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What Is a Substance Use Disorder?
Addiction is a complex condition, a brain disease that is manifested by compulsive substance use despite harmful consequence. Learn more at psychiatry.org.
Learning Labs
Learning Labs are 90- minute highly interactive and engaging sessions that feature group activities and hands-on learning. Learning Labs enable meeting attendees to collaborate around round tables on topics and issues central to clinical psychiatry and psychiatric practices.
Emerging Topics Webinars
APA presents the Emerging Topics Webinar Series—learning opportunities analyzing the critical challenges faced in the profession and offering practical solutions from subject matter experts.
Tobacco and Nicotine
Learn about various aspects of treating tobacco use disorders, including clinical, training, and policy considerations. As new topics emerge, more resources and information will be added to this page. The resources covers topics from the APA Work Group on Tobacco Use Disorders with the Council on Addiction Psychiatry, training, practice/clinical, reimbursement and legal issues from leading psychiatrists.
Mindfulness in Psychiatry: A Bridge to Wellbeing for Diverse Populations
“Your breath is a tool that you have with you at all times, anywhere you go, always readily available.” Lisa Fortuna, M.D., M.P.H., MDiv, shared this insight on the therapeutic potential of the breath during the American Psychiatric Association’s virtual panel discussion “Meditation and Mindfulness: A Cultural Bridge to Mental Wellbeing.”
Americans Express Worry Over Personal Safety in Annual Anxiety and Mental Health Poll
The results of an annual poll conducted by the American Psychiatric Association show that 70% of U.S. adults say they feel anxious or extremely anxious about keeping themselves or their families safe. While the number is lower than what was reported during the early onset of the pandemic in 2020, it is 6% higher than in the past two years.
AMA Task Force to Reduce Opioid Abuse
Promote safe storage and disposal of opioids and all medications.
Opioid Use Disorder and Harm Reduction in the Era of Poly-Substance Use
Join us on Apr. 11 at 1:00 p.m. to discuss best practices for approaching medication treatment of opioid use disorder.
E-Cigarettes and Vaping
The use of e-cigarettes, or vaping, involves using electronic cigarettes to inhale vapor created from a liquid heated inside a device. The devices use batteries to power heating elements that create the vapor that is inhaled by the user. E-cigarettes take different forms: some look like regular cigarettes or pipes and some look like pens, flash drives and other everyday items.
Buprenorphine Prescriber Training
APA offers a number of training approaches for medication assisted treatment.