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Sept. 17, 2020

September is National Suicide Awareness Month

September is National Suicide Awareness Month. Also known as Suicide Prevention Month, the month brings awareness to a topic not often talked about. We know that many in our ADAA community have been personally impacted by suicide. Did you know that on average, one person takes their life every 16.2 minutes and two-thirds of the people who die by suicide also struggled with depression? One way to help prevent suicide is to increase awareness about anxiety and depression and to help improve access to treatment. However, identifying depression can be difficult. Not all people who suffer from depression show signs. The first step in identifying someone who is suffering from depression and contemplating suicide is to see how serious the issue is. Talking to the person involved and asking about their thoughts will help decrease the trigger of suicidal action. Suggesting a counselor or treatment for depression might also help. ADAA’s community partners offer a broad range of resources to help – we invite you to share these with loved ones throughout this month and beyond.

Resources:

Watch ADAA’s free explainer video on depression here.
Help raise awareness by sharing this infographic on social media.
Check out these helpful pages on depression symptoms and treatment.
Watch our member expert hosted free webinars:
- How to Recognize and Treat Depression
- Can Yoga Help with Depression? What Does the Research Say?
  - Depression Central: Tell Me All I Need to Know About Depression, Article -Psycom.net, ADAA member Jessica Stern, PhD
  - Feeling Anxious? Yoga Can Help Soothe You, Article - Healthy Day, ADAA member Naomi Simon, MD, MSc

Personal Stories:

I Wore My Heart on My Sleeves – Personal Story – Edison Konan
Believe That Life is Worth Living, and it Will Create the Fact – Personal Story - Kavya Hemmanur

Please visit ADAA’s Suicide Prevention Resources:

Personal Stories of Triumph

ADAA Professional Member Ashley Smith, PhD shares:

“As a clinical psychologist, I probably think about suicide more often and in different ways than most. I’ve read the research. I’ve been trained to ask the hard questions. I am all too familiar with the frustrating gaps in our knowledge base: what causes it, who is at risk, how do we prevent it? I understand the stigma and misconceptions surrounding it, and I know, firsthand, the collateral damage that stems from it.”

You can read the rest of Ashley’s story here, and read how others are triumphing over anxiety and depression here.

Your story is important and has the power to help others in their mental health journey. We would love for you to submit a poem, video, artwork, or a story to be featured on ADAA’s website, in future issues of Triumph, and through our social media platforms. Your story can offer hope and encouragement and let others know they aren’t alone. Learn more here.

ADAA Member Articles

Credit Card Debt and Mental Health, Michael S. Ziffra, MD
The Psychiatrist Will See You Online Now, John Torous, MD
Suicide Has Only Gotten Younger, Mary Alvord, PhD
Suicide is Preventable: So, How Can We Help Our Teens?, Eli Lebowitz, PhD
For Kids with O.C.D., Coronavirus Precautions Can Go Too Far, Eric Storch, PhD
How college students are stepping up to help make returning to classes safe amid COVID-19, Mary Alvord, PhD
Expert advice on pandemic mental health issues, Karen Cassiday, PhD
How To Manage your Emotions and Build Resilience Amidst a Pandemic, Luana Marques, PhD
14 Things Therapists Need You to Know About Suicide, Shane Owens, PhD, ABPP

ADAA Member Blogs

How to Deal with Your COVID-19 Stress, Anxiety & OCD – Lindsay Israel, MD
For School Professionals – Three Steps to Master Back-to-school COVID-19 Anxiety - Shane Owens, PhD, ABPP
Mental Health Resources for Suicide Survivors – Nicole J. LeBlanc, MA, Kate H. Bentley, PhD, and Naomi M. Simon, MD, MSc

ADAA RESOURCES

Find a Therapist

The licensed mental health providers listed in ADAA’s online directory specialize in anxiety, depression, OCD, PTSD, and related disorders. Click here to search the database by disorder or location. All providers listed are professional members of ADAA who have chosen to be listed.

Also, with social distancing still in practice, telehealth is now more critical than ever. Online therapy, also known as telemental health, is being provided to those who would like to receive counseling and support through email, video conference, online chat, or by phone. ADAA offers a list of providers offering telemental health services.

You can learn about treatment options available to you here.

Not sure how to select the right therapist? Check out ADAA’s Finding the Right Therapist infographic.

ADAA’s Free On-Line Peer to Peer Community

ADAA offers a free, safe, and supportive anonymous online space for those affected by anxiety disorders and/or depression to share information and experiences. You can connect with other people experiencing similar struggles, contribute to ongoing conversations, or start your own conversation Subscribe to our English or Spanish language community.

