COVID-19 Mental Health Impacts: Resources for Psychiatrists

• Anxiety, What APA is Doing For You

With COVID-19 evolving rapidly across the world, APA’s Committee on Psychiatric Dimensions of Disasters and the APA’s Council on International Psychiatry compiled the following list of resources for psychiatrists.

Remaining Calm in Volatile Times

• President Blog

Last month, faced with an unprecedented amount of social unrest in the lead-up to this year’s election, APA issued a statement calling for calm. As we continue to hear about the threats on individual lives and see the violence in the lead up to the January presidential inauguration, I reiterate that call.

Past Meetings Highlights

See what others are doing in mental health innovation.

Women

Each year, 1 in 5 women in the United States has a mental health problem such as depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), or an eating disorder. Although women and men have similar rates of mental health problems, the types of mental conditions may differ.

Check Out These Featured Sessions During the 2024 APA Annual Meeting

The 2024 APA Annual Meeting features over 500 educational sessions ranging across many topics pertinent to your professional practice.

Indigenous People

Learn more about treating Indigenous people experiencing stress and trauma related to changing political and social environments.

CPT Coach

CPT Coach Evaluation"CPT Coach is for those with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) who are participating in Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) with a professional mental healthcare provider."

Special Populations

Learn more about how to use the Collaborative Care Model in the treatment of special patient populations.

Feasibility and Effectiveness

Learn about telepsychiatry@s feasibility and effectiveness in APA@s Telepsychiatry Toolkit.

Sample App Evaluations

Learn more about Example Evaluations at psychiatry.org

Working with Latino Patients

Learn more working with Latino/a patients, including demographics, significant history, best practices and disparities.

DSM-5-TR Online Assessment Measures

APA offers a number of online assessment measures which includes instructions, scoring information, interpretation guidelines, and "emerging measures” in Section III of DSM-5-TR.