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Lessons learned from treating COVID-related anxiety
Psychiatric Times
As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, 2020 was a very challenging year. Concerns about contracting the infection, loss of income/employment, disruption of routines, physical isolation from friends and family, restriction of leisure activities, and school and daycare closures caused significant stress for patients and clinicians. Although the stress may not meet the diagnostic criteria for an anxiety disorder, the symptoms can affect quality of life.
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Happy Holidays from the ADAA Board and Staff. Best Wishes for a Wonderful 2021!
ADAA
A special thank you to ADAA’s board of directors and members for their collaboration and support during such a challenging year. The pandemic and financially certainty have brought increased anxiety and depression to many this year. Our professional members answered the call by writing dozens of blog posts and hosting many webinars on a variety of COVID-19 and related topics to help millions of people worldwide find treatment and research resources to better manage their mental health. Together, through the alignment of science and treatment we are #breakingthestigma and offering help and hope. Thank you!
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#ADAA2021Virtual News
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Register Today - Member Loyalty Rate Ends December 21, 2020
#ADAA2021Virtual will utilize a new 3-D virtual platform and is like no other conference in scope and depth. You will have unsurpassed access to experts in clinical care and research, have opportunities to network with colleagues from around the globe, and take away learning experiences that will enrich your research and practice. We look forward to seeing you in this new virtual realm.
ADAA's 2021 3D Virtual annual conference offers an ALL-INCLUSIVE* fee for the entire 2-day virtual event. There are no add on or a la carte fees. Full access includes:
- Admission to all live sessions, live Q&As, posters, and exhibits over the conference dates of March 18-19, 2021
- Extended access to more than 130 recorded presentations for 60 days post conference dates
- Keynote Address and other special sessions (Ross Lecture, Scientific Research Symposium, Clinical Practice Symposium)
- The opportunity to earn CE/CME credits for most live and on demand sessions - ADAA estimates more than 50 CE/CME eligible sessions.
- And, for the first time, ADAA expects to offer Cross Cultural Competency Diversity Credits
- Access to small networking and discussions groups
- Partners Solution Hall: Meet exhibitors and sponsors. Learn about ADAA committees and special interest groups
*Nonmembers requesting CE/CME credits must pay an additional fee of $89.
Did You Defer Your 2020 Registration?
If you deferred your 2020 Annual Conference registration you should have received an email on December 1, 2020 detailing how to transfer your registration to the 2021 conference. If you believe you elected to defer your registration and did not receive this email, please contact ADAA at conference@adaa.org. Make sure you process your deferred registration prior to the December 22, 2020 deadline.
ADAA Welcomes Our #ADAA2021Virtual Sponsors
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Become an #ADAA2021Virtual Exhibitor or Sponsor Today!
Interested in securing your exhibit spot or sponsor benefits? Please email ADAA at conference@adaa.org. More information will be posted soon on the #ADAA2021Virtual Exhibitor and Sponsor website pages.
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ADAA Professional Education
ADAA
ADAA offers a variety of live and recorded webinars for mental health professionals. Many ADAA professional webinars offer CE/CME and AWSB credits – right now there are 15 on-demand webinars eligible for CE/CME credit. Sign up today to make sure you don’t miss out on these educational opportunities.
We are finalizing the January – March 2021 live webinar schedule and should have more information posted soon. Please check back for a listing of upcoming live professional webinars.
ADAA RECENT ON DEMAND RECORDINGS WITH CE/CME CREDITS
- Introduction to Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Disorders of Overcontrol
R. Trent Codd, III, EdS
- Written Exposure Therapy: A Brief Treatment Approach for PTSD
Denise M. Sloan, PhD
- The Practice of Cultural Humility: Addressing Privilege, Stereotypes, Biases, and Microaggressions in the Therapeutic Context
Hong Nguyen, PhD and Elizabeth Sauber, PhD
- Worry and Anxiety in Youth: ADAA 2020 Fall Forum
Sandra Pimentel, PhD, Mona Potter, MD, Eli Lebowitz, PhD, Krystal Lewis, PhD, Lynn Lyons, LICSW, Jamie Micco, PhD, ABPP, John Walkup, MD, and Barbara Kamholz, PhD, ABPP
View a full list of all ADAA on demand webinars.
