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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.
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12.16.2022
Steps to Combat Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) and the Holiday Blues
From our community partner HeadsUpGuys - When it comes to seasonal struggles, the best offense is a good defense. If you are prone to SAD, it is a good idea to take proactive steps leading up to the seasons when you typically notice symptoms.
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12.07.2022
Succeeding in Your First Job Application, Part 1
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11.30.2022
High Demand for Therapists Begs the Question: What Do We Do Now? ADAA Executive Director Addresses Concerns
There is no substitute for receiving mental health treatment and care from a licensed professional but in the crisis we find ourselves now, it becomes even more crucial for the health care ecosystem and all who touch it to take an interdisciplinary approach.
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11.14.2022
What is Toxic Masculinity and How it Impacts Mental Health
Men experience more feelings than just anger. Can you own your anxieties and face them in effective and sustainable ways? Can you let yourself feel sadness, grief, or depression without shutting down or avoiding the feelings?
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10.20.2022
Mother, Daughter Share a Bond Beyond the Biological: ADAA Membership, Opportunities, and a Path to Making a Difference
At the Anxiety and Depression Association (ADAA), we value each and every one of our members and feel that all of them are a distinguished part of the ADAA “family”.
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10.13.2022
What Are the Pandemic Side Effects on Those with BDD and OCD?
The pandemic set a new era into motion. When the world went into lockdown in 2020, people learned to fear the outside and any social interaction, becoming extremely fearful of contracting the deadly virus.
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09.23.2022
Minding Depression: Calling on Screening and Treatment to Narrow the Gap
A newly published study on depression in the American Journal for Preventive Medicine reports that from 2015 to 2020 the prevalence of depression in the United States, particularly among adolescents and young adults in the nation, increased and that the pandemic contributed to a worsening mental health crisis.
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07.27.2022
Recognizing the Psychological Toll of Infertility in Women
There is currently an unmet mental health need for women experiencing infertility. Embedded mental health care could help bridge this gap by providing access to care in the fertility clinic, a setting that may be more convenient and comfortable for women.
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05.31.2022
Mass shootings leave behind collective despair, anguish and trauma at many societal levels
People who are not directly exposed to a disaster but who are exposed to the news can also experience distress, anxiety or even PTSD. We have seen this in instances such as 9/11.
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05.11.2022
Rethinking "Mental" Health
What would it be like if we approached mental health the same way we do physical health? If we normalized it. Everyone – every single human being with a human brain – needs to focus on psychological well-being.
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04.21.2022
BIPOC Mental Health Trends and Disparities
Many members of BIPOC communities deal with stress and trauma that can stem from specific socioeconomic strug