ADAA is pleased to provide a forum for FAQs that we receive from our public community. We forward all questions to one of our ADAA professional members and post the answers in Triumph and on our website. Have a question? Please email information@adaa.org.

Question: Anxiety Attacks - What Can Help?

I was diagnosed with general anxiety disorder about a year ago. I sought treatment and after a couple sessions was doing much better. My anxiety only comes on when I feel time pressure such as wanting to leave to get to a place on time for rational and irrational events...such as being 15 minutes away from a location and being on schedule to get there early but all of a sudden I get an anxiety attack. It feels like an elephant is on my chest and my mood changes and makes me distant. Is there a medication I can talk to my doctor about that would help relieve these sudden onset symptoms? I was prescribed beta blockers before and they did absolutely nothing for me.

Answer: ADAA member David Rosmarin, PhD, ABPP

The best medication for anxiety is Exposure Therapy. What will happen to you if you’re late and have an anxiety attack? Probably not much. Anxiety is scary, but not dangerous. Read more.

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ADAA Self-Help Bookstore

Visit ADAA’s virtual bookstore to find books on mental health and self-help written by our professional members. And all purchases made on Amazon through our website helps support ADAA’s mission!

Facing Panic: Self-Help for People with Panic Attacks
by Reid Wilson, PhD

Triumph Over Shyness: Conquering Social Anxiety Disorder
Second Edition, by Murray B. Stein, MD, MPH, and John R. Walker, PhD

ADAA NEWS

Fill in the blank for one of these two questions and email your response to information@adaa.org to be entered for a chance to win a cool ADAA store item! We will share all responses on our social media platforms throughout September and include them in the October Triumph issue.

Triumphing over anxiety to me means ________________
or
I’m helping to #BreakTheStigma by ___________________

Connecting With ADAA

ADAA shares news articles, member and program news and more through our social media platforms. We invite you to check out the past week’s most popular posts and to follow us!

Instagram

September is Suicide Prevention Month. Help us #BreakTheStigma by educating yourself and others, and resharing this message. Prevention saves lives.
Read more.

Twitter

From ADAA member Richa Bhatia, MD – Quick tips to manage COVID-19 reentry anxiety. #MentalHealth #ReEntry #Anxiety
Read more.

Facebook

September is National Suicide Prevention Month. Suicide affects all age groups, including children. More people die from suicide than from automobile accidents. Here are resources to help work toward prevention: http://ow.ly/mYql50Bf9Hq | #SuicidePrevention.
Read more here.

YouTube

What does depression look like in yourself, in a friend or family member? What are the best treatments available now? What new treatments are on the horizon? Watch the free webinar.

COMMUNITY NEWS

DBSA 2020 Leadership Summit – Supporting Youth Mental Health Conference Track

Parents, peers, clinicians, educators, young adults who attend the DBSA Leadership Summit- Supporting Youth Mental Health track will experience three sessions featuring panels, lectures, interactive feedback, Q&As, and talk-back sessions focused on youth mental health. They will discuss the mental health of children, teens, and young adults in 2020 as we understand the concerns impacting youth mental health. They will examine the path to wellness through understanding what wellness means beyond symptom reduction as well as explore what wellness means to teens and young adults. They will discuss how misunderstandings of mental health conditions and stigma create challenging conversations and learn more about how DBSA is supporting children, teens, young adults, caregivers, and families. For more information and to register: https://www.dbsalliance.org/2020-leadership-summit/

The DBSA Mood Crew

Early childhood is a time when young ones are learning about emotions and finding ways to express them. The DBSA Mood Crew is a fun and engaging educational program, designed for children ages 4 to 10, that helps adults begin a positive conversation about emotions with children. The DBSA Mood Crew activities were created to help parents, caregivers, educators, and clinicians teach children how to recognize and discuss emotions. Understanding emotions is a key step toward lifelong mental health. The program may be especially valuable for young ones who are having a tough time with emotions. Meet the DBSA Mood Crew.

The WiseGeek Mental Health Well-Being Scholarship is a $500 scholarship open to college students who have experienced challenges with mental health or had those close to them who have experienced mental health challenges.

The scholarship is meant to provide awareness to mental health challenges and assist those who have had to face those issues with a $500 award to help pay their tuition.

The deadline to apply is December 31, 2020. You can find out more information here.

PsyberGuide, a Project of One Mind, is a non-profit project providing unbiased reviews of mental health apps. In partnership with ADAA, PsyberGuide ADAA features 4 highly rated anxiety/depression apps on our website to help you find and effectively use mental health apps.

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