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Webinar
06.21.2023
Rethinking Suicide: Why Prevention Fails, and How We Can Do Better
Over the past two decades, the U.S. suicide rate has steadily increased. Why do suicide rates continue to rise despite our best efforts?
Books/Media
06.20.2023
The Mindful Way through Anxiety: Break Free from Chronic Worry and Reclaim Your Life
Publisher
The Guilford Press
Year of Publication/Release
2011
Books/Media
06.20.2023
Acceptance-Based Behavioral Therapy: Treating Anxiety and Related Challenges (Guides to Individualized Evidence-Based Treatment)
Publisher
The Guilford Press
Year of Publication/Release
2020
Books/Media
06.20.2023
Worry Less, Live More: The Mindful Way through Anxiety Workbook
Publisher
The Guilford Press
Year of Publication/Release
2016
Personal Story
06.19.2023
Making Connections Between Buddhism & Neuroscience
As I made connections between Buddhism and neuroscience, I realized they both shared a common insight: the need to retrain our brains and ourselves to value inner peace over fleeting pleasure, to find joy amidst challenges, and to discover happiness in the very process of living.
Personal Story
06.17.2023
Seeking the Light
I didn’t know that what I was experiencing was called depression until I was in my early forties, although with the benefit of hindsight I have come to realize that I have been dealing with it for almost my entire life.
Video (YouTube or Vimeo)
06.15.2023
How Common is PTSD?
Did you know that approximately 8% of the general population experiences PTSD? Today is PTSD Screening Day and ADAA member Dr. Arash Javanbakht‘s video offers important insights on the prevalence of PTSD.
Video (YouTube or Vimeo)
06.15.2023
How PTSD Changes the Brain
Ever wonder how PTSD changes the brain? This PTSD Awareness Month, Dr. Arash Javanbakht, a renowned psychiatrist and ADAA member, sheds light on the fascinating neuroscience behind PTSD in this insightful video.
Blog post
06.13.2023
What is Trauma, What is PTSD, Who is Affected, and How to Get Help
What happens in PTSD, is that the brain goes into the fight and flight mode and is constantly on alert to protect the person from recurrence of the highly dangerous experience. But the problem is that it cannot come down from that state of heightened arousal, even after leaving the dangerous situation, and coming back to the safe life environment.
Personal Story
06.13.2023
War Between My Mind and My Heart
When my mom saw my situation, she also understood there was something wrong. She took me to a psychiatrist and they confirmed that I had clinical depression.
Webinar
06.08.2023
Can Virtual Reality (VR) Reduce Anxiety?
Listen in on this fascinating and very timely conversation between Neal Sideman and virtual reality (VR) expert psychologist Elizabeth McMahon as they discuss how VR can reduce anxiety. Learn about VR. What is it and how is it used in therapy? What kinds of anxiety problems can VR help?
Personal Story
06.08.2023
Healing Physical and Mental Trauma Bone by Bone: Depression, Anxiety & PTSD After the Amtrak 188 Train Crash
To me, a survivor of trauma was someone who had been in a gruesome war or was violently abused or someone who was trafficked. I was just in a really bad accident, no one intended to hurt me. I should be happy that I survived when others didn’t and yes I was in pain all the time and I felt lousy, but I was one of the lucky ones. How could I be suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder?
