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Join Us in Los Angeles for the First Time in 40 Years!
Registration is now open for the in-person 2025 APA Annual Meeting! Start planning for your meeting experience now.
Explore Session on Humanities at the 2025 Annual Meeting
The field of Medical Humanities is considered an important complement to psychiatry's basic sciences and clinical mission, drawing on the creative and intellectual strengths of disciplines in the arts, social sciences, and the humanities to explore experiences of health and illness.
Explore Sessions for International Medical Graduates at the 2025 Annual Meeting
International Medical Graduates (IMGs) face distinctive challenges in navigating the mental health workforce. This track is tailored to address the unique needs of IMGs, offering tools and strategies crafted for their specific circumstances and daily challenges.
Media Advisory: Media Encouraged to Attend APA Annual Meeting in Philadelphia
The American Psychiatric Association’s 2020 Annual Meeting features nationally recognized experts in psychiatry and mental health policy, research and clinical practice.
Poll: American Workers are Increasingly Comfortable Talking about Mental Health in the Workplace
The COVID-19 pandemic and required isolation and economic consequences have negatively impacted the mental health of many Americans. The pandemic has also changed the way we work, with many people at home or adopting physical distancing requirements and masks. In addition, many Americans are also juggling work and helping their children who are distance learning.
In Light of Potential Supreme Court Ruling, APA Reiterates Support for Legal Abortion
The American Psychiatric Association (APA) has held the position for decades that abortion is a medical procedure for which physicians should respect the patient’s right to freedom of choice. Further, APA opposes all constitutional amendments, legislation, and regulations curtailing family planning and abortion services to any segment of the population.
As Valentine’s Day Approaches, Americans Feel Good About Their Social Connections, Value Friendships for Mental Health Impact
As heart-shaped candy boxes line the aisles of pharmacies and grocery stores nationwide, the majority of Americans (62%) said their friends had a mostly positive impact on their mental health, ahead of their children (48%), their extended family (47%), their spouse or partner (46%) and their parents (42%), among others.
NYT Best-Selling Author Heather McGhee to Give Keynote Address at Annual Meeting Plenary
Annual Meeting attendees will get to experience her compelling speech during an interactive plenary session featuring McGhee and three more special guests as panelists.
Interested in Serious Mental Illness (SMI)? We’ve Got Sessions for You.
During the 2023 Annual Meeting, several high-interest sessions are led by experts from SMI Adviser. SMI Adviser is an initiative funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and administered by the APA.
Un tercio de los latinos afirma estar más estresados estas fiestas que en 2023, alegando las preocupaciones económicas y la falta de seres queridos
A medida que se acercan las vacaciones de invierno, uno de cada tres (33%) latinos dicen que están experimentando más estrés relacionado con la temporada de vacaciones que el año pasado. Algunos de los principales factores estresantes identificados son el coste de los regalos navideños (51%) y las comidas festivas (45%), el duelo por la pérdida o la ausencia de un ser querido (50%), y sentirse solo (38%). Además, los latinos encuestados están estresados por la dificultad para hacer frente a la d
Achieve Mental Health Equity Update: Summer 2023
Innovate. Collaborate. Motivate: Charting the future of mental health was our theme for the 2023 APA Annual Meeting. It also serves as the perfect template to share highlights in our newsletter this quarter.
Media Encouraged to Attend APA Annual Meeting in New Orleans
The American Psychiatric Association@s 2022 Annual Meeting features nationally recognized experts in psychiatry and mental health policy, research, and clinical practice. The meeting@s theme is Social Determinants of Mental Health and will feature more than 300 educational sessions and specialized tracks, including addiction psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry, forensic psychiatry, geriatric psychiatry, and more. There will also be a new Clinical Updates Track, and a Research Track from