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
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Jeanne Spurlock, M.D. Minority Fellowship Achievement Award
The Jeanne Spurlock, M.D. Minority Fellowship Achievement Award recognizes the achievements of former fellows who have made significant contribution(s) to the profession and/or the minority community.
Oskar Pfister Award
The Oskar Pfister Award honors outstanding contributions in the field of psychiatry and religion.
Frank J. Menolascino Award
The Frank J. Menolascino Award recognizes an individual who has made significant contributions to psychiatric services for persons with intellectual development disorders/development disabilities, through direct clinical services.
Research Mentorship Award
The Research Mentorship Award Honors an academic psychiatrist who has fostered the research of of a student, Resident-Fellow Member, or early-career psychiatrist in a significant manner through direct mentorship.
Simon Bolivar Award
The Simon Bolivar Award honors a prominent advocate for Hispanics and is designed to sensitize APA members to the mental health problems and goals of Hispanics.
Resident Recognition Award
The Resident Recognition Award is presented annually to outstanding psychiatry residents or fellows from each department or institution who exemplifies one or more APA values.
David A. Mrazek Award for Psychiatric Pharmacogenomics
The David Mrazek Award recognizes an outstanding clinician in the new psychiatric subspecialty of pharmacogenomics.
Health Services Research Awards
The Health Services Research Award honors an early career psychiatrist and a senior APA member for outstanding contributions to the field of psychiatric health services research.
Berson Senior Psychiatrist Award
The Berson Senior Psychiatrist Award acknowledges a senior member who has made a significant contribution to psychiatry.
William Sorum Assembly Resident-Fellow Member Awards
The William Sorum Assembly Resident-Fellow Member Award honors a Resident-Fellow Member or a district branch in each Area for notable progress in RFM involvement in APA.
Award for Research in Psychiatry
The Award for Research in Psychiatry recognizes a single distinguished contribution, a body of work, or a lifetime contribution that has had a major impact on the field and/or altered the practice of psychiatry.
Nasrallah Family Award for Advances in Psychiatric Neuroscience
This award, established in 2020 and endowed by the Nasrallah family, recognizes distinguished contributions to Psychiatric Neuroscience that have had a major impact on the field and/or altered the practice of psychiatry.