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ADAA Live Webinar - APD - Avoidant Personality – Underdiagnosed and Undertreated

Relatively little has been written on Avoidant Personality Disorder (APD) on its own. This webinar will introduce clinicians to APD, review it’s prevalence, and discuss psychological and pharmacological treatment approaches.

2022 Fall Forum -October 27

Psychedelic Therapy: Problems and Promises

The 2022 Fall Forum brings together several leading experts to provide their clinical and research perspectives on the psychedelic medicine field as it pertains to depression, anxiety, and PTSD.

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Violating Expectations and the Metacognitive Approach

The recommendation most difficult to absorb by most clinicians is the suggestion that interventions that lower expectations of catastrophic or negative outcomes of exposure should be minimized in order to take advantage of the therapeutic effect of violating expectations. The question then arises as to how to motivate patients to do the exposure work while in the grip of serious anticipatory anxiety and suffering from the effects of their own anxiety sensitivity.

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ADAA Insights

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Welcome to ADAA's Professional Community

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ADAA Conference Save the Date

The 2023 ADAA Annual Conference, From Science and Technology to Evidence-Based Practice: Enhancing Access Through Integration, will be hosted from April 13-16, 2023 in Washington, DC.

The ADAA conference brings together clinicians and researchers from across the US and around the world who want to improve treatments and find cures for anxiety, depression, and co-occurring disorders.

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Choose from a broad range of sessions, workshops and symposia, hear engaging plenary speakers, learn about cutting-edge thinking, and earn CEs and CMEs.

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Aligning Science, Treatment, and Education

ADAA Insights

ADAA's bi-weekly e-newsletter delivering current relevant research and treatment news about anxiety disorders and depression.

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Avoidant Personality – Underdiagnosed and Undertreated

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Read ADAA’s Official Online Journal: Depression & Anxiety

Free subscription for ADAA members. Interested in submitting? Members and non-members can submit articles.

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Find a Therapist

The licensed mental health providers listed in this directory specialize in anxiety, depression, OCD, PTSD, and related disorders. All providers listed are professional members of ADAA who have chosen to be included in this database.

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