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.
Depression
Learn about depression, including symptoms, risk factors, treatment options and answers to your questions.
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Building a Career in Psychiatry
This two-part guide will help medical students, residents, fellows, and early career physicians successfully prepare for career transition points.
Action Paper Central
An action paper is the product of an idea. Assembly members, representing and informed by their constituency, the members of their district branch, actively formulate these ideas into actionable tasks that the Assembly can review, debate, and vote on.
Clinical and Therapeutic Treatment Modalities
Learn about clinical and therapeutic treatment modalities via telepsychiatry in APA@s Telepsychiatry Toolkit.
International
View your International Member benefits and how to get the most out of your APA membership.
Fellow of the APA
Take the next step in your psychiatric career and become a fellow of the American Psychiatric Association.
How to Submit a Member Obituary
APA accepts the submission of member obituaries from contributors. If you are a colleague, friend or family member and would like to submit an obituary to appear on this site, learn more here.