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Mental health and medical care avoidance
Psychiatric Times
COVID-19 is putting unprecedented pressure on the United States’ healthcare system. But believe it or not, the pandemic is also leading some individuals to delay or even avoid necessary treatment.
Why? The answer may be mental health problems.
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.ADAA NEWS
Anxiety and Worry in Youth: ADAA's 2020 Fall Forum – Registration Open Now
 The 2020 ADAA Virtual Fall Forum will focus on anxiety and worry in youth, a transdiagnostic issue affecting children, teens, and emerging adults and will address the ways in which technology can be harnessed to address these challenges. An interdisciplinary group of speakers will present on biological and psychosocial mechanisms and interventions.
The Fall Forum will be held on October 29, 2020, 12-3 pm EST and is eligible for 3 CE/CME credits.
Individual Presentations
"Will My Child be Permanently Affected?" A Developmental Approach to Helping Anxious Youth and Their Caregivers Meet the Challenges of These Times featuring Sandra Pimentel, PhD
A look at how developmental milestones have been disrupted by COVID-19 with particular effects on anxious youth (e.g. social anxiety). The speaker will discuss the impacts of isolation and quarantine, the uncertainty of youth returning or not returning to schools, the feelings of relief from the removal of social task demands, as well as the impacts of new challenges from increased virtual activity.
Innovations in Child and Adolescent Anxiety Treatment featuring Mona Potter, MD
This session will start by providing a brief overview of the current landscape of evidence-based treatment for pediatric anxiety disorders and OCD. The speaker will then touch on updates and innovations in treatment of pediatric anxiety disorders and OCD in three areas: 1) treatment delivery and therapeutic approach, 2) digital therapeutics, and 3) select complementary and alternative interventions
Panel Discussion
The Intersection of Technology and Youth Anxiety featuring Eli Lebowitz, PhD, Krystal Lewis, PhD, Lynn Lyons, LICSW, Jamie Micco, PhD, ABPP, and John Walkup, MD
This panel will focus on the ways in which technology has aided the development of innovative new treatments for anxious children and adolescents (e.g., teletherapy, therapy apps, computerized interventions) and has helped to normalize the experience of anxiety through targeted social media messaging. We will also discuss the ways in which technology has contributed to the significant increase in youth anxiety disorders and possible mechanisms involved in this correlation.
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#ADAA2021 News
ADAA
#ADAA2021Virtual: ADAA is Going Virtual for 2021
Join your colleagues for informative and impactful sessions, vibrant networking opportunities, and access to special events like the Partner Solutions Hall, New Research Posters Hall, and SIG events – all from the comfort of your home with no travel costs involved. This cutting-edge conference is not simply another Zoom meeting or webinar! We look forward to seeing you there – registration will open in late October 2020.
Submission Deadlines TOMORROW, Wednesday, October 7, 2020
The 2021 ADAA Conference Committee invites you to submit your presentations for the 41st Annual Conference. ADAA leads the way in bringing together a multidisciplinary community of basic and clinical researchers and clinicians with diverse backgrounds in psychiatry, psychology, social work, counseling, nursing, neuroscience, and more. Watch ADAA’s Submissions Tutorial Video. Visit ADAA’s conference webpage for more information as it becomes available and to sign-up for conference updates. Deadline for conference submissions is Wednesday, October 7, 2020.
- ATTENTION ACCEPTED 2020 SESSION PRESENTERS:
ADAA is pleased to announce that all accepted submissions for the 2020 Annual Conference will be automatically accepted for the 2021 conference and will not require additional peer review. Please note, however, that ADAA has launched a new submissions portal for 2021, so you must resubmit your 2020 accepted presentation. While ADAA encourages you to update your data as appropriate the overall topic cannot be changed. If you wish to submit a new session abstract, it must be treated as a new submission.
#ADAA2021 Encourages New Research Poster Submissions. Poster sessions are lively, engaging sessions promoting the exchange of new research findings in a visual format. Poster sessions are interactive and provide an opportunity to interact with researchers, to ask questions, discuss findings, and share information. ADAA is excited to host a virtual Poster Hall as a part of #ADAA2021Virtual. Click here for more information or click here to begin your submission. The deadline for New Research Poster submissions is Wednesday, November 4, 2020.
Apply for the Donald F. Klein Early Career Investigator Award:
ADAA offers an annual award to an early career investigator for the best original research paper on neurobiology, psychopharmacology, psychosocial treatments, or experimental psychopathology of anxiety disorders and depression. Click here to begin your application. The deadline for Donald F. Klein Award applications is Wednesday, November 4, 2020.
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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 12 webinars eligible for CE/CME credit, with more added each month! Sign up today to make sure you don’t miss out on these educational opportunities.
Live! Introduction to Affirmative Clinical Practice with Sexual Minority Clients
Presented by David Pantalone, PhD
This Thursday, October 8, 2020 at 12:00 pm EST
CE/CME Eligible
Read more...
