New ADAA Member Books! Summer 2023

New ADAA Member Books! Summer 2023

The Anxiety and Depression Association of America

In Conversation with the Anxiety and Depression Association of America

As a professional membership organization grounded in scientifically accepted protocols, the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA) values our diverse network of members, which includes clinicians, researchers, therapists, psychiatrists, students, and trainees. In Conversation with ADAA is a series of interview blogs with some of our most knowledgeable members whose collaborative work, dedication, and passion in the field of mental health allows us to bring more awareness, resources, treatment information, and hope to the public. These interviews and blogs authored by ADAA are conducted and written by the communications team at ADAA, reviewed for accuracy by mental health professionals, and available to public and professional audiences. Brought to you by ADAA members who generously give their time and expertise, these conversations and blogs offer insight, evidence-based information and resources, and a very human connection as they shed light on various topics and aspects of depression, anxiety and related disorders.

Arash Javanbakht, MD

Arash Javanbakht, MD

Arash Javanbakht, MD., is the director of the Stress, Trauma, and Anxiety Research Clinic (STARC) at Wayne State University. Dr Javanbakht and his work have been featured on the National Geographic, The Atlantic, CNN, Aljazeera, NPR, Washington Post, Smithsonian, PBS, American Psychiatric Association, Anxiety and Depression Association of America, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and tens of other media. His clinical and research work is mainly focused on anxiety trauma related disorders. In his clinic, he helps civilians and first responders with PTSD, utilizing pharmacotherapy (medication), psychotherapy, exercise, and lifestyle modification. Several research studies at the STARC examine the impact of exposure to war trauma in refugees, biological and psychological factors of risk and resilience, and art, dance and movement therapies. STARC is also birthplace to cutting edge augmented reality and telemedicine technologies for treatment for anxiety disorders and PTSD. Dr Javanbakht is the author of the book “AFRAID: Understanding the Purpose of Fear, and Harnessing the Power of Anxiety” that covers many aspects of fear and anxiety, including evolution, brain and body, why we love to be scared, how to unlearn fear, fear and bravery, meaning, creativity, diseases of fear and trauma and their cutting-edge treatments, and politics of fear and media 

Luana Marques, PhD

Luana Marques, PhD

Dr. Luana Marques is the Director of Community Psychiatry PRIDE at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School (HMS). Dr. Marques is a national and international expert in Cognitive Behavioral Therapies (CBTs) and a leader in increasing access to scientifically rigorous mental health practices. Her decades of clinical and research experience implementing evidence-based practices encompass all types of roles and settings, from front-line staff to CEOs, diverse communities to organizations, both in the US and globally. Dr. Marques is a past president of ADAA and the author of Almost Anxious: Is My (or My Loved One’s) Worry or Distress a Problem? and Bold Move: A 3-Step Plan to Transform Anxiety into Power 

Connect with her @DrLuanaMarques

 

Karen Cassiday, PhD, ACT

Karen Cassiday PhD

Karen Cassiday, PhD, ADAA Past President's areas of interest are anxiety disorders in children and teens, social anxiety disorder, treatment-refractory OCD, and working with children and teens who suffer from both developmental concerns and anxiety disorders. Her research has focused on information processing in posttraumatic stress disorder and cognitive-behavioral treatment of anxiety disorders in children, teens, and adults.

Dr. Karen Cassiday is a lively, sought-after speaker and commentator on national media such as Nightline, The Today Show, Animal Planet, The Joy Behar Show, Huffington Post, public radio and many more. She is a TEDx speaker who shared her personal experience as a mother overcoming her own anxious perfectionism in the middle of Walt Disney World! She is the host of the Moms Without Worry radio show. She served as the President of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America and is the founder of the Anxiety Treatment Center of Greater Chicago, the longest-running clinic to first use modern exposure-based treatment for anxiety disorders in the Chicago region. She won the Anxiety and Depression Association of America’s prestigious Clinician of Distinction Award and is a Clinical Fellow. She is also a Diplomate and Founding Fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy, served as Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Chicago OCD Foundation/Beyond OCD, and has been listed on numerous Who’s Who lists.  She has published numerous scientific articles and articles on parenting and managing anxiety. Dr. Cassiday is dedicated to helping mothers overcome the cultural pressure to be perfect and to raise perfect kids. She enjoys using her expertise from over thirty years in the field to help families overcome the dilemmas of parenting in a high-stress digital world. Her goal is to help all mothers embrace the messy hilarity of parenting with unshakable self-confidence so they can raise kids who thrive!

