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02.02.2024
ADAA's Find Your Therapist
ADAA’s Find Your Therapist Directory connects YOU with licensed mental health professionals who are experts in anxiety, depression, OCD, PTSD and co-occurring disorders.
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12.31.2022
ADAA Journal of Mood & Anxiety Disorders TM
Submit Today! Read the the 5th issue of ADAA's official open access online Journal of Mood & Anxiety Disorders TM.
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06.04.2021
Trauma
Most people who endure traumatic experiences are able to recover and do not sustain longstanding impact. An individual’s response to trauma is based on many different factors including their biology, the proximity to and severity of the trauma, the context in which the trauma occurred and the personal meaning of the experience.
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01.25.2021
Support Groups
Listings of in-person and virtual support groups nationwide for those struggling with anxiety, OCD, PTSD, depression, and co-occurring disorders. anxiety and depression struggles.
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10.16.2020
Tips to Manage Depression
Depression can make you feel like nothing will help, or that any relief will be temporary, and it can create a cycle of maladaptive thinking, feeling, and doing (or non-doing). However, depression is treatable, and in addition to psychiatric treatment and therapy, there are steps you can take to cope with depression.
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05.18.2020
PTSD Treatment & Facts
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Treatment and Facts
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05.07.2020
Treatment
A number of types of treatment can help with GAD.
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02.13.2019
Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors (BFRBs)
According to the TLC Foundation for Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors, the term body-focused repetitive behavior (BFRB) represents a group of related disorders including hair pulling, skin picking, and nail-biting.
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07.27.2018
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a common and chronic disorder that manifests as uncontrollable, reoccurring thoughts (obsessions) and/or behaviors (compulsions) that one continuously repeats.
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06.18.2018
Suicide Support, Treatment, and Resources
You Are Not Alone. Support and Treatment is Available.
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08.31.2017
Agoraphobia
Some people stop going into situations because of a fear of being overwhelmed by anxiety and not being able to escape or get help.
These people have agoraphobia, and they typically avoid places where they feel immediate escape might be difficult, such as shopping malls, public transportation, and either open places (like parking lots) or enclosed places (like theaters). Agoraphobia is particularly common in people with panic disorder.
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10.06.2015
Selective Mutism
Children who are unable to speak in situations where talking is expected or necessary, to the extent that their refusal interferes with school and making friends, may suffer from selective mutism (SM). As the Selective Mutism Association (SMA) notes SM is best understood as a childhood anxiety disorder characterized by a child or adolescent’s inability to speak in one or more social settings (e.g., at school, in public places, with adults) despite being able to speak comfortably in other settings (e.g., at home with family).