Anxiety and Depression 

Association of America 
Date founded - 1979 Starting as the Phobia Society of America. In 2012 the name was changed 
to Anxiety and Depression Association of America. 

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ADAA Staff 
Susan K. Gurley, E​ xecutive Director 
Lise Bram, ​Deputy Executive Director 
Vickie Spielman​, Associate Director  bring the latest in scientific 
Ashley Ormon, P​ roject Coordinator  research.  
Barbara Kamholz, S ​ enior Advisor  ● 3rd ADAA is going to be 
ADAA’s mission   “interdisciplinary”. More 
international aid is going to be 
1. ADAA “focuses on improving  available.  
quality of life for those with 
● 4th ADAA is “actively seeking 
anxiety, depression, OCD, PTSD,” 
partnerships to increase” their 
and other forms of mental illness. 
research. 
ADAA helps 
2. “ADAA helps people find  Contact ADAA 
treatment, resources, and 
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support.” 
3. They try to improve patients' lives  Anxiety and Depression Association of 
America 
around the world by providings 
resources and by funding scientific  8701 Georgia Avenue 
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Key Executives  Silver Spring, MD 20910 

Email for more information  
● 5 year plan- ​1st ADAA is planning 
on reaching out to the people and  (information@adaa.org) 
providing treatment.    
● 2nd they are going to be more 
scientific based. 
○ “Testing, trials, and peer 
reviews” they are going to