Struggling with anxiety or depression? This easy-to-read guide from ADAA offers expert insights, real-life case examples, and practical mental health tools to
help you better understand and manage mood and disorders. Start your journey toward lasting mental wellness today.
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Free, Live Webinar on February 26
Beyond the Behavior: Trauma, Culture, and Emotional Avoidance in Eating Disorders and Mental Health
Join us on Thursday, February 26 for a discussion by NEDA board member and eating disorders specialist Paula Edwards-Gayfield, MA, LPCS, LPC, NCC, CEDS, on trauma-informed care for diverse clients with eating disorders.
New Blog
Why Loves Makes You Anxious
Valentine’s Day celebrates romance, closeness, and connection. But for many people, it also brings something else to the surface: Anxiety. That anxiety can show up in subtle and not-so-subtle ways.
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ADAA Podcast
OCD, Trauma, or Both? Understanding the Overlap.
n this episode, Dr. Nathaniel Van Kirk, a ADAA member and leading clinical psychologist and trauma expert, joins Gabe Howard to unpack the complex relationship between trauma and OCD. While both terms are widely used, few understand how deeply they can intertwine — or how often they’re misunderstood.
Discover ADAA Expert-Written Books That Support Your Mental Health.
Explore ADAA’s expert-written self-help books covering anxiety, depression, OCD, PTSD, and more. ADAA’s books offer evidence based strategies to improve your mental wellness,
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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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Personal Stories
Find inspiration from people like you who have struggled and found help with an anxiety disorder, PTSD, OCD or depression. Share Your Voice and Your Story!
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ADAA Patient Guide to Mood and Anxiety Disorders
Turning Pain into Purpose: Creating 4Forty4
After losing her sister and father, Sydni Kobayashi transformed her grief into purpose by creating 4forty4—a brand rooted in healing, hope, and mental health awareness that reminds others to find meaning and alignment even in life’s darkest moments.
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The Mentally STRONG Method: A Path Through Grief, Loss, and Trauma
After losing three children, a psychiatric nurse practitioner created the Mentally STRONG Method—a framework for processing grief and trauma through awareness, organization, and intentional choice to build resilience and healing.
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UNDERSTAND ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION
Take the First Step - Understand the Facts
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Depression
Co-Occurring Disorders
Obsessive-Compulsive disorder (OCD)
Panic Disorder
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Suicide
Additional Anxiety Disorders
Tips to Manage Anxiety and Stress
At some point, anxiety and stress affect everyone. They can manifest differently in different people, and the level of anxiety one experiences can vary, but there is one thing for certain: there are ways to manage anxiety, even if it feels out of control.
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What is Bipolar Disorder?
Bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive illness, is a brain disorder that causes unusual shifts in a person's mood, energy, and ability to function.
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What is Social Anxiety Disorder?
What is Social Anxiety Disorder? The defining feature of social anxiety disorder, also called social phobia, is intense anxiety or fear of being judged, negatively evaluated, or rejected in a social or performance situation.
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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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Choosing the Right Mental Health Provider for Anxiety, Depression and Related Disorders
Depression and anxiety disorders are treatable conditions, and effective care is available from a variety of mental health professionals — including psychologists, psychiatrists, clinical social workers, and psychiatric nurses.
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Clinical Trials
Before medications are approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or before certain therapy methods are widely accepted as effective, they are tested on people who volunteer to participate in a clinical trial.
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