Newsroom


Welcome to the American Psychiatric Association's Online Newsroom. The APA communications office offers a variety of resources to journalists, including background materials and information on psychiatric disorders and other mental health topics. The communications office can help locate experts to provide insight and context on psychiatric and mental health issues.

To contact the media relations team or have your name added to the APA's media database, please call (703) 907-8640 or send an email to
press@psych.org. 


Latest News Releases


Employment Program Shows Significant Benefit for Veterans with Mental Illness (02/02/2012)

DSM-5 Proposed Criteria for Autism Spectrum Disorder (01/20/2012)

APA Names Jeffrey Borenstein, M.D., Editor in Chief of Psychiatric News (01/12/2012)

APA "Joining Forces with White House to Help Returning Veterans (01/12/2012)

APA Comments on Psychotropic Medication Use

AJP:  Use of Antidepressant in Adults with Autism (11/28/11)

APA Provides Update on Status of DSM-5 (11/22/2011)

New APA Textbook on Psychoanalysis (11/17/2011)

CMS Responds to APA Comments on 2012 Physician Fee Schedule (11/9/2011)



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