The Council on Addiction Psychiatry provides psychiatric leadership in the growing field of prevention and treatment of addictive disorders.
The Council on Advocacy and Government Relations provides advocacy leadership on behalf of APA members and recommends advocacy strategy.
The Council on Children, Adolescents, and Their Families work to advance the diagnosis and treatment of children and adolescents with mental health problems.
The Council on Communications, in collaboration with the Office of Communication, advises and assists in the development, implementation, and promotion of its advocacy initiatives and strategies.
The Council on Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry focuses on the psychiatric care of people who are medically ill and provides leadership at the interface of psychiatry with other medical specialties.
The Council on Digital Health, Innovation, and Technology supports APA leadership and stakeholders by developing educational tools, advocacy materials, and resources for members.
The Council on Geriatric Psychiatry focuses on the special mental health needs of older adults.
The Council on Healthcare Systems and Financing monitors and evaluates emerging trends in healthcare delivery and financing, including trends in both the public and private sector.
The Council on International Psychiatry and Global Health facilitates the understanding of problems facing international psychiatrists and their patients.
The Council on Medical Education and Lifelong Learning monitors emerging issues and supports the development of resources and programs for psychiatric education in the United States at every level.
The Council on Minority Mental Health and Health Disparities represents and advocates for both minority and underserved populations and psychiatrists from those groups.
The Council's principal responsibility is to evaluate legal developments of national significance, proposed legislation, regulations, and other government intervention that will affect the practice of psychiatry, including the subspecialty of forensic psychiatry.
The Council on Quality Care monitors developments, and carries out activities to ensure that the highest standards and quality of care remain integral parts of the APA mission.
The Council on Research ensures that the substance and significance of research on mental health/illness remain integral parts of the APA mission and in the forefront of the national health agenda.
The Council on Women’s Mental Health is responsible for prioritizing and advancing clinical knowledge and research related to the diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric illnesses unique to women.
The Annual Meeting Scientific Program Committee has the responsibility for selection of the topics and sessions that are included in the Annual Meeting program.
The Committee on Climate Change and Mental Health engages APA leadership, administration, members, and allied groups to fulfill APA’s position on and commitment to Mental Health and Climate Change.
The Committee on Innovation seeks to identify and promote the formation of novel ideas to transform mental health care.
The Committee on Integrated Care is charged with advising and supporting APA on policy development and educational efforts.
The Committee on Judical Action makes recommendations to the Board of Trustees regarding appellate cases that the APA should participate as amicus or support DB/SA participation as amicus.
The Committee on Lifestyle Psychiatry promotes the use of evidence-based lifestyle approaches—like nutrition, exercise, sleep, and stress management—in mental health care. It supports education, research, and collaboration to advance the field of lifestyle psychiatry.
The Committee on Practice Guidelines provides close oversight of various practice guideline related projects and is responsible for actualizing the work of the projects.
The Committee on Psychiatric Dimensions of Diaster recommends and enourages working local disctrict liaisons for psychiatric responses to diasters.
The Committee on Quality and Performance Measurement establishes a strategy for quality and performace measurement relevant to evolving federal, state and private value-based care delivery and reimbursement policies.
The Committee on RBRVS, Codes, and Reimbursements is charged with policy development, educational, liaison and advocacy efforts for the APA respecting physician payment issues.
The Committee on Reimbursement for Psychiatric Care is charged with advising and informing APA policy development and advocacy efforts regarding public and private sector reimbursement, with a particular focus on new payment models.
The Committee on Well-Being and Burnout coordinates efforts with the work of allied organizations, including AMA, AAMC, ACGME and NAM, in addressing this problem.
The APA Political Action Committee represents the profession of psychiatry and mental healthcare to the U.S. Congress. The PAC is a non-partisan political action committee.
The Spanish Language Communications Committee supports the APA’s commitment to equity and inclusion by advancing culturally and linguistically appropriate communications for Spanish-speaking communities. Volunteers on this committee help shape Spanish-language materials, advise on messaging, and strengthen engagement with psychiatrists, patients, and community partners.
The Structural Racism Accountability Committee was formed in 2021 to ensure the recommendations of the 2020-2021 APA Presidential Task Force to Address Structural Racism throughout Psychiatry are carried out.
The Audit Committee is responsible for ensuring that the appropriate internal controls and accounting policies and procedures are established and followed.
The Committee on Bylaws maintains a continuing study of the structure of the organization.
The Conflict of Interest Committee reviews and maintains the APA Policy for Disclosure of Interest and Affiliations and Disclosure of Interests and Affiliations Form.
The Elections Committee is charged with establishing procedures for equitable voting of the membership for the APA National Election.
The Ethics Committee works with the APA Office of General Counsel to ensure that ethical complaints are handled in accordance with the APA Bylaws.
The Finance and Budget Committee recommends finance and budget policies for all APA-related entities, and assists the Board in the development of fiscal policies.
The Investment Oversight Committee assists the Treasurer and the Boards of the Association and its corporate affiliates, with fulfilling their fiduciary responsibilities for the unitized corporate and staff investment portfolios.
The Membership Committee has principal responsibility for membership recruitment and retention activities.
The Nominating Committee solicits nominations from the District Branches and from the membership, and secures the acceptances to serve, if elected, to the APA Board of Trustees.
The Tellers Committee reviews and approves ballots prepared by the administration.
The Vestermark Award Committee administers the Vestermark Psychiatry Educator Award, which concentrates on the field of psychiatric education in its broadest context, with special emphasis on preparation of teachers, use of new educational tools, and improved teaching techniques in the field of mental health.