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Council on Healthcare Systems and Financing
The Council on Healthcare Systems and Financing works to foster parity and nondiscriminatory mental health coverage.
What is Intellectual Disability?
Learn about intellectual disability, including symptoms, risk factors, treatment options and answers to common questions.
What is Hoarding Disorder?
Learn about hoarding disorder, including symptoms, risk factors, treatment options and answers to common questions.
New Language Guide Supported by the American Psychiatric Association Foundation
Well Beings, a multi-year campaign from public media to address the critical health needs in America, has created the Mental Health Language Guide to help everyone more successfully find the right words when having conversations about mental health. The American Psychiatric Association (APA) Foundation is a supporter of the Well Beings initiative and a contributor to the development of the guide.
Q&A on Climate Change and Mental Health with Elizabeth Haase, M.D.
Elizabeth Haase, M.D., former chair of the APA's Committee on Climate Change, shares some insights and advice for coping with climate change.
Council on Communications
Learn more about volunteer opportunities with the Council on Communications.
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.
Personal Perspectives on Major Depressive Disorder, Part 1
These podcasts include the real-life experiences of people with mental illness and family members. Some of the content includes discussions of topics such as suicide attempts and may be triggering.
Mental Health Pathfinders: Amalia Londoño Tobón, M.D., and Hector Colón-Rivera, M.D.
The co-chairs of APA's Spanish Language Working Group, Amalia Londoño Tobón, MD, and Hector Colón-Rivera, MD, join us to discuss LaSaludMental.org, APA's online home for evidence based information and resources in Spanish. The conversation also covers the unique mental health challenges facing the Hispanic/Latino community in the U.S., and how cultural competency can help physicians from any background better engage with and treat patients from this community.
Culture Corner: Black Gay Pride
For many LGBTQ+ communities, June honors and recognizes the impact LGBTQ+ individuals have had on history.
Ronald A. Shellow Award
The Ronald A. Shellow Award recognizes departing members of the Assembly who have served the Assembly far beyond the general standards of service shown by most members of the Assembly.