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Greetings!
The ADAA board of directors and staff would like to wish you a peaceful and meaningful holiday season. While the holidays are a joyous occasion for most, there may be those who struggle with anxiety, depression and co-occurring disorders during this time. Below are helpful resources:
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New!
Buy a Great Holiday Gift from the ADAA Store - and Support ADAA!
ADAA is excited to announce the launch of our online store, where you can buy gifts for yourself or a loved one while also raising awareness. Shop today and proceeds will directly support our mission to help prevent, treat, and cure anxiety, depression, OCD, PTSD, and co-occurring disorders through education, practice, and research.
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It Gets Better: Not Just for Everyone Else -
Hope for Eating Disorder Recovery
by Jenni Schaefer
Hello. I would like to introduce myself. I am the only person in the world who cannot recover from an eating disorder. No matter how hard I try or how desperately I want to let go of my eating disorder, I am doomed to fail. I will never get better. That was nearly twenty years ago. It turns out that I wasn’t so special after all, not the worst case scenario, and not the hopeless one. I am thrilled to say that I was not the lone ranger and that it did get better, in fact, much better.
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Holiday Cheer or Holiday Fear?
by Amy Przeworski, PhD
The holidays bring the opportunity to join with friends, family, and coworkers to celebrate. However, for individuals with social anxiety, this can be accompanied by a sense of dread as they receive invitations for company parties, family engagements, and neighborhood parties.This leads to the dilemma about whether to skip these engagements and feel lonely or whether to attend and struggle with the anxiety of meeting new people, eating in front of others, starting conversations, and making small talk with coworkers or distant relatives.
Read more.
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Santa’s Secrets for a Stress-Free Holiday Season
by Santa Claus & Ken Goodman, LCSW
If anyone knows how stressful the holiday season can be, it’s Santa Claus. I've often wondered how he's able to keep his cool when things are heating up at the North Pole. I recently interviewed Santa and asked him how he handles holiday stress. Here's what he had to say.
Read more.
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New Jobs Come With New Anxiety. How Much Is Too Much?
by Shane G. Owens, PhD, ABPP
Welcome to the big leagues, kid. You’re an adult now with a new job. You’ve been working for this all your life. Don’t screw it up! Sound familiar?Your brain may be using different words, but if you just started a new job, there’s likely some version of it playing in your head.
Read more.
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Can You Fully Recover from an Eating Disorder?
by Jenni Schaefer
“Does it ever get better?” those in eating disorder recovery often ask. Healing from an eating disorder can be such a long journey—with so many bumps along the way—that many feel hopeless and believe they might never recover.
Watch here.
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Helping Your Perfectionistic Child
by Lynne Siqueland, PhD and Deborah Ledley, PhD
Many children and teens live in a world that is fast-paced and highly demanding in many spheres: school, social life, and family life. Sometimes the pressure comes from these outside forces, and other times the pressure comes from within.
Watch the webinar here.
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New!
ADAA Taking Action - Raising Awareness Supporter
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Nova & Skye is a lounge-wear brand that supports anxiety and mental health awareness. In July of 2018, Marisa Brincat was working at her part-time job and realized it was time for a change. As someone who had suffered with anxiety for several years, Marisa felt happiest and most constructive when working on a positive project. She sparked the idea of starting a lounge-wear brand. At first it seemed like a far fetched idea, but after much thought, Marisa knew it was something she wanted to pursue.
Read more here.
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Recent ADAA Members
In The News
- How Do Anxiety and Depression Affect Physical Health?, Medical News Today, Andrea Niles, PhD
- The Rise of Anxiety Baking, The Atlantic, Philip Muskin, MD
- Depression in Adolescents and Young Adults is Rising: Are Phones and Social Media to Blame?, USA Today, Mary Alvord, PhD
- Can Music Explain What It’s Like to Be Anxious?, US News and World Report, Debra Kissen, PhD, MHSA and Michael Ziffra, MD
- 13 Things People With Bipolar Disorder Want You to Know, Self, Igor Galynker MD, PhD
- You Are Not Alone: Treating Social Anxiety, Kentucky Educational Television, Kevin Chapman, PhD
- Social Media Usage Might Make Depression and Loneliness Worse, Insider, Melissa Hunt, PhD
- Talking To A Man About Anxiety and Depression, Heads Up Guys, Helen Odessky, PsyD
- 6 Things Everyone Should Know About OCD, Psychology Today, Eric Hollander, MD
- Anxiety Can Be a Good Thing—Here’s How I Make Mine Work for Me, Glamour, Alicia Clark PsyD
- This Is What a Mixed Bipolar Episode Feels Like, Self, Igor Galynker MD, PhD
- This Is Why Being Anxious Makes Some People Puke, Tonic VICE, Ken Goodman, LCSW
- Is Universal Screening for Depression a Good Idea?, Psychology Today, Jack Gorman, MD
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ADAA's Online Support Groups
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ADAA's anonymous peer-to-peer online anxiety and depression support groups (English and Spanish communities) are a friendly, safe and supportive place for individuals and their families to share information and experiences.
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Our ADAA professional members author excellent self-help books about anxiety, depression and co-occurring disorders.
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Search
ADAA's Find-a-Therapist online directory for a therapist near you (all therapists listed are professional members of ADAA).
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Are you interested in sharing your personal story of triumph or raising awareness with ADAA?
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Ways To Support ADAA's Mission
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Your End of Year Gift Makes a Difference!
With the holiday season around the corner, add ADAA to your to-do list so you don't forget to give a gift to ADAA! Every gift makes a difference to both ADAA and our community, as it allows us to continue providing free resources to those facing anxiety, depression, and co-occurring disorders and support the research that will one day prevent and cure these disorders.
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We Love Our Facebook Fundraisers!
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ADAA would like to extend a huge thank you to those who choose to fundraise on behalf of ADAA - your generosity makes a critical difference. You and your Facebook friends can support causes that are important to you (like ADAA!) by raising funds and awareness right on Facebook.
Read more and start your own fundraiser today.
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This Holiday Season:
Shop AmazonSmile and Support ADAA!
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Stuck between shopping for holiday gifts or donating to your favorite charity or nonprofit? Now you don't have to choose! This holiday season,
wrap up your shopping at AmazonSmile and support ADAA at the same time! AmazonSmile will donate a proceed of your purchase to ADAA.
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If you have a question, are interested in learning more about a particular topic, and/or would like to share your ideas or story, please email us at
information@adaa.org.
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