Live! Addressing Racism to Reduce Mental Health Inequities
Presented by Briana Woods-Jaeger, PhD
Thursday, October 22, 2020 at 12:00 pm EST
CE/CME Eligible
Read more...
 Live! The 2020 ADAA Virtual Fall Forum – October 29, 2020 from 12-3 pm EST – will focus on anxiety and worry in youth, a transdiagnostic issue affecting children, teens, and emerging adults and will address the ways in which technology can be harnessed to address these challenges. An interdisciplinary group of speakers will present on biological and psychosocial mechanisms and interventions.
Individual Presenters:
Sandra Pimentel, PhD & Mona Potter, MD
Panel Discussion: The Intersection of Technology and Youth Anxiety
Panel Participants:
- Eli Lebowitz, PhD
- Krystal M. Lewis, PhD
- Lynn Lyons, LICSW
- Jamie Micco, PhD, ABPP
- John T. Walkup, MD
The Fall Forum will be moderated by ADAA’s Board President, Luana Marques, PhD.
The fall forum will be eligible for 3 CE/CME credits. The webinar will be recorded and available on-demand after the live session. Learn more and register.
Live!Written Exposure Therapy: A Brief Treatment Approach for PTSD
Featuring Denise Sloan, PhD
Thursday, December 3, 2020 at 12:00 pm ET
CE/CME Eligible
Read more…
Live! Introduction to Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Disorders of Overcontrol
Featuring R. Trent Codd, EdS
Thursday, December 10, 2020 at 12:00 pm EST
CE/CME Eligible
Read more…
ADAA RECENT ON DEMAND RECORDINGS WITH CE/CME CREDITS
Vie all CE/CME eligible on demand webinars.
ADAA RECENT ON DEMAND RECORDINGS WITHOUT CE/CME CREDITS
View a full list of all ADAA on demand webinars.
ADAA is excited to share our new professional education webinar submissions portal. Designed to easily capture all proposal information required for peer review and to provide a seamless user experience, all webinars can be submitted by clicking here. Have questions about the new portal or your proposal? Email us at webinars@adaa.org.
Check out this new webinar portal tutorial video for helpful tips on submitting your professional education webinar proposal.
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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 - updated daily - to provide helpful tips and strategies for coping with heightened anxiety and depression related to the COVID-19 outbreak from our ADAA members. Please share this resource with your colleagues and with your clients.
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Members' Corner
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Tanya Brooks
Christina Everhart
Emily Freihart
Aliza Goldberg
John Guerry
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New ADAA Member Public Blog Posts
The Aching Blue: Trauma, Stress and Invisible Wounds of Those in Law Enforcement
by Arash Javanbakht, MD
Protecting Yourself Against Covid-19 Doesn’t Cause OCD
by Patricia Thornton, PhD
3 Research-based Ways to Cope with the Uncertainties of Pandemic Life
by Bethany Teachman, PhD
Wildfire Anxiety - Relaxation Tips
by Jennifer Shannon, LMFT
Michelle Lozano, A-LMFT
"I joined ADAA in the Fall of 2017 and immediately joined the Public Education Committee on the recommendation of my supervisor and co-chair of the committee Debra Kissen. At first, I was just joining because my boss said to, essentially, but little did I know how involved I would become over time.
"I can depend on ADAA for all kinds of reliable information to share with my clients, referrals of evidence-based therapists across the country, and informative webinars that no other site is doing. But really, my favorite thing is contributing to blogs and sharing my voice. Therapists of color are rare, generally, and it is nice that ADAA provides a platform for me to share my perspective far and wide." Read more...
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ADAA News
ADAA
 Deadline for Open ADAA Early Career Board Seat – Tomorrow, Wednesday, October 7, 2020. Here is your opportunity to help lead ADAA into the future!
The ADAA Board of Directors has an open board seat and will be selecting one candidate to become a member of the Board effective at the end of December, 2020. The open Board seat is designated as ADAA's Early Career Board seat. The early career board member is a voting member of the ADAA Board and serves a two-year term. The Board wishes to enhance its engagement with early career professionals and seeks to have the early career voice fully represented and involved on the ADAA Board. Early career is defined as a professional who has completed her/his/their terminal degree or postdoctoral fellowship/medical/clinical residency (or the equivalent) within the past 10 years.
This opportunity is only available to current ADAA members. For more information and to download an application, click here. Please email ADAA Executive Director Susan Gurley with any questions.
New, Complimentary, On Demand Webinar from Heard Mental Health
Are you interested in learning some simple new cost-effective marketing strategies that will allow you to expand your reach and find new clients for your private practice?
