Tips to Manage Anxiety and Stress

When you're feeling anxious or stressed, the strategies listed below can help you cope. We also encourage you to visit our managing stress and anxiety website page for helpful resources.

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7 Tips on Showing Up When a Loved One is Undergoing Gender Transition

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7 Tips on Showing Up When a Loved One is Undergoing Gender Transition

Someone you love or care for very much has shared with you that they want to “transition”. What…

How to Recognize and Support Children with Selective Mutism and/or Social Anxiety

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How to Recognize and Support Children with Selective Mutism and/or Social Anxiety

This presented in partnership with McLean Hospital is designed for caregivers wondering whether a…

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My story of Emetophobia, OCD and Phagophobia

It all began on my birthday. I had no idea this little fear was going to take over my life.

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ADAA Self-Help Books – Bookstore/Reading List

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This page was updated 03/08/21

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Founded in 1979, ADAA is an international nonprofit organization dedicated to the prevention, treatment, and cure of anxiety, depression, OCD, PTSD, and co-occurring disorders through aligning research, practice and education.