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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?
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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.
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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.
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03.24.2023
The Black Church: Our Refuge, Our Mental Health
Working with Black churches to create a better today and a much better tomorrow in the field (literally) of mental health care for African Americans are three Black leaders in mental health who will present at the 2023 ADAA Conference. ADAA is excited to have Bernadine Waller, PhD, Atasha Jordan, MBA, MD and Kimberly Arnold, MPH, PhD discuss their work, research and findings in a presentation titled Implementing Evidence-Based Mental Health Interventions in Black Churches.
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03.07.2023
OCD Through a Latinx/Hispanic Lens
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) can affect people of all races, color, ethnicity, gender, socio-economic status, sexual orientation and/or different cultural backgrounds, and culture can have a large influence on how someone might perceive or report their symptoms.
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03.07.2023
Latin American Trans-ancestry Initiative in OCD Genomics Project: Information and Getting Involved
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a common condition affecting approximately 1-2% of the world population. Characterized by distressing intrusive thoughts, images or impulses and unwanted repetitive behaviors, OCD can have wide-reaching implications for both individuals with OCD and their families.
Blog post
02.27.2023
A Different Way to Classify OCD Types?
Subtypes are helpful in normalizing symptoms for OCD sufferers and even for diagnosing purposes. And it is common for OCD sufferers to have multiple subtypes.
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02.21.2023
Humour in OCD Therapy? You Bet.
As therapists, we know that OCD is no laughing matter. But that doesn't mean we can't use humour when fighting back OCD. In fact, as an OCD therapist the use of humour can be an integral part of the ERP experience.
Blog post
02.09.2023
White Knuckling: All Pain, No Gain
White knuckling is the term used to describe the process of fighting or powering through a situation that you find anxiety provoking.
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02.08.2023
Keep Your Mental Health in the Game: Therapy and Support for Athletes
Athletes will continue to work hard, push themselves, and make their bodies do things many of us can only marvel at, but the attention and awareness to mental health in the field of sports gives them a fighting chance with conditions like anxiety and depression.
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01.21.2023
Obsessional Doubt and Uncertainty: Are They Really Different?
We have seen an explosion of interest, questions, concerns and stimulating debate since the arrival of Inferential Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for OCD (I-CBT) in the USA. How do we distinguish between obsessional doubt and uncertainty in I-CBT?
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01.20.2023
ADAA’s Free Depression & Anxiety Peer-to-Peer Support Groups Offer Valuable Online Communities
Peer-to-peer online communities can be helpful when they are done in a sensitive, informative, and respectful way. That’s why we have partnered with Health Unlocked to host online mental health communities, promote patient empowerment, and allow for sharing experiences and personal stories.