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    Women’s History Month: The Rise of Reproductive Psychiatry

    • Depression, Patients and Families, Women

    During Women’s History Month, we invite you to reflect on the history of women’s mental health and the rapid advancement of the field of reproductive psychiatry over the past several decades. While our understanding of women’s mental health has thankfully progressed from Hippocrates’ attribution of psychological distress to a “wandering uterus,” much of this development has been surprisingly recent.

    What is the DSM?

    The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)* describes recognized mental disorders. It specifies symptoms and other criteria for clinicians to evaluate in order to decide on a diagnosis and organizes these diagnoses together into a classification system.

    Americans Anticipate Higher Stress at the Start of 2023 and Grade Their Mental Health Worse

    As 2022 draws to a close, nearly two out of five (37%) Americans rated their mental health as only fair or poor, up from 31% a year ago. More than one in four (26%) reported they anticipated experiencing more stress at the start of 2023, up from one in five (20%) last year. At the same time, 29% American adults indicated they’d adopt new year’s resolutions related to their mental health, up three percentage points from last year.

    Muslims

    Learn more about treating Muslim patients experiencing stress and trauma related to changing political and social environments.

    APA/APAF Announce Recipients of 2025 MOORE Equity in Mental Health Community Grants Program

    The American Psychiatric Association (APA) and APA Foundation (APAF) is announcing the fourth class of MOORE Equity in Mental Health Community Grants Program grantees. Five grant recipients are working to support mental health equity for young people of color, including Aunt Rita's Foundation (Arizona), Burton Homes Community Outreach NFP (Illinois), Oakland Natives Give Back Fund, Inc. (California), Our Minds Matter (Washington, D.C.), and Peoples Empowerment Through Advocacy, Counseling, & Edu

    Asian Americans

    Learn more about treating Asian American patients experiencing stress and trauma related to changing political and social environments.

    Committee on Bylaws

    The function of the Committee on Bylaws is to maintain a continuing study of the structure of the organization.

    Collaboration is Key to Meeting Demand for Mental Health Services

    • APA Leadership, What APA is Doing For You

    The COVID-19 pandemic has left in its wake a serious mental health crisis, the scope of which is still evolving. Even before the pandemic, demand for mental health care services was extremely high, and increasing by the day. Now, as lockdowns have ended and many pandemic restrictions have lifted in America, COVID is still putting a strain on health care personnel, and the systems they work in. In addition to laying bare the severity of healthcare disparities in our communities, the pandemic has

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