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- June 18, 2024
More Americans Say Climate Change Is Having an Impact on Mental Health Now Than in 2022, APA Survey Finds
With a prediction for an above normal hurricane season this year, wildfires causing evacuations, and tornadoes and extreme storms regularly emerging, just more than half of adults (53%) are now reporting that climate change is impacting Americans’ mental health. This is up from 48% in 2022, as reported in the American Psychiatric Association’s Healthy Minds Monthly Poll.
- June 18, 2024
Más estadounidenses dicen que el cambio climático está teniendo un impacto en la salud mental ahora que en 2022, según una nueva encuesta de la APA
Entre predicciones de una temporada de huracanes por encima de lo normal este año, los incendios forestales que provocan evacuaciones y los tornados y tormentas extremas que surgen regularmente, algo más de la mitad de los adultos (53%) informan ahora de que el cambio climático está afectando a la salud mental de los estadounidenses. Este porcentaje es superior al 48% registrado en 2022, según la encuesta mensual Healthy Minds de la Asociación Psiquiátrica Americana (APA).
- June 06, 2024
MEDIA ADVISORY: American Psychiatric Association to Kick Off 2024 Events for Moore Equity in Mental Health Initiative
This year, former professional football player and mental health therapist Jay Barnett, D.H.A., will serve as Grand Marshal of the MOORE Equity in Mental Health Initiative and join APA at MOORE events. APA CEO and Medical Director Marketa Wills, M.D., M.B.A, APA President Ramaswamy Viswanathan, M.D., and APA Chief, Diversity and Health Equity and Deputy Medical Director Regina James, M.D., are also available for interview.
- June 03, 2024
June Issues of APA Journals Cover New Research on Autism, ADHD, Schizophrenia and More
The latest issues of two American Psychiatric Association journals, The American Journal of Psychiatry and Psychiatric Services are now available online.
- May 30, 2024
APA/APAF Announce 2024 Awardees of MOORE Equity in Mental Health Community Grants Program
Today the American Psychiatric Association (APA) and the APA Foundation announced 10 new grantees in the Moore Equity in Mental Health Community Grants Program, for a total of $100,000 disbursed. Established in 2021, the grants support community organizations that have undertaken innovative awareness programs and/or have provided services to improve the mental health of young people of color.