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ADAA
 The Board of Directors, the governing body of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA), is a volunteer group of members who are clinicians, researchers and others with a commitment to advancing treatment, research, training and education about anxiety disorders and depression. Board members reflect the highest standards of conduct and contribute their skills and resources to advance the mission of ADAA. We invite you to learn more and submit an application by Nov. 18.
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ADAA
 Join your fellow clinicians and researchers to generate innovative ideas at the 2017 Anxiety & Depression Conference. Together we can find cures and change lives with real-world solutions. It all starts with a compelling Opening Keynote, Jerilyn Ross Lecture, Master Clinician Sessions and Timely Topics for Clinicians. The 20th Annual Scientific Research Symposium and 3rd Annual Clinical Practice Symposium are both on Friday, April 6, 2017. Details on over 160 sessions and abstracts scheduled are coming soon!
ADAA Awards for Early Career Professionals and Students
 This is your opportunity to earn VIP Access to #ADAA2017 and to nominate a deserving colleague.
Application Deadline: Dec. 1
Promoting careers and professional development is a central focus of ADAA. Learn more and apply today.
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Recordings from the Anxiety and Depression Conference
Purchase select recordings from the Anxiety and Depression Conference 2014, and earn CE credits for up to 15 individual conference sessions. Topics include treating GAD, OCD, panic, PTSD, selective mutism and more.
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Mary Gies, MSW, is the ADAA Program Director. Please email suggestions for new offerings based on your professional needs.
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The Cut
People often respond to symptoms of depression or anxiety with a dose of fear. Due to the stigma attached to mental-health issues, countless individuals suffer in silence — but going public is often the first step toward healing. We've rounded up wise words and advice from famous women who have lived through dark moments and aren’t afraid to talk about it.
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Vogue
Rob Haskell writes: June, a 15-year-old boy who a few days later became my patient rode his bike to Venice Beach, laid it in the sand, and stripped down to his boxer shorts. Then he started to swim and kept swimming, following the sun as it dipped over the horizon, until the busy boardwalk sounds had faded and all he could hear was the rhythm of his gasps.
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Today
For more than 25 percent of U.S. adults, depression is a significant mental health disorder, affecting every aspect of their lives. By 2020, experts expect depression to soar, making it the second leading cause of disability throughout the world, right behind coronary artery disease.
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CNN
Even though setting the clocks back during winter leads to an extra hour of sleep, the added hour of darkness in the evening is harder to handle, according to a new study. Depression cases at psychiatric hospitals in Denmark increased immediately after the transition from daylight saving time, the study says.
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Reuters
People with Type 2 diabetes who also have symptoms of distress or depression are more likely than others to miss or skip their diabetes medications, according to a recent study. Physical symptoms of depression like poor sleep or appetite as well as low energy can overlap with symptoms of diabetes and with side effects some patients blame on their diabetes medications, researchers write in the journal Diabetes Care.
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The CDI 2 can be used in both educational and clinical settings to evaluate depressive symptoms in children and adolescents.
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Endocrinology Advisor
Depression and antidepressant use may be independently associated with increasing BMI over time among youth, suggesting an important unintended consequence of healthcare to the obesity epidemic. Researchers reported at ObesityWeek 2016 on longitudinal associations between depression diagnoses, antidepressant use, and BMI in children as young as 8 years old and found that there is a strong and independent association.
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HealthDay News
Young adults who are problem drinkers tend to suffer from more health problems later in life than non-drinkers, even if they conquered their alcoholism years earlier, a new study indicates. Men with alcohol dependence in young adulthood had, on average, three medical conditions in their 60s, while non-drinkers only reported two. In addition, drinkers' scores on a depression scale were about twice as high as those of non-drinkers.
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Psych Central
Music therapy has been found to significantly lower depression and improve self-esteem in children and teens ages 8 to 16 with behavioral and emotional problems, according to a new study by researchers at Bournemouth University and Queen's University Belfast in the U.K.
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HealthDay News
Post-traumatic stress disorder can develop in women after pregnancy loss, a new British study finds. Women who suffer a miscarriage or ectopic pregnancy should be routinely screened for PTSD and receive mental health support, the researchers said. The results were published Nov. 2 in the journal BMJ Open.
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Psych Central
People suffering from low levels of oxytocin perform worse on empathy tasks, according to new research presented at the 2016 Society for Endocrinology annual conference. The research suggests that hormone replacement could improve the psychological well-being of those living with low levels, according to researchers at the University of Cardiff
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Guitar World
A new study published by Help Musicians UK, a charity for U.K. musicians, reveals that musicians and people who make their living in the music business could be more than three times more likely to suffer from depression than everyone else. The report is based on a recent survey of 2,211 people by the University of Westminster.
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Psych Central
Pupil dilation in reaction to seeing negative emotional faces appears to predict the risk for experiencing a relapse of major depressive disorder, according to a new study at Binghamton University. Specifically, really high or really low pupil dilation to angry faces was linked to an increased risk for depression relapse, whereas only low dilation to sad faces was associated with risk. High dilation to sad faces was actually protective.
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