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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ADAA Podcast
Treatment-Resistant Depression Is Treatable — What You May Be Missing
Check out this ADAA podcast with Inside Mental Health. In this episode, ADAA board member and clinical psychologist Dr. Jill Emanuele unpacks the nuanced differences between sadness, grief, and major depressive disorder — and why misusing these terms can delay real help.
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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,
Personal Story
Creativity Became My Way of Balancing OCD and Anxiety
An illustrator and mother shares her journey of living with OCD and anxiety, and how art became her lifeline and therapy.
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FIND HELP
Take Charge. Get Answers. Move Forward.
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 Free Webinars
Free live and on-demand webinars with ADAA member experts answering questions about anxiety disorders, OCD, PTSD, depression and co-occurring disorders.
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Take Note!
ADAA Patient Guide to Mood and Anxiety Disorders
From Service to Streetwear: A Veteran's Journey of Resilience and Hope
At Mobillionairez, our mission has always been bigger than fashion. My husband and I are both proud military veterans. Serving our country was an honor,
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Writing as Therapy
Writing became Ayo's therapy. Writing was a way for her to survive grief, process loss, and slowly mend her brokenness through words, transforming pain into healing and meaning.
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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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Finding the Right Mental Health Professional for Depression and Anxiety
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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