Library and Archives

Library

The library is a program of the Drs. Dorothy and Irving Bernstein Reference Center.

• Policy Finder/Position Statements
• Task Force Reports
• Amicus Briefs
• Resource Documents
• Practice Guidelines

Archives

The Archives contains the records of the Association, including governance documents, program guides of meetings and historical manuscripts. Recommended documents and publications on the history of the APA and American Psychiatry:

• Brief Chronological History of APA and American Psychiatry
• The History and Influence of the American Psychiatric Association
• One Hundred Years of American Psychiatry

Association Governance

Find documents related to the historical governance of the APA.*

Select collection              Assembly of District Branches Board of Trustees Joint Reference Committee
*The records of the APA Council (now the Board of Trustees), established in 1891, are held from 1944 to present. The earlier history of the Association may be found in the “Official Actions” and other relevant sections of The American Journal of Psychiatry and its predecessor, The American Journal of Insanity.

APA Conference Publications

Annual Meeting

IPS: The Mental Health Services Conference