Interested in submitting a professional education webinar proposal? Click here to access the webinar submissions portal.
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ADAA recognizes, supports, and values the inclusion of diverse groups and views in all parts of the association. ADAA recognizes the strength and improved decisions that results from participation in association programs, leadership, committees/taskforces, and staff of diverse individuals from a wide-range of organizations. As such, ADAA embraces diversity and inclusiveness as a core value. Read more...
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Visit ADAA’s resource page for helpful tips and strategies from our members for coping with heightened anxiety and depression related to the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Members' Corner
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Ken Goodman, LCSW
ADAA Board Member
Prior to joining ADAA I wrote and produced several self-help audio programs including The Anxiety Solution Series, a 12-hour audio course, Stress Free, a compilation of six guided meditations, and The Personal Growth Series, a collection of seven hypnosis sessions. Since becoming a member of ADAA and being elected to their Board of Directors, I have completed two books: Break Free from Anxiety and The Emetophobia Manual. Although my practice in Los Angeles was focused on treating anxiety disorders, prior to joining ADAA, I did not know other therapists who shared the same specialty. Attending my first ADAA conference in 2013 changed that. The presentations filled the gaps in my knowledge, and I met and become friends with other experts in the field. Read more…
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ADAA Members in the Media — Recent Articles
ADAA
Have you been quoted in a recent news article/story? Please let us know so we can share your news with your ADAA colleagues and with our public community (here, through the website and via our social media platforms).
12/12/2020 Tony Hsieh’s last months are a tragic reminder of how Covid isolation can worsen mental health – here’s how to help, CNBC, Mary Alvord, PhD
12/11/2020 The 5 Most Useful Responses to Anxiety, Psychology Today, Joel Minden, PhD
12/10/2020 Family Life 2020 - In Photos, National Geographic, Mary Alvord, PhD
12/9/2020 The Hidden 'Fourth Wave' of the Pandemic, NYTimes, ADAA President Luana Marques, PhD
12/9/2020 Therapists Predict How the Holidays Will Affect our Mental Health, HuffPost, Debra Kissen, PhD
12/8/2020 The Parental Burnout Crisis Has Reached a Tipping Point, Vox, Mary Alvord, PhD
12/5/2020 Opinion: Help Available to Treat Childhood Anxiety, Greenwich Time, Eli Lebowitz, PhD
12/3/2020 New Ways Parents Can Help Kids Cope with Anxiety, Click2Houston.com, Eli Lebowitz, PhD
11/30/2020 Hoarding, Stockpiling, Panic Buying: What's Normal Behavior in an Abnormal Time?, TheConversation.com, Carol A. Matthews, MD
New Member Publications
The Mindfulness Workbook for OCD: A Guide to Overcoming Obsessions and Compulsions Using Mindfulness and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
By ADAA Member Jon Hershfield, MFT and Tom Corboy, MFT
Have you published a research or article or book for the public or professional communities? ADAA member publications on ADAA website. Please email us.
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ADAA News
ADAA
New Webinar Series on Financial Success in Private Practice
 ADAA is thrilled to share this series of free webinars focusing on Financial Success in Private Practice sponsored by our partners, Heard Mental Health. The series will consist of four specific events free to ADAA members. Use code ADAA in the promo field when checking out to receive complimentary access.
Part 1: How to Understand and Monitor Your Financial Performance
Friday, December 18th, 2020 at 11 AM PDT
Part 2: Establish the Entity that You Need to Get the Best Tax Benefit
When: Thursday, January 7th, 2021 at 11 AM PDT
Part 3: Build an Accounting, Payroll and Tax System That Works for Your Practice
When: Thursday, January 21st, 2021 at 11 AM PDT
Part 4: Prepare for Tax Season, and Maximize Your Tax Deductions
When: Thursday, February 11th at 11 AM PDT
Personal Stories of Triumph
 ADAA regularly shares stories of triumph submitted by our public community. These stories focus on how people living with anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive, and trauma-related disorders have struggled, coped, and triumphed.
Recently Charles shared his story:
In 2014, I was diagnosed with Social Anxiety Disorder. Although I received the diagnosis when I was twenty-seven, it was something I always struggled with. In my book, Conquering Mountains, I share the experiences I have had that led to this diagnosis. Read more…
ADAA Allies
Every donor is special. Every reason someone donates to ADAA is unique. We are very grateful for the many ways that donors choose to support our mission. We are also so thankful for those in our ADAA community who raise awareness about mental health issues and work with us to #breakthestigma. We invite you to read donors' and ADAA allies' stories and campaigns.