Learn from an industry leading marketing expert on how to leverage cost-effective paid advertising and marketing strategies to get new clients. Paid channels are daunting but there are simple ways to get started. ADAA and Heard Mental Health are partnering to provide business guidance and growth support to behavioral health clinicians nationwide. Click here to watch.
Personal Stories of Triumph from the ADAA Public Community
ADAA regularly shares Personal Stories of Triumph from our public community. These stories help explain how people living with anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive, and trauma-related disorders have struggled, coped, and triumphed.
“Everybody Feels This Way Sometimes” – My Story of Authenticity
When I wrote this song, someone close to me was suffering with depression, and I deeply desired with all my heart and soul to soothe them, give them relief. This song was my gift, a message of love to them. I realized later this was also a song to myself. To remind myself it's ok – and actually good - to feel every emotion- including negative emotions- as emotions are powerful guidance. Read more…
New ADAA Member Publications
PTSD: What Everyone Needs to Know
Barbara O. Rothbaum, PhD, ABPP and Sheila A.M. Rauch, PhD, ABPP
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 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).
10/05/2020 His Landlord Evicted Him During The Pandemic And Then Demanded $1,100 For Him To Get His Belongings, Buzzfeed.news, David H. Rosmarin, PhD, ABPP
10/5/2020 Self-Soothing During the Pandemic, Shondaland.com, ADAA Member Shane Ownes, PhD, ABPP
10/4/2020 How Parents Shape their Children's Mental Health, CNN.com, ADAA Member Eli Lebowitz
10/1/2020 Army Sees Sharp Increase in Suicides during Corona Virus Pandemic, CNN.com, Board Member Sheila Rauch, PhD, ABPP and Arash Javanbakht, MD
10/1/2020 Forecasting How COVID-19 Will Effect the Future of Mental Health, Recorded Interview with HCPLive.com, Michael Liebowitz, MD
09/28/2020 The Mental Health Impact of COVID-19, Recorded Interview with HCPLive.com, Michael Liebowitz, MD
09/25/2020 How to Choose Effective, Science-based Mental Health Apps with Stephen Schueller, PhD, Speaking of Psychology Podcast APA.org, Stephen Schueller, PhD
09/24/2020 Parents might be Downplaying Concerns for their Sons, Study Finds, WashtingtonTimes.com, Mary Alvord,PhD
09/21/2020 Parents are more Concerned about their Boys Becoming Successful Adults than their Girls, Deseret.com, Mary Alvord,PhD
09/21/2020 New PTSD Treatments as Cases Rise Among Some Groups, WSJ.com, Tanja Jovanovic, PhD, Barbara Rothbaum, PhD, ABPP, Murray Stein, MD, MPH
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Depression and Anxiety Journal News
ADAA
Volume 37, Issue 9
FOCUS ON: GENETIC TESTING, TREATMENT, AND SUICIDE RISK IN DEPRESSION
SEPTEMBER 2020
Murray B. Stein, MD, MPH - Editor-in-Chief
Highlighted Articles
Randomized, controlled, participant‐ and rater‐blind trial of pharmacogenomic test‐guided treatment versus treatment as usual for major depressive disorder
Roy H. Perlis, Daniel Dowd, Maurizio Fava, Todd Lencz, David S. Krause
Attitudes on pharmacogenetic testing in psychiatric patients with treatment‐resistant depression
Michael J. McCarthy, Yucui Chen, Anna Demodena, Eileen Fisher, Shahrokh Golshan, Trisha Suppes, John R. Kelsoe
Association of anxiety phenotypes with risk of depression and suicidal ideation in community youth
Ran Barzilay, Lauren K. White, Tyler M. Moore, Monica E. Calkins, Jerome H. Taylor, Ariana Patrick, Zeeshan M. Hugue, Jami F. Young, Kosha Ruparel, Daniel S. Pine, Ruben C. Gur, Raquel E. Gur
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
 JAMA Editorial Fellowship Opportunity
JAMA Psychiatry is offering a 2-year uncompensated editorial fellowship position for a qualified individual. The fellow will receive hands-on training in the editorial processes and policies of a psychiatry journal and will be well-prepared to take an editorial role in a psychiatry or other peer-reviewed journal at the end of the fellowship.
JAMA Psychiatry encourages psychiatrists from underrepresented backgrounds to apply for this fellowship. "According to the Association of American Medical Colleges, “underrepresented in medicine” refers to those racial and ethnic populations that are underrepresented in the medical profession relative to their numbers in the general population."
To apply, please email dongur@partners.org and jamapsych@jamanetwork.org with a cover letter describing your interest in the fellowship and its potential impact on your career and a copy of your current CV.
The application deadline is October 15, 2020.
Click here for more information.
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Ways You Can Support ADAA's Mission
ADAA
Donate now through PayPal
Supporters can now support ADAA’s mission by donating directly through PayPal. Click here to donate today.
