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Position Statement on Growing Fear over Coronavirus Spread and Mental Health Impact in ICE Detention Centers
Position Statement on Growing Fear over Coronavirus Spread and Mental Health Impact in ICE Detention Centers
Position Statement on Firearm Access, Acts of Violence, and the Relationship to Mental Illness and Mental Health Services
Position Statement on Firearm Access, Acts of Violence, and the Relationship to Mental Illness and Mental Health Services
Position Statement on Cultural Psychiatry as a Specific Field of Study Relevant to the Assessment and Care of All Patients
Position Statement on Cultural Psychiatry as a Specific Field of Study Relevant to the Assessment and Care of All Patients
Position Statement on Consent to Mental Health Treatment by Guardians, Health Care Agents or other Legally Designated Surrogate Decision-making for Adults with Mental Illness
Position Statement on Consent to Mental Health Treatment by Guardians, Health Care Agents or other Legally Designated Surrogate Decision-making for Adults with Mental Illness
Position Statement on Competence Evaluation and Restoration Services and the Interface with Criminal Justice and Mental Health Systems
Position Statement on Competence Evaluation and Restoration Services and the Interface with Criminal Justice and Mental Health Systems
Position on Sexually Transmitted Infections Including HIV Infection Among Older Adults
Position on Sexually Transmitted Infections Including HIV Infection Among Older Adults
Safe Consumption Facilities
In 2019, there were nearly 72,000 U.S. overdose deaths, a new record high. Most of these overdose deaths involved opioids, with rising involvement of fentanyl and fentanyl analogues, which are increasingly found in street heroin and other opioids and often without the knowledge of the user. Even more concerning, it appears that the coronavirus pandemic is further worsening the overdose crisis.1 In the context of this ongoing crisis, psychiatrists must be aware of the full range of policy, organi
Telemedicine in Psychiatry - Advocacy Priorities
The APA will advocate for: 1. Increasing telemedicine and telepsychiatry research. 2. Developing and promoting telepsychiatry best practices.
Psychotherapy notes provision of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) pri
The Final HIPPA Privacy Rule defines psychotherapy notes as an official record, created for use by the mentalhealth professional for treatment, @recorded in any medium…documenting or analyzing the contents of conversation during a private counseling session or a group, joint or family counseling session that are separated from the rest of the individual@s medical record...@ 45 C.F.R. § 164.501 (65 Fed. Reg. at 82805) (emphasis added). The Rule does not protect psychotherapy notes whe
Position Statement on Racism and Racial Discrimination in the Psychiatric Workplace
Position Statement on Racism and Racial Discrimination in the Psychiatric Workplace
Position Statement Engaging Law Enforcement Personnel and Correctional Staff to Address Mental Health and Racial Inequities in Jails and Prisons
Position Statement Engaging Law Enforcement Personnel and Correctional Staff to Address Mental Health and Racial Inequities in Jails and Prisons
Position Statement on Restrictive Housing of Incarcerated Adults with Serious Mental Illness
Position Statement on Restrictive Housing of Incarcerated Adults with Serious Mental Illness