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APA Organization Documents and Policies
View APA’s Bylaws, Operations Manual, policies and other organizational documents below.
Jack Weinberg Memorial Award in Geriatric Psychiatry
The Jack Weinberg Memorial Award in Geriatric Psychiatry honors a psychiatrist who has demonstrated special leadership in clinical practice, training, or research into geriatric psychiatry.
Committee on Mental Health IT
The Committee on Mental Health IT is charged with advising APA leadership and stakeholders, including developing educational tools and resources for members, on the technical, regulatory, and clinical landscape of asynchronous technology in the practice of psychiatry.
Reproductive Mental Health
View resources for psychiatrists for the treatment of patients regarding reproductive mental health.
APA Presidential Task Force to Address Structural Racism Throughout Psychiatry Begins Its Work
The American Psychiatric Association today announced the members and charge of its Presidential Task Force to Address Structural Racism Throughout Psychiatry. The Task Force was initially described at an APA Town Hall on June 15 amidst rising calls from psychiatrists for action on racism. It held its first meeting on June 27, and efforts, including the planning of future town halls, surveys and the establishment of related committees, are underway.
Group Music Therapy: A Promising Approach
Group music therapy, delivered in person or online, may be effective in helping address symptoms of mental health conditions, according to several recent studies. The studies looked at the use of group music therapy in women with depression, older adults with dementia, and college students experiencing stress. One consistent theme in this research is that participants have improved quality of life.
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.
Committee on Judicial Action
The function of the Committee on Judicial Action is to make recommendations to the Board of Trustees regarding appellate cases that the APA should participate as amicus or support DB/SA participation as amicus.
Fostering College Student Mental Health and Resilience
College student mental health has been the focus of much attention in recent years. Mental health is integral to student success and mental health concerns among college students are an ongoing and systemic problem; not just a consequence of the pandemic.
Elections Committee
The Elections Committee is charged with establishing (for Board approval) procedures for equitable voting of the membership.
Membership Committee
The Membership Committee has principal responsibility for membership recruitment and retention activities and reports to the Board.