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Founded in 1979, ADAA is an international nonprofit membership organization dedicated to the prevention, treatment, and cure of anxiety, depression, OCD, PTSD, and co-occurring disorders through education, practice, and research.

ADAA’s unique interlinked consumer and professional mission focuses on improving quality of life for those with these disorders.  

Working with Professionals

ADAA is the only multidisciplinary professional organization in mental health that engages the world’s leading experts who focus on anxiety, depressive, obsessive-compulsive, and trauma-related disorders.  ADAA's more than 1,500 professional members are psychiatrists, psychologists, neuroscientists, researchers, nurses, social workers, therapists and more.

ADAA members enjoy a wide variety of benefits including the ability to network, collaborate and share research, access to ADAA’s monthly professional journal and professional education opportunities including ADAA’s annual conference and monthly webinars, and the ability to promote their practice.

Working with the Public

ADAA focuses on improving quality of life for individuals and their families struggling with anxiety and depression. Every day ADAA staff and our members work tirelessly to educate the public about the latest research and treatment options, bringing together the greatest minds in the field to raise awareness and work toward wellness. 

ADAA provides a broad range of free resources to the public including webinars, podcasts, blog posts, two online peer-to-peer support communities, a “find a therapist” directory and a monthly e-newsletter. Currently, more than 11 million people visit ADAA's website annually (and click on more than 19,000,000 pages) to find free resources and support.

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From ADAA Member Experts - ADAA's expert professional members help you and your loved ones manage life with an anxiety, depression or related disorder through various learning tools:

• Blog posts: All blog posts are written by ADAA's professional members and are listed by category as well as chronologically (with the most recent listed first). Each blog post is also comment enabled. We invite you to share your thoughts about the blog post to further the conversation.
• Webinars: Free monthly webinars address some of the most frequently asked questions about psychological and pharmacological treatment of anxiety disorders, depression, and related disorders for adults as well as children. ADAA member experts offer tips and other information you need to know. All webinars are available on ADAA's YouTube channel as well. Mental health professionals are welcome to attend, but please note that this webinar series is intended for the general public. Continuing education credits are not available for this webinar series.
• Videos: Watch videos on a variety of topics produced by ADAA, our partners and friends.
• Members in the News: Many of ADAA's professional members are interviewed or featured in newspaper, magazine and online news channels. 

From ADAA

• ADAA book recommendations are written by our professional members. Partial proceeds from any Amazon book purchases of our member publications benefit ADAA.
• Download free ADAA brochures on a variety of anxiety, depression and co-occurring disorders.
• Infographics are a visually engaging and fun way to convey information about mental health. Below, you can find a compilation of ADAA infographics categorized by topic. We encourage you to download and share these guides with your community.
• Triumph - ADAA's free monthly e-newsletter is a great way to learn, find resources, discover new webinars and blog posts, read articles by our professional members, and find out how ADAA can help you and your loved ones. 

From our Public Community:

• Stories of Triumph: Learn how people living with anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive, and trauma-related disorders have struggled, coped, and triumphed. Find out what helped them find hope and recovery. Find inspiration in the remarkable stories of people just like you who have struggled and triumphed over their own anxiety disorders.
• ADAA Allies raise awareness about mental health issues through their artwork, special projects, fundraisers and through partial proceeds of products. We are honored to share these inspiring stories with our ADAA community. We thank everyone for collaborating with us to educate, raise awareness and #breakthestigma around mental illness. 

We invite you to explore personal stories submitted from ADAA's community to learn how people living with an anxiety disorder, OCD, PTSD, bipolar disorder, depression or a co-occurring disorder have struggled, coped, and triumphed. 

Do you have a story about your mental health journey? Your voice and your story can help transform the lives of many, help decrease stigma, and make one feel less alone.

We welcome written stories and short 2-3 minute videos, or a 1-2 minute recording, that we will share on the ADAA website, through our Triumph e-newsletter, and across our social media platforms. 

In a story of 500 -750 words (or a 2-3 minute video), please describe your mental health journey and how it has affected your life. Please provide a brief title and focus on the therapy or other treatments that have helped you manage or overcome your illness. Please include how ADAA's website or resources have helped you. In order to publish you story on our website and to share it on our social media platforms, we require that you use your real name and include a photo.

Please note that we do not accept advertorials (these stories should not include any call-outs for personal websites or publications or sell any products). We reserve the right to reject any story that we do not feel is appropriate to share. 

SUBMIT YOUR STORY

NOTE: ADAA reserves the right to edit for clarity, length, and editorial style. We do not guarantee that every submission will be published. If your story is accepted, you will be notified. If you have not heard from ADAA within one week of submission that means that your story has not been accepted. Once your story is posted on this website, it is the property of ADAA.