 Raising Awareness: Hat by Hat
by David Miller
On December 3, 2018, I began residential treatment. It was an 11 week program that changed my outlook on life and allowed me to focus on mindfulness-chirping birds, eating a chocolate, taking a nap, and even having a great laugh!
During those 11 weeks at the treatment center, I met another patient named Louis. He is a gifted artist who had just begun to explore his artistic genius as his symptoms have made permanent employment a formidable challenge.
Read more…
ADAA Celebrates 40 Years
 
ADAA is proud to be celebrating 40 years of providing a professional home for our multidisciplinary membership and working collaboratively to help the millions of people who struggle every day with anxiety disorders and/or depression find help and hope. We stand strong and committed to continuing to provide free cutting-edge evidence-based treatment and research information to the global public community.
We invite you to read long-time ADAA member Dr. Eda Gorbis’s reflections about her time with ADAA.
Support ADAA With an End of Year Gift!
 End the year by making a difference! This time of year is the perfect time to reflect on all that you are thankful for and to considering supporting organizations in your community whose mission and work you value. Please consider supporting ADAA in your end of year giving plans. You can make your gift today by:
Let us know why you support ADAA so we can share your thoughts on our social media platforms as we engage our community in our end-of-year giving campaign. Email us at membership@adaa.org to explain why ADAA is so meaningful to you and your practice or research.
Your support allows ADAA to continue its mission of providing free access to helpful resources and support for those struggling with anxiety, depression, and related disorders as well as providing treatment and research updates for our members and the wider professional community.
Now You Can Support ADAA While You Shop Online
 Did you know that when you shop on Amazon you can also support ADAA year-round by selecting us as your charity of choice? AmazonSmile, is a simple and automatic way for you to support ADAA every time you shop — at no cost to you. Select ADAA on AmazonSmile and support our work to #breakthestigma around mental health issues with every item you purchase.
And now, you can choose ADAA as your AmazonSmile charity on your Amazon iPhone or Android app by going to Settings and selecting ADAA.
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Depression and Anxiety Journal News
ADAA
Volume 37, Issue 11
FOCUS ON: FAMILY, HOMELESSNESS, AND DIETARY RELATIONSHIPS TO MENTAL HEALTH
NOVEMBER 2020
Murray B. Stein, MD, MPH - Editor-in-Chief
Highlighted Articles
Associations of warzone veteran mental health with partner mental health and family functioning: Family Foundations Study
Molly R. Franz, Anica Pless Kaiser, Rebecca J. Phillips, Lewina O. Lee, Amy E. Lawrence, Casey T. Taft , Jennifer J. Vasterling
Supplementation‐induced increase in circulating omega‐3 serum levels is not associated with a reduction in depressive symptoms: Results from the MooDFOOD depression prevention trial
Carisha S. Thesing, Yuri Milaneschi, Mariska Bot, Ingeborg A. Brouwer, Matt Owens, Ulrich Hegerl, Margalida Gili, Miquel Roca, Elisabeth Kohls, Ed Watkins, Marjolein Visser, Brenda W. J. H. Penninx
Consumption of energy drinks is associated with depression, anxiety, and stress in young adult males: Evidence from a longitudinal cohort study
Simrat Kaur, Hayley Christian, Matthew N. Cooper, Jacinta Francis, Karina Allen, Gina Trapp
Depression and Anxiety, the official journal of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, is available online at no charge to ADAA members. The journal welcomes original research and synthetic review articles covering neurobiology (genetics and neuroimaging), epidemiology, experimental psychopathology, and treatment (psychotherapeutic and pharmacologic) aspects of mood and anxiety disorders, and related phenomena in humans. A priority is placed on papers focusing on treatment, as well as those providing cutting-edge reviews of key areas and issues, in order to enhance the clinical evaluation and care of individuals struggling with the effects of these disorders. All submissions are peer-reviewed; there is no handling or publishing fee.
