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Stigma, Prejudice and Discrimination Against People with Mental Illness
Learn about Stigma, Prejudice and Discrimination Against People with Mental Illness
Scientific Program Committee of the Mental Health Service Conference
The Scientific Program Committee of the Mental Health Service Conference meets in-person three times during the year to select the program for the meeting, which is held each fall.
Supporting the Future of Psychiatry: Why mentorship can change the future of psychiatry
I once heard psychiatry described as a branch of friendship, not medicine. Among all fields of health care, psychiatry stands out for being deeply relational and warmly intimate.
Online Practice Handbook
Practice Management: the Basics is intended as a practical handbook for psychiatrists beginning a practice.
Clinical and Therapeutic Treatment Modalities
Learn about clinical and therapeutic treatment modalities via telepsychiatry in APA@s Telepsychiatry Toolkit.
What are Disruptive, Impulse Control and Conduct Disorders?
Learn about disruptive, impulse control and conduct disorders, including symptoms, risk factors and treatment options
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.
APA Foundation Library Hosting Exhibition, Town Hall for Black History Month on Central State Hospital
The American Psychiatric Foundation’s Melvin Sabshin, M.D., Library and Archives is hosting an exhibition and a virtual town hall on the history of Central State Hospital, the first mental health care facility for African Americans in the country.
Award-Winning Documentary CURED to Air on PBS Oct. 11, Covers History of the Removal of Homosexuality from the DSM in 1973
“I am a homosexual. I am a psychiatrist.” So began the speech presented by Dr. H. Anonymous (who later revealed himself as Dr. John Fryer) at the 1972 American Psychiatric Association (APA) Annual Meeting held in Dallas, Texas. The story of Dr. Fryer, Barbara Gittings, Frank Kameny, and others who worked together to push the APA to remove homosexuality from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is being told in a powerful new documentary, CURED. The film will air as the seaso
Discrimination and Racial Injustice: Are We Moving Forward, Backwards, or Marching in Place?
Are we moving forward, backwards, or marching in place? Within a two-week time span, the United States of America celebrated the birth of the great civil rights leader, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the start of Black History Month recognizing the achievements and contributions of Black individuals to the growth of our society. Ironic enough, our country witnessed the brutal beating and murder of an unarmed Black male during that same time frame by officers who pledged to serve and p
Agnes Purcell McGavin Award for Prevention
The Agnes Purcell McGavin Award for Prevention recognizes a child and adolescent psychiatrist who has made significant contributions to the prevention of mental disorders in children and adolescents.