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Blog post
06.30.2023
New ADAA Member Books! Summer 2023
Check out our ADAA members' new books that offer help for the public and support for professionals.
Support Group
06.07.2023
Therapists with BDD/OCD Group
Personal Story
05.23.2023
I Can Hear my Heart Beat
Due to the lack of awareness and understanding when people get (panic attacks) for the first time, they can think they are having a heart attack since your heart beats so vigorously while it's happening.
Webinar
05.10.2023
An Overview of Inference-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (I-CBT)
This webinar provides an overview of I-CBT, a treatment option to clients with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
Personal Story
05.10.2023
Every Breath I Take
I have severe anxiety disorder with agoraphobia and panic disorder. These disorders made me have to change my life in many ways. You gotta keep fighting, stay positive, do things that don't frighten you until you beat the fear.
Blog post
05.02.2023
Hormones, Mental Health and the Mind/Body Connection
The idea that mental illness and psychiatric disorders are afflictions that only affect the brain is now regarded as incorrect. We know that the brain controls the body and when the brain doesn’t function properly, the body suffers the consequences, and vice-versa.
Personal Story
04.24.2023
My Obsessive Life
I became successful as an electrician but would self sooth with alcohol. Once I gave that up, the emotions had to go somewhere but where?
Blog post
04.24.2023
Teletherapy for Youth Anxiety Disorders: Factors to Consider
Now that telehealth and in-person services are available, what are important factors for clinicians, youth, and families to consider?
Blog post
04.20.2023
Are the Kids Really Alright? Troubling Headlines, Teenage Girls, and Declining Mental Health
The headlines and the CDC report are indeed alarming, but they should serve as a wakeup call to all of us. Yes, we should think seriously about why we are seeing a steep decline in the mental health of teenage girls, but we have to come together now as parents, family, friends, educators, clinicians, providers, and as a society to support, enhance and establish more preventive measures for our youth.
Personal Story
04.14.2023
I’m So OCD - But I’m Also So Much More
One of the problems with OCD is that you lose so much time. That evening when my dad called me and my siblings to dinner, I went to save my progress on the game, but I couldn’t just save it and walk away like before. I was ‘stuck’.
Blog post
03.27.2023
Digital Mental Health Interventions for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
We’ve all wished at times that we could have a therapist in our pockets. Digital mental health interventions are bringing us closer to making this a reality.
Blog post
03.15.2023
Perfectly Imperfect Love: Tips to Recognize & Move Past Relationship OCD
OCD often manifests as intrusive, unwanted thoughts (obsessions) that lead to repetitive behaviors (compulsions) in an attempt to try and 'fix' or neutralize the thoughts. One form of OCD that is important to discuss and highlight is Relationship OCD.
