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Free Webinar: Our Kids- Anxiety and Depression (May 1st, 2013)

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 / … Continue reading

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Welcome to the MAC Anxiety Research Centre

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.

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Free Anxiety Screening Test

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“

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Free Webinar: Why Me? Explaining Anxiety in the Brain (January 9th, 2013)

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 … Continue reading

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National Stress Out Week (November 11th- 17th)

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 … Continue reading

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OCD Awareness Week (October 8th – October 14th)

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 … Continue reading

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Is Shyness an Evolutionary Tactic?

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 … Continue reading

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Video: Social Phobia

Here’s a video with Dr. Murray Stein discussing Social Anxiety Disorder, sometimes referred to as Social Phobia: Enjoy!

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