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New Book by ADAA Member Arash Javanbakht Puts Fear in Its Historical and Modern Place 

Fear is arguably as old as life. Making not only that argument but that fear was meant to be a close friend and has become an “annoying enemy that causes debilitating anxieties” is ADAA member Arash Javanbakht, MD. With his new book, to be published in September 2023, Detroit-based psychiatrist Dr. Javanbakht addresses aspects of fear and anxiety in modern life, looking at fear’s evolutionary purpose, how it affects the brain and body, and why we love to be scared but at the same time are so afraid of it.  

Afraid: Understanding the Purpose of Fear and Harnessing the Power of Anxiety offers a unique and comprehensive approach to fear and anxiety that engages both the professional and public reader with selected stories that Dr. Javanbakht has gathered from patients and discusses his work with scientists studying brain images of scared or traumatized individuals. While incorporating two decades of his own clinical work and research as well as the impact of other mental health professionals from Freud to contemporary neuroscientists, Dr. Javanbakht avoids boring or convoluted scientific jargon and cursory self-help conventions. Instead, he provides practical tips on how to overcome anxieties of the modern world from fear of disease to politics to media to other day-to-day sources of anxiety. 

“We can use fear to our advantage,” says Dr. Javanbakht. As a deeply rooted biological mechanism that has evolved over hundreds of millions of years, fear’s key mission is to increase our chances of survival. But when it comes to debilitating and perpetual fear, it is no longer our ally.  

“We sometimes don’t even know what we are afraid of but what we know for sure is that we are afraid too often,” said Dr. Javanbakht. The only thing we have to fear is not fear but rather not understanding fear and not knowing how to harness the power of anxiety. 

Preorder Afraid now.  

Former ADAA Board President Luana Marques Boldly Shows Us How to Turn Anxiety into Power 

In her most recent book, Luana Marques, PhD, or Dr. Luana as she is fondly known to many, says that anyone from a successful CEO to an at-risk youth can live boldly and overcome psychological avoidance that is keeping them stuck and anxious. 

Bold Move: A 3-Step Plan to Transform Anxiety into Power helps the public understand the concept of psychological avoidance and how a “quick fix” to a potential or perceived threat or fear-inducing situation is only a band-aid covering up the figurative wound. Without understanding how to address psychological avoidance, which she calls the real enemy, we are just eluding the heart of the problem. 

That problem, says the former ADAA Board President and current member, keeps us from living boldly and leading the life we want to live, making us more anxious and fearful. But fear, she highlights, is not to be avoided but rather confronted. 

“To live boldly does not mean to live fearlessly or recklessly, but to face life’s challenges without being paralyzed by psychological avoidance,” Dr. Luana said. The book offers three particular skills that Dr. Luana uses successfully in her practice and in her work with inner-city organizations and high-level business leaders. 

The Harvard-based psychotherapist, who grew up under challenging circumstances in Brazil, uses her own experiences and lessons learned throughout her life, research, study, and practice to engage readers while explaining her clinically proven three-step plan: Shift, Approach and Align.  

Bold Move is intended to help you work through anxiety and discomfort to become unstuck, obtain freedom from limiting patterns, and lead a life of meaning and purpose. Essentially empowering you to transform your anxiety into power.  

“Everyone can be empowered to rewire their brains by learning and using these skills,” Dr. Luana said.  

Order Bold Move now. 

New Book Addresses Difficult-to-Treat OCD Subtypes, Supports Clinicians Working with Youth 

Past ADAA President Karen Lynn Cassiday, PhD, ACT became a clinical psychologist because she “loves inspiring others to discover their own greatness during life’s worst moments” and helping people overcome challenging circumstances. In her practice with children and teens who suffer from certain subtypes of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Dr. Cassiday has worked with youth during some of the most difficult times of their young lives. 

In her latest book, Helping Children and Teens with Difficult-to-Treat OCD, the ADAA member draws on years of professional experience, using numerous case examples, to provide a comprehensive guide on how clinicians can overcome some of the hurdles they experience with this population in therapy. The idea, she notes, is not just to get the patients to do exposure with response prevention so that they can do the activities that the OCD interrupts or prevents them from doing. The goal is much bigger than eliminating symptoms, she says. 

As part of a series of resource publications from the publisher, Dr. Cassiday’s book is an essential read for practitioners who treat subtypes of OCD, such as religious, existential, sexual orientation, and relationship OCD, at any stage in their career.  Focusing on the distinct nature of these lesser-known OCD classifications, Dr. Cassiday tackles the dilemmas that arise in the delivery of treatment, including planning relevant exposures and incorporating key adults in the child's care plan. 

