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10 Steps to Help Your Child Prevent and Address Cyberbullying
In this digital era, technology has become intertwined with socialization, education, creativity, and play. And it is always available. In addition, the COVID-19 pandemic increased the use on virtual social interactions as the main form of interacting among peers. Close friends, acquaintances, friends of friends, and even bullies have constant access to them through digital devices.
Special APA CEO Breakfast Session: John Fryer 50th Anniversary Speech Award Celebration
At this session, APA CEO and Medical Director Saul Levin, M.D., M.P.A. will honor Dr. Fryer's memory and this moment with an interview with civil rights activist Jim Obergefell, the named plaintiff from the landmark marriage equality case Obergefell v. Hodges.
Virtual Press Briefing to Highlight Report from American Psychiatric Association Addressing Psychiatric Bed Crisis in the U.S
Join us for a virtual press briefing to learn more about this new report from the American Psychiatric Association (APA), Psychiatric Bed Crisis in the U.S.: Understanding the Problem and Moving Toward Solutions. The report provides an assessment of the current problem of the lack of access to psychiatric beds and proposes a new model for estimating the needs within a community.
Telepsychiatry and the End of the COVID-19 PHE
The Biden Administration announced last week that the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) will end on May 11, 2023. What does this mean for mental health care after three years of delivering care under a number of flexibilities?
Gear Up for the 4th Annual APA & APAF Moore Equity in Mental Health 5K Run, Walk, & Roll
The APA and APA Foundation is thrilled to announce the Fourth Annual MOORE Equity in Mental Health 5K, happening nationwide both remotely (in your home community) and in-person at Wheaton Regional Park, in Silver Spring Maryland, on Saturday, July 20, 2024.
ONC Information Blocking Disincentives
The 21st Century Cures Act proposes to establish disincentives for healthcare providers who committed information blocking.
How Do You Train for Telepsychiatry?
Many health care institutions and individual psychiatrists are using telepsychiatry in a wide range of clinical models and settings; however, implementation is occurring in uneven patterns across the country.
Infertility: The Impact of Stress and Mental Health
Infertility, though often not talked about, is common. An estimated one in eight couples (or 12% of married women) have trouble getting pregnant or sustaining a pregnancy. There are a range of complex connections between mental health and infertility.
American Psychiatric Association Foundation Awarded $379,200 from Brave of Heart Fund to Address Frontline Healthcare Worker Burnout
The American Psychiatric Association Foundation (APAF) has been awarded a $379,200 grant from the Brave of Heart Fund to help address the well-being and burnout concerns of frontline healthcare workers. Over the next two years, the APAF’s Center on Workplace Mental Health will use the grant to convene experts for roundtables on key topics, leverage the power of storytelling through interviews with hospital leadership, call attention to the issue with the public and with healthcare system leaders
Tips for Family Mental Well-being During the Pandemic: Young Children to Elderly Parents
Families are continuing to cope with challenges during the pandemic and many are juggling multiple roles, including working from home and caring for children and elderly parents. The American Psychiatric Association Foundation recently hosted a virtual town hall addressing Mentally Healthy Families in Times of a Pandemic with geriatric psychiatrist Uyen-Khanh Quang-Dang, M.D., M.S., Palo Alto Foundation Medical Group, and psychiatrist Lisa Harding, M.D., clinical instructor of psychiatry at Yale
Explore Sessions on Well-Being and Burnout
Burnout is a serious concern for residents and physicians alike, and much more prevalent as clinicians and staff have been stretched thin with pandemic-related care.
APA Foundation Receives $230,000 Grant from the Sozosei Foundation to Support Diversity Leadership Fellowships
The Sozosei Foundation recently awarded the American Psychiatric Association Foundation (APAF) a two-year, $230,000 grant in support of the American Psychiatric Association/APAF Diversity Leadership Fellowships.