We are a psychiatric research centre located in Hamilton, Ontario. If you would like to participate in our ongoing research studies, please click “Current Research” to see a list of our studies open to recruitment.
The MAC Anxiety Research Centre has developed a screening tool for anxiety and depression. The test is free and available online. To complete it, please click “Online Anxiety Screening Test“
The Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA) is offering another free webinar as a part of their Public Education Webinar Series entitled “Our Kids: Anxiety and Depression”
Andrea Umbach, PsyD
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
7:00 pm EST / 6:00 pm CST / 5:00 pm MST / 4:00 pm PST
Andrea Umbach, PsyD, will discus diagnostic symptoms of anxiety and depression and how these symptoms might manifest themselves in children. She will address practical strategies for early intervention to help parents support their children through difficult times. This webinar will include a 35-minute presentation followed by a Q&A session.
Sign up now: Send an e-mail for the login details; please type Attend Webinar in the subject line and include your first and last name. There are no fees.
Watch the recorded webinar here.
The Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA) is offering a series of public education webinars to address frequently asked questions about psychological and pharmacological treatment of anxiety disorders, depression, and related disorders for adults and children. Refer to the information below to sign up:
Why Me? Explaining Anxiety in the Brain
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
7:00 pm EST / 6:00 pm CST / 5:00 pm MST / 4:00 pm PST
The speaker will be Catherine Pittman, PhD, a licensed clinical psychologist and an associate professor of psychology at Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Indiana. Dr. Pittman works at Memorial Hospital and also has a private practice in South Bend, Indiana.
She is a co-author of the book Extinguishing Anxiety: Whole Brain Strategies to Relieve Fear and Stress, which offers tactics to control anxiety.
Among her areas of expertise are anxiety disorders, posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, sexual assault, brain injury, and learning disabilities and attention deficit disorder.
A live 35-minute PowerPoint presentation with an expert will be followed by a brief Q&aA session.
Sign up now: Send an e-mail for the login details; please type Attend Webinar in the subject line and include your first and last names. There are no fees.
The Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA) annually organizes ‘National Stress Out Week’ to encourage people to take time to relax and cope with the daily stressors in life. Their focus this year is on the mental benefits of exercise, you can visit their webiste to learn more about the connection between physical activity and stress reduction by clicking here.
Here is a video discussing possible lifestyle changes to help reduce your anxiety and stress:
From daily Twitter chats with OCD experts (send your questions to #OCDchat) to an OCD Film Festival, the International OCD Foundation (IOCDF) has organized a series of events to bring public awareness to this disorder.
It’s OCD Awareness week, find out how you can get involved here.
An opinion piece in the New York Times by Susan Cain (author of Quiet: Power of the Intorverts and lecturer in this TED talk) discusses how introversion, like extraversion, may have evolutionary benefits of its own. This article can be found at the link below:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/26/opinion/sunday/26shyness.html?pagewanted=all
Here’s a video with Dr. Murray Stein discussing Social Anxiety Disorder, sometimes referred to as Social Phobia:
Enjoy!