“Every patient with OCD has to learn to quickly recognize when anxiety, obsessive urges, thoughts, images, or ideas occur, then disregard them because they are understood to be a product of their mind,” Dr. Cassiday said, hoping her book helps clinicians support these patients to realize their potential. 

Order Helping here. 

Check out all self-help books by ADAA members.

The Anxiety and Depression Association of America

In Conversation with the Anxiety and Depression Association of America

As a professional membership organization grounded in scientifically accepted protocols, the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA) values our diverse network of members, which includes clinicians, researchers, therapists, psychiatrists, students, and trainees. In Conversation with ADAA is a series of interview blogs with some of our most knowledgeable members whose collaborative work, dedication, and passion in the field of mental health allows us to bring more awareness, resources, treatment information, and hope to the public. These interviews and blogs authored by ADAA are conducted and written by the communications team at ADAA, reviewed for accuracy by mental health professionals, and available to public and professional audiences. Brought to you by ADAA members who generously give their time and expertise, these conversations and blogs offer insight, evidence-based information and resources, and a very human connection as they shed light on various topics and aspects of depression, anxiety and related disorders.

Arash Javanbakht, MD

Arash Javanbakht, MD

Arash Javanbakht, MD., is the director of the Stress, Trauma, and Anxiety Research Clinic (STARC) at Wayne State University. Dr Javanbakht and his work have been featured on the National Geographic, The Atlantic, CNN, Aljazeera, NPR, Washington Post, Smithsonian, PBS, American Psychiatric Association, Anxiety and Depression Association of America, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and tens of other media. His clinical and research work is mainly focused on anxiety trauma related disorders. In his clinic, he helps civilians and first responders with PTSD, utilizing pharmacotherapy (medication), psychotherapy, exercise, and lifestyle modification. Several research studies at the STARC examine the impact of exposure to war trauma in refugees, biological and psychological factors of risk and resilience, and art, dance and movement therapies. STARC is also birthplace to cutting edge augmented reality and telemedicine technologies for treatment for anxiety disorders and PTSD. Dr Javanbakht is the author of the book “AFRAID: Understanding the Purpose of Fear, and Harnessing the Power of Anxiety” that covers many aspects of fear and anxiety, including evolution, brain and body, why we love to be scared, how to unlearn fear, fear and bravery, meaning, creativity, diseases of fear and trauma and their cutting-edge treatments, and politics of fear and media 

Luana Marques, PhD

Luana Marques, PhD

Dr. Luana Marques is the Director of Community Psychiatry PRIDE at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School (HMS). Dr. Marques is a national and international expert in Cognitive Behavioral Therapies (CBTs) and a leader in increasing access to scientifically rigorous mental health practices. Her decades of clinical and research experience implementing evidence-based practices encompass all types of roles and settings, from front-line staff to CEOs, diverse communities to organizations, both in the US and globally. Dr. Marques is a past president of ADAA and the author of Almost Anxious: Is My (or My Loved One’s) Worry or Distress a Problem? and Bold Move: A 3-Step Plan to Transform Anxiety into Power 

Connect with her @DrLuanaMarques

 

Karen Cassiday, PhD, ACT

Karen Cassiday PhD

Karen Cassiday, PhD, ADAA Past President's areas of interest are anxiety disorders in children and teens, social anxiety disorder, treatment-refractory OCD, and working with children and teens who suffer from both developmental concerns and anxiety disorders. Her research has focused on information processing in posttraumatic stress disorder and cognitive-behavioral treatment of anxiety disorders in children, teens, and adults.

Dr. Karen Cassiday is a lively, sought-after speaker and commentator on national media such as Nightline, The Today Show, Animal Planet, The Joy Behar Show, Huffington Post, public radio and many more. She is a TEDx speaker who shared her personal experience as a mother overcoming her own anxious perfectionism in the middle of Walt Disney World! She is the host of the Moms Without Worry radio show. She served as the President of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America and is the founder of the Anxiety Treatment Center of Greater Chicago, the longest-running clinic to first use modern exposure-based treatment for anxiety disorders in the Chicago region. She won the Anxiety and Depression Association of America’s prestigious Clinician of Distinction Award and is a Clinical Fellow. She is also a Diplomate and Founding Fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy, served as Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Chicago OCD Foundation/Beyond OCD, and has been listed on numerous Who’s Who lists.  She has published numerous scientific articles and articles on parenting and managing anxiety. Dr. Cassiday is dedicated to helping mothers overcome the cultural pressure to be perfect and to raise perfect kids. She enjoys using her expertise from over thirty years in the field to help families overcome the dilemmas of parenting in a high-stress digital world. Her goal is to help all mothers embrace the messy hilarity of parenting with unshakable self-confidence so they can raise kids who thrive!

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