Task Force Reports

"The findings, opinions, and conclusions of these task force reports do not necessarily represent the views of the officers, trustees, all members of the task force, or all members of the American Psychiatric Association. The views expressed are those of the authors of the individual chapters. Task force reports are considered a substantive contribution of the ongoing analysis and evaluation of problems, programs, issues, and practices in a given area of concern." (APA Operations Manual)

2009

• Outpatient services for the mentally ill involved in the criminal justice system

2006

• Ethical principles and practices for research involving human participants with mental health

2005

• Prevention of mental disorders and promotion of mental health

2003

• Patient safety and psychiatry

2002

• Psychiatric emergency & crisis services

1999

• Dangerous Sex Offenders

1991

• Disclosure of psychiatric treatment records in child custody disputes (TFR #31)

1989

• Nursing homes and the mentally ill elderly (TFR #28)

1988

• Child custody consultation (2nd ed.)

1987

• Involuntary commitment to outpatient treatment (TFR #26)
• Sudden death in psychiatric patients: The role of neuroleptic drugs (TFR #27)

1985

• Seclusion and restraint: the psychiatric uses (TFR #22)

1982

• Ethical dimensions of psychiatric intervention in terrorist and hostage situations
• Psychosocial aspects of nuclear developments (TFR #20)

1981

• Biofeedback (TFR #19)
• Community mental health centers

1980

• Tardive dyskinesia (TFR #18)

1979

• The History of American psychiatry: A teaching and research guide (TFR #15)

1978

• Electroconvulsive therapy (TFR #14) R
• Professional liability insurance and psychiatric malpractice (TFR #13)
• Religion and psychiatry

1976

• Psychiatrist as psychohistorian (TFR #11)

1975

• Psychiatrists' viewpoints on religion and their services to religious institutions and the ministry (TFR #10)

1974

• Clinical aspects of the violent individual (TFR #8)

1973

• Behavior therapy in psychiatry (TFR #5)
• Megavitamin and orthomolecular therapy in psychiatry (TFR #7)

1972

• Community mental health centers (TFR #4)

1971

• Automation and data processing in psychiatry (TFR #3)

1970

• Encounter groups and psychiatry (TFR #1)
• Psychiatric education and the primary physician (TFR #2)