally STRONG Method: A Path Through Grief, Loss, and Trauma
After losing three children, a psychiatric nurse practitioner created the Mentally STRONG Method—a framework for processing grief and trauma through awareness, organization, and intentional choice to build resilience and healing.
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UNDERSTAND ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION
Take the First Step - Understand the Facts
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Depression
Co-Occurring Disorders
Obsessive-Compulsive disorder (OCD)
Panic Disorder
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Suicide
Additional Anxiety Disorders
Tips to Manage Anxiety and Stress
At some point, anxiety and stress affect everyone. They can manifest differently in different people, and the level of anxiety one experiences can vary, but there is one thing for certain: there are ways to manage anxiety, even if it feels out of control.
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What is Bipolar Disorder?
Bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive illness, is a brain disorder that causes unusual shifts in a person's mood, energy, and ability to function.
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What is Social Anxiety Disorder?
What is Social Anxiety Disorder? The defining feature of social anxiety disorder, also called social phobia, is intense anxiety or fear of being judged, negatively evaluated, or rejected in a social or performance situation.
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Tips to Manage Depression
Depression can make you feel like nothing will help, or that any relief will be temporary, and it can create a cycle of maladaptive thinking, feeling, and doing (or non-doing). However, depression is treatable, and in addition to psychiatric treatment and therapy, there are steps you can take to cope with depression.
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Choosing the Right Mental Health Provider for Anxiety, Depression and Related Disorders
Depression and anxiety disorders are treatable conditions, and effective care is available from a variety of mental health professionals — including psychologists, psychiatrists, clinical social workers, and psychiatric nurses.
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Clinical Trials
Before medications are approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or before certain therapy methods are widely accepted as effective, they are tested on people who volunteer to participate in a clinical trial.
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