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Catatonia
This resource document is intended to support psychiatrists, trainees, and other mental healthcare workers and to provide a framework for assessing the adequacy of existing violence prevention policies and a list of resources for the development of state-of-the- art policy approaches.
Prevention of Patient Assaults on Mental Healthcare Employees in Psychiatric Healthcare Settings
This resource document is intended to support psychiatrists, trainees, and other mental healthcare workers and to provide a framework for assessing the adequacy of existing violence prevention policies and a list of resources for the development of state-of-the-art policy approaches.
Preparing in Advance: What Every Psychiatrist and Their Family Should Know About Planning for Unexpected Practice Closures
This guide, initially developed in 2006 by the APA’s Council on Psychiatry and Law and updated for contemporary psychiatric practice by the APA Ethics Committee in 2025, offers APA members, their families, and colleagues a resource to help navigate the logistical, ethical, and financial complexities of closing a practice on short notice.
Harm Reduction
Harm reduction is an evidence-based, standard-of-care approach that aims to reduce the harm that patients experience while using substances. It recognizes that the use of substances is an inherent component of substance use disorder and that some ways of using illicit substances are less harmful to patient medical, social, and psychological health than others.
Approaches to Address Patient Access to Important Personal Items While Psychiatrically Hospitalized
This resource document is a guide for psychiatrists to use to evaluate and manage patient access to personal items during inpatient psychiatric hospitalization. Differences between types of psychiatric hospitals, including civil, forensic, child and adolescent, and long-term state hospitals will be reviewed.
The Role of Psychiatrists in the Post-Roe Era
This resource document will outline clinical considerations for psychiatrists in a post-Dobbs world and provide guidance in navigating a new and complex landscape related to abortion.
Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of Subacute and Chronic Long COVID
This resource document describes the clinical picture of long COVID, considerations in the evaluation of patients, and potential role for interventions.
Psychiatry and Military Service
The APA Resource Document on Psychiatry and Military Services was prepared as part of an APA Action Paper to improve the awareness of all APA members regarding military implications of psychiatric diagnoses and treatments. This resource document outlines the key considerations for civilian psychiatrists treating active-duty military personnel.
Mental Health Response to Migration Emergencies
This guide is crafted with a sense of urgency and purpose to provide support to those engaged in mental healthcare for migrants.
Acute Neuropsychiatric Sequelae of COVID-19 Infection
This resource document will describe acute neuropsychiatric sequelae of COVID-19 infection. Importantly, the literature on neuropsychiatric manifestations of COVID-19 continues to evolve rapidly, and many of the largest and best studies were based on early waves and variants.
Cannabidiols
The purpose of this resource document is to help educate psychiatrists, physicians, other providers and the community about the current literature of CBD and how to approach psychoeducation in a tactful and nonjudgmental manner.
Substance Use Disorders in Older Adults
A guide to screening, educating, and treating older adults with substance use disorders.