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Page 03.04.2020

COVID-19

For many in our public community the COVID pandemic is still triggering increased anxiety. Find helpful tips and strategies from our ADAA mental health professionals.
Page 08.07.2018

Types of Eating Disorders

Please note that eating disorders are complex and some eating issues will not meet diagnostic criteria. All eating concerns must be taken seriously.

Page 02.05.2010

Hoarding: The Basics

One of the challenges of diagnosing Hoarding Disorder is that it’s rarely an independent, self-motivated decision to seek treatment. There is often encouragement or even intervention from loved ones concerned about the safety, wellbeing, and functioning of the individual. With Hoarding Disorder, there is a higher likelihood than OCD for a person to have poor insight, and that can also be a contributing challenge to proper diagnosis. 
Page 06.03.2020

COVID-19 Webinars and Blog Posts

In response to the coronavirus pandemic, ADAA members have been creating helpful tips and strategies through webinars and blog posts for both the professional and public communities.  Please share these resources (updated daily) with your communities.
Page 09.13.2016

What’s Normal and What’s Not?

Everybody worries at times. It’s normal to worry about things like school, how you look, what you said or did in a certain situation, how your parents will react to something you did, or what the future will bring. But OCD takes worries and doubts to the extreme.

Page 08.18.2016

OCD at School

OCD is like an unwelcome guest with bad manners. It moves into a mind — and it doesn’t want to leave.