Anxiety Disorders
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APA Applauds Dr. Patrice Harris for Her Tenure as President of the American Medical Association
The American Psychiatric Association (APA) today issued the following statements to mark the end of Dr. Patrice Harris’ one-year tenure as president of the American Medical Association (AMA), the nation’s largest medical society with roughly 250,000 members. Dr. Harris is a Fellow of the APA and is a practicing psychiatrist, trained in child/adolescent psychiatry and forensic psychiatry.
APA Condemns Police Brutality, Calls for Dialogue to Ease Civil Unrest
The American Psychiatric Association (APA) today issued the following statements in response to the death this week of an unarmed Black man in police custody in Minneapolis and the resulting civil unrest.
COVID-19 Mental Health Impacts: Resources for Psychiatrists
With COVID-19 evolving rapidly across the world, APA’s Committee on Psychiatric Dimensions of Disasters and the APA’s Council on International Psychiatry compiled the following list of resources for psychiatrists.
AJ Klein, Linebacker for the Buffalo Bills, Talks Mental Health and the NFL
Austin Kayser, a 4th year medical student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health had the opportunity to sit down and talk with NFL linebacker AJ Klein of the Buffalo Bills. They talked about mental health in the NFL, stigma, recent high-profile cases of athletes sitting out for mental health reasons, and the value of therapy, among other topics.
ADHD in Adults
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is often thought of as a condition of children and youth, but it may persist for many adults. Many children with ADHD will continue to meet criteria for the disorder later in life and may have challenges that require ongoing treatment (Pliszka, 2007) because of significant negative life consequences of untreated ADHD in adults.
What is ADHD?
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Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
Learn about Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, including symptoms, risk factors, treatment options and answers to your questions.
Personality Disorders
Learn about Personality Disorders, including symptoms, risk factors, treatment options, and answers to your questions.
Warning Signs of Mental Illness
Learn about the early warning signs of mental illness, symptoms, and how to take action at Psychiatry.org.
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Learn about ADHD, including symptoms, risk factors, treatment options and answers to your questions.