Videos and Podcasts
What is Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)? ADAA Member Barbara Waldfogel, LCSW shares an introduction to ACT as a treatment option for your mental health journey and discusses what the goals and core principals of ACT are, when it is generally used,, and what to expect if seeking…
ADAA went live on Instagram with Darius Dawson, PhD and ADAA Ally Tiara Johnson for a discussion on embracing black mental health, the importance of ally ship, and the mental health of black men.
Ben Eckstein, LCSW, discusses the use of exposure and response prevention (ERP) when treating contamination obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). He explains hierarchies, which are the ratings of triggers that cause the least amount of anxiety to the most amount anxiety.
Presented…
Throstur Bjorgvinsson, PhD, ABPP, explains that cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, is a form of psychotherapy. It is effective in treating many different disorders, though CBT is done differently for different disorders.
Presented in partnership with Anxiety and Depression…
ADAA Member Jonathan Grayson, PhD, discusses that there is treatment available for OCD. Both the American Psychological Association and the American Psychiatric Association both agree that ERP is the best treatment for OCD. If you are doing CBT, it's best to make sure that it's specifically ERP…
ADAA Member Elizabeth McIngvale, PhD provides her expertise to help you learn the difference between Cognitive Therapy (CT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP). Discover the best treatment option for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD).
…
ADAA Member Elizabeth McIngvale, PhD talks about intrusive thoughts related to Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Exposure with Response Prevention (ERP) treatment.
Presented in partnership with the International OCD Foundation (IOCDF).
For more resources visit:…
Learn the differences between Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) verse Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD) from Eric Storch, PhD.
Presented in partnership with the International OCD Foundation (IOCDF).
For more resources, IOCDF.org …
I have always suffered with Generalized Anxiety Disorder, but really hit rock bottom about 5 years ago after my hysterectomy. About 18 years ago after the birth of my first child I suffered some complications. To this day, I can replay every moment - this is when the doctors diagnosed me…
Happy Mental Health Awareness Month! My name is Antonio Liranzo, I am an actor and author. I believe that breaking the stigma is so important and it is ok to not be ok.
In the past year, I have been on my own journey with my anxiety...
Four evidence-based videos featuring ADAA member Melanie Van Dyke, PhD explaining: Evidence-based Therapy for Adolescent Depression - Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - Selecting a CBT Therapist - How to Know if Therapy is Working
High blood levels of a hormone produced in response to stress are linked to post-traumatic stress disorder in women but not men, a study from researchers at Emory University and the University of Vermont has found. The results appear in the Feb. 24 issue of Nature. Emory University media contact…
Through this engaging cartoon, Ken Goodman, LCSW and ADAA member, tells the story of how panic attacks can start and how they can get worse.
TV personality and actor Howie Mandel shares his struggle with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in a public service announcement for the ADAA campaign "Treat It, Don't Repeat It: Break Free From OCD."
ADAA President & CEO Jerilyn Ross and Blair Simpson, MD, PhD, of Columbia University and the New York State Psychiatric Institute, discuss recognizing and treating obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
Drawing on his own long-standing battle with anxiety, Scott Stossel, author of My Age of Anxiety: Fear, Hope, Dread, and the Search for Peace of Mind, presents the history and efforts to understand an affliction that is pervasive yet often misunderstood. Watch his conversation with talk show…
