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Covid-19 / Coronavirus

To provide support in the response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), APA is collecting credible and useful resources in this information hub.

What Is a Substance Use Disorder?

Addiction is a complex condition, a brain disease that is manifested by compulsive substance use despite harmful consequence. Learn more at psychiatry.org.

Ethics

All APA members are bound by the ethical code of the medical profession, specifically defined in the Principles of Medical Ethics of the AMA and in the APA’s Principles of Medical Ethics With Annotations Especially Applicable to Psychiatry.

Adrian Preda, M.D., Named Editor in Chief of Psychiatric News

Adrian Preda, M.D., a professor of clinical psychiatry and human behavior at the University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine, has been named editor in chief of the official news service of the American Psychiatric Association (APA), Psychiatric News.

Mental Health Effects of the War in Palestine and Israel

  • APA Leadership, Trauma

The war in Palestine and Israel has destroyed and imperiled the lives and the mental and physical health of Palestinians, Israelis, and others in the region. We express deep compassion for all those who are suffering as well as alarm for the future psychological and behavioral consequences that will affect the people caught in this conflict. The magnitude of death, destruction, and violence threatens to destabilize the region and has sent shock waves around the world, affecting many of us in our

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