We Love Our Facebook Fundraisers
You and your Facebook friends can support causes that are important to you (like ADAA) by raising funds.
Read more and start your own ADAA fundraiser today.
You Can Support ADAA While You Shop!
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.
 Check out ADAA's Fall Sale!
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 item 25 percent off now and all items are $15 or under! Click here to stock your cart.
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.ADAA CALENDAR OF EVENTS
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 Pocket Therapy for Anxiety offers immediate, user-friendly, and evidence-based strategies to help your clients manage anxiety. The exercises in this book can be done in the moment, whenever your clients feel anxious, and will help them move past their fears and start living the life they were meant to live. Enter for your chance to win a free copy!
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.RESEARCH AND PRACTICE NEWS
Social media use linked with depression, secondary trauma during COVID-19
Penn State via ScienceDaily
Can't stop checking social media for the latest COVID-19 health information? You might want to take a break, according to researchers who discovered that excessive use of social media for COVID-19 health information is related to both depression and secondary trauma.
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Research shows rates of postpartum anxiety and depression increasing during COVID-19
Global News
Data out of the University of Calgary suggests more new mothers are struggling with postpartum anxiety and depression in the first three months after giving birth than prior to the pandemic.
Researchers are tracking 8,000 pregnant women from every Canadian province and territory to determine how COVID-19 is affecting their mental health. According to researcher Gerald Giesbrecht, so far 313 women have given birth and reported on their wellbeing postpartum.
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Survey shows increase in alcohol use during COVID-19 pandemic
Healio
Alcohol use increased in the United States during the first few months of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.
“Alcohol consumption is often used as a way to cope with mental distress,” Michael S. Pollard, PhD, a sociologist at the RAND Corporation and a professor at the Pardee RAND Graduate School, told Healio Primary Care. “Depression, anxiety, loneliness and physical isolation have all likely increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, and increased alcohol use may reflect and be a result of these increases. At the same time, we also know that alcohol use can contribute to depression and anxiety, which may create a vicious circle of increased mental distress, increased drinking and further increased distress.”
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The earlier trans youth get care, the less likely they are to suffer depression and suicidal thoughts
Insider
Transgender youth are less likely to grapple with depression and suicidal thoughts when they receive early gender-affirming care, according to a new study. The study, published in Pediatrics, surveyed 300 transgender youth and found older trans teens who had yet to get proper transitionary care were more likely to suffer from worse mental health issues. The findings are in line with previous research that links early transitionary care and gender affirmation to better mental health in trans kids and teens.
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Depression and anxiety tripled during the height of lockdown, new study shows
University of Sheffield via Medical Xpress
There was a three-fold increase in the number of people reporting significant depression and anxiety problems during lockdown, a study involving scientists from the University of Sheffield has found.
The research revealed that, during the coronavirus lockdown in April, the proportion of people reporting clinically significant depression and anxiety problems reached 52 percent, three times more than the pre COVID-19 average of 17 percent.
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Depression and anxiety: What is the scientific difference?
BioTechniques
The biochemical differences between depression and anxiety have been elucidated, providing new insights for targeting treatment.
Depression and anxiety often appear in the same sentence: they share several symptoms and risk factors, and are often treated with the same drugs. Over half of patients with Major Depressive Disorder have a history of anxiety. However, they’re classified as different disorders by psychiatrists, although biological evidence for the difference has heretofore been unclear. Now, new research presented at the ECNP Congress by a team from the Netherlands Study of Anxiety and Depression has provided that evidence.
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Expanding access to mental healthcare with artificial intelligence
Health IT Analytics
Across the country today, it is widely acknowledged that access to mental healthcare is just as important as clinical care when it comes to overall wellness.
Mental health conditions are incredibly common in the U.S., impacting tens of millions of people each year, according to the National Institutes of Mental Health. However, estimates suggest that only half of people with these conditions receive treatment, mainly due to barriers like clinician shortages, fragmented care, and societal stigma.
For the many individuals suffering from anxiety and depression, these existing barriers – coupled with the current healthcare crisis – can significantly interfere with the ability to carry out life activities.
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Combatting resistant depression with DMT and digital therapy
Health Europa
Nearly 264 million people live with depression across the globe, however, a portion of those do not respond to any depression treatments. ATAI Life Sciences, a global biotech company looking to help alleviate the current mental health crisis, has now launched Viridia Life Sciences to develop novel formulations of N,N-dimethyltriptymine to investigate its efficacy for resistant depression in conjunction with digital therapeutics.
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Nurture trumps nature in determining severity of PTSD symptoms
Yale News
Researchers at Yale and elsewhere previously identified a host of genetic risk factors that help explain why some veterans are especially susceptible to the debilitating symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder.
A new Yale-led study published Sept. 30 in the journal Biological Psychiatry has now identified a social factor that can mitigate these genetic risks: the ability to form loving and trusting relationships with others.
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