Addressing Structural Racism Town Hall

Join APA leadership and distinguished speakers for an evening webinar on Monday, June 15, at 8:00 p.m. EDT to discuss longstanding racial inequalities experienced by Blacks in America.

Helping Residents Cope with a Patient Suicide

This information is intended to provide you with support, to help you learn from the experience of patient suicide, and to grow as a psychiatrist and as a person.

Buprenorphine Prescriber Training

APA offers a number of training approaches for medication assisted treatment.

Board of Trustees Approved Actions

Board of Trustees Approved Actions

Striving for Excellence Series

APA has partnered with Morehouse School of Medicine African American Behavioral Health - Center of Excellence to develop the Striving for Excellence educational series. Each live webinar will cover practical problems and offer culturally appropriate, evidence-based practices and approaches for caring for African Americans/Black people.

APA Platform and Strategy on Performance Measurement

View the official platform and strategy on performance measurement of the American Psychiatric Association.

Overview of Quality Programs

A general overview of current federal or national quality performance and reporting programs for health care, designed to introduce APA members and their staffs to these programs.

Choosing Wisely

On April 23, 2015 APA published a revision to the third item on its Choosing Wisely list to better reflect that there are instances in which dementia-associated symptoms (e.g., aggressive behavior due to paranoid delusions) pose an acute threat to the individual and others, and in these instances antipsychotic medications must be used before formal nonpharmacologic measures can be instituted.

The Merit-Based Incentive Payment System

Learn about the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Improvement Activities Performance Category, which rewards your efforts to improve clinical practice.

Promoting Interoperability Performance Category

Learn about the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Promoting Interoperability Performance Category for 2019 reporting, which evaluates your use of electronic health records.

Report and Avoid Medicare Penalties

This resource has detailed instructions on how you can clarify your status under MIPS, earn higher payments, and avoid future penalties.

Implementing 9-8-8

Beginning July 16, 2022, people will use a new, easy to remember, three-digit code (988) to reach the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. The change from a 10-digit code to 9-8-8 will provide easy access to crisis services for people with mental health and substance use issues and help reduce the stigma surrounding these conditions.