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Managing Stress and Anxiety During the Holidays
The holidays can be a time of joy, and they also can bring added pressures. This presentation explores holiday stress and anxiety, discuss practical tools to deal with these feelings, and get you ready to embrace the season with resilience.
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Tips to Manage Post Election Anxiety
In recent years, it seems like each presidential election leaves around half the country feeling anxious about the next four years. If you’re in that half following the recent election, know that there are a lot of things you can do to manage anxiety in a healthy way.
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New ADAA Member Books: Fall 2024
Fall 2024 New Member Books Focus on Obsessions, Compulsions, and Intrusive Thoughts: Introducing Comorbid Eating Disorders and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, The Compulsive Reassurance Seeking Workbook, and Hello Baby, Goodbye Intrusive Thoughts
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Redefine Your Pain
Despite anxiety and depression, I was fortunate enough to overcome my traumas by learning how to repurpose them as inspiration. Today, fashion and fine art allow me to offer the world both a physical and mental embrace.
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FIND HELP

Take Charge. Get Answers. Move Forward.

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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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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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Free live and on-demand webinars with ADAA member experts answering questions about anxiety disorders, OCD, PTSD, depression and co-occurring disorders.
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Listings of in-person and virtual support groups nationwide for those struggling with anxiety, OCD, PTSD, depression, and co-occurring disorders. anxiety and depression struggles.
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UNDERSTAND ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION

Take the First Step - Understand the Facts

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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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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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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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Frequently Asked Questions
Have a question about anxiety or depression? We can help!
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Choosing a Therapist
Understand what type of therapist and therapy is right for you.
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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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