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What Is Depression?
Depression (major depressive disorder) is a common and serious medical illness that negatively affects how you feel, the way you think and how you act. Fortunately, it is also treatable.
Perinatal Depression (formerly Postpartum)
Learn about Peripartum Depression (formerly Postpartum), including symptoms, risk factors, treatment options and answers to your questions.
Learning Opportunities
Learn more about sessions and speakers at the 2025 Annual Meeting in Los Angeles and online.
Working with Asian American Patients
Learn more working with Asian patients, including demographics, significant history, best practices and disparities.
Rural and Remote Practice Settings
Learn about rural and remote practice settings for telepsychiatry in APA@s Telepsychiatry Toolkit.
Mental Health Apps: Cautions for College Students
There are a slew of mobile apps available that are designed to promote mental wellness and target mental health conditions. Apps are available to help monitor or track symptoms, offer relaxation and mindfulness exercises, and deliver a secondary treatment in combination with a primary treatment. A new study in Psychiatric Services takes a critical look at app recommendations by colleges.
Teens and Digital Technology During the Pandemic
A new report from Common Sense, Tweens, Teens, Tech, and Mental Health: Coming of Age in an Increasingly Digital, Uncertain, and Unequal World, addresses the connections between teens’ use of digital technology and mental health. It acknowledges the critical importance of digital connection for teens, especially during the pandemic, and provides guidance on identifying youth who might be at risk for potential harmful effects of social media use.
Mark Rapaport, M.D., is Named APA President-Elect
The American Psychiatric Association (APA) members have chosen Mark Rapaport, M.D., as the medical society’s next president-elect. Rapaport is the Founding CEO, Emeritus, of the Huntsman Mental Health Institute at the University of Utah, the William H. and Edna D. Stimson Presidential Endowed Chair, and professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at the University of Utah.
APA Urges Congress to Fund Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Provisions Within the Build Back Better Act
As Congress considers a reconciliation package to address funding President Biden’s Build Back Better Act, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) is expressing strong support for several provisions within the Act that are critical for enhancing efforts to improve mental health across the nation at this time of great need. In a letter sent to House and Senate leadership, the APA detailed essential provisions to include within the package