Per the ISI Journal Citation Reports Rankings for 2017, the Depression and Anxiety impact factor is 5.043. The journal ranks 19 of 142 in psychiatry journals; 8 of 77 in psychology journals; 5 of 121 for psychology clinical journals, and 15 of 139 for psychiatry social science journals. Google Scholar psychiatry journal ranking (spring 2017) ranked Depression and Anxiety #19 of 20.
Murray B. Stein, MD, MPH - Editor-in-Chief
Meet the Journal Editorial Board
Interested in submitting an article? View the Depression and Anxiety Submissions Guidelines.
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Mental Health Community News
ADAA
NIMH Funding Opportunity
NIMH seeks applications for research projects to evaluate the effectiveness of service-ready tools and technologies that can be used to advance training, quality monitoring, and quality improvement efforts and ultimately improve the availability of evidence-based suicide prevention services.
Submissions will be accepted beginning January 18, 2021 and the deadline is February 18, 2021. For more information on this opportunity and companion funding opportunities click here.
Scholarship/Award Opportunities
APF/ Division 29 Early Career Award: $1,250
Due January 31, 2021
$1,250 to recognize promising contributions to psychotherapy, psychology, and Div. 29 (Society
for the Advancement of Psychotherapy) by a division member with 10 or fewer years of
postdoctoral experience.
https://www.apa.org/apf/funding/div-29
Apply online for all programs here
Questions? Email Julia, APF’s program coordinator, at jwatson@apa.org
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Other Ways You Can Support ADAA's Mission
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Donate now through PayPal
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Enjoy some online shopping while supporting a good cause - ADAA's mission of providing complimentary, evidence-based resources to the public. Most store items are now 75% off, and all items are $15 or under! Click here to stock your cart.
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.RESEARCH AND PRACTICE NEWS
Poverty, depression, and anxiety: Causal evidence and mechanisms
Science Magazine
Mental equilibrium is essential for an economically productive life in both industrialized and developing countries. Accumulating evidence shows that mental ill-health and poverty tend to be traveling partners, but which is the cause? Ridley et al. reviewed the literature on natural and controlled economic experiments involving individuals living in poverty. The authors sought to resolve the mechanisms whereby poverty triggers mental illness and how mental illness compounds poverty. Their results reveal the benefits of cash support and of low-cost therapeutic interventions for those suffering from mental illness under poverty.
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States ranked by adults reporting anxiety, depression amid pandemic
Becker's Hospital Review
Nationally, 41.4 percent of U.S. adults are reporting anxiety or depression symptoms, according to a survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
The survey, conducted Oct. 28 to Nov. 9, asked U.S. adults if they were experiencing symptoms of anxiety or depressive disorder more than half of the time or nearly every day.
Washington, D.C. had the highest percentage of adults reporting symptoms of anxiety or depression, while North Dakota had the lowest.
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Trajectories of anxiety and depressive symptoms during enforced isolation due to COVID-19 in England
The Lancet Psychiatry
There is major concern about the impact of the global COVID-19 outbreak on mental health. Several studies suggest that mental health deteriorated in many countries before and during enforced isolation (ie, lockdown), but it remains unknown how mental health has changed week by week over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to explore the trajectories of anxiety and depression over the 20 weeks after lockdown was announced in England, and compare the growth trajectories by individual characteristics.
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Rap music is putting mental health in the spotlight
HealthDay News via U.S. News & World Report
Beat-heavy rap music could help beat mental illness: Over the past two decades, the lyrics of the most popular songs in rap have increasingly hit on issues related to anxiety, depression and mental health, a new study reveals.
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'Worrisome' rates of suicidal thoughts, behaviors in kids with epilepsy
Medscape
Children with epilepsy with no previous psychiatric diagnosis have alarmingly high rates of suicidal thoughts and behaviors, new research suggests.
In a study of more than 100 youth with the disorder, more than 40 percent had depression, 30 percent had anxiety, and about 1 in 10 exhibited signs of suicidal thoughts and behaviors.
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Certain antidepressants might increase stroke risk for young adults with PTSD
Medical Xpress
Certain types of antidepressants might be better than others for treating PTSD because they carry a lower risk of stroke, according to a new study.
The research, published in the American Heart Association journal Stroke, looked at data from 1.1 million U.S. veterans. It's the largest-ever investigation of post-traumatic stress disorder and antidepressant-associated stroke risk in young adults, according to the study authors.
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