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Judd Marmor Award
The Judd Marmor Award honors an individual who has contributed to research advancing the biopsychosocial aspects of psychiatry.
COVID-19: Mitigating Risks for Contagion Stigma
Pandemics can produce contagion stigma in which specific ethnic, national, racial, or religious groups are targeted with blame. Targeted populations can be subjected to stereotyping, prejudice, discrimination, and social exclusion.
One in Three Americans Worry About Social Media’s Impact on Mental Health Nearly Half Say It Has Hurt Society at Large
Twenty-five years after the website Sixdegrees.com began a revolution in the way people used the internet, a third of Americans say social media does more harm than good to their mental health. Nearly half said that social media has hurt society at large and 42 percent said it has hurt political discourse. This is according to the results of the American Psychiatric Association (APA)’s February 2022 Healthy Minds Monthly* a poll conducted by Morning Consult, fielded Jan. 19-20, 2022, among a nat
APA Publishing Expands Its Digital Books Collection
American Psychiatric Association (APA) Publishing has launched an extensive digital back catalog of hundreds of books from the past 40 years for clinicians, mental health professionals, residents, researchers, and students in psychiatry and allied disciplines
American Psychiatric Association Honors Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman With Jacob K. Javits Award for Public Service
On Saturday, during its online federal advocacy conference, the American Psychiatric Association will confer the highest award it gives a public servant, the Jacob K. Javits Award, to Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ). Rep. Watson Coleman is being honored for her career record of public service on mental health, including her recent activities with the Congressional Black Caucus to prevent suicides in Black youth and her staunch support of the Pursuing Equity in Mental Health Act.
Why the New APA-Backed Federal Parity Law Is a Game Changer for Patients & Psychiatrists
APA-backed federal legislation enacted in December 2020 gave the federal government powerful new authority to enforce the law that requires insurers to provide the same access to psychiatric treatment as other medical care for patients they cover. For anyone who’s struggled to find psychiatric care, or has found it too expensive to afford, this law, strengthening mental health parity, is a game changer.
Renowned Scholar to Give the William C. Menninger Memorial Lecture
The 69th Convocation of Distinguished Fellows is one of the highlights of the in-person 2025 APA Annual Meeting in Los Angeles, May 17-21.
APA Foundation’s Rawle Andrews Jr., to be Honored with Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award
Rawle Andrews Jr., Esq., Executive Director of the American Psychiatric Association Foundation (APAF), will be honored with the President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Lifetime Achievement Award for Volunteer Service in January 2023.
Join APA’s New Caucus on the Social Determinants of Mental Health
The Caucus on the Social Determinants of Mental Health (SDoMH) serves as a forum for APA members to discuss, develop, and promote ideas related to the social and political determinants of health; the environmental conditions where people are born, live, learn, work, play, and worship, and age; and the policies that underlie them.
Kenneth Certa, M.D.
Read the candidate bios for the open offices in this year's APA National Election.
Council on Children, Adolescents and Their Families
The Council on Children, Adolescents, and Their Families works to advance the diagnosis and treatment of children and adolescents with mental health problems.
“APA Gives Back” to Skid Row Running Club
Learn more about “APA Gives Back” to Skid Row Running Club at psychiatry.org