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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Addiction and Substance Use Disorders
Learn about addiction and substance use disorder, including symptoms, risk factors, treatment options and answers to your questions.
Specific Learning Disorders
Learn about Specific Learning Disorder, including symptoms, risk factors, treatment options and answers to your questions.
Gender Dysphoria
Learn about gender dysphoria, including symptoms, risk factors, treatment options and answers to common questions.
Irma Bland Award for Excellence in Teaching Residents
View information for the Irma Bland Award for Excellence in Teaching Residents including the nomination requirements, prize and important deadlines.
Distinguished Service Award
Distinguished Service Award honors individuals and/or organizations who have contributed exceptional meritorious service to the field of psychiatry and/or APA.
Chester M. Pierce Human Rights Award
The Chester M. Pierce Human Rights Award recognizes extraordinary efforts by individuals and organizations focused on promoting and supporting the human rights of populations with mental health needs, while maintaining the ethical standards of the APA.
Psychiatric Services Achievement Awards
The Psychiatric Services Achievement Awards have recognized creative models of service delivery and innovative programs for persons with mental illness or disabilities.
Roeske Teaching Award
The Nancy C.A. Roeske, M.D., Certificate is awarded to individuals who have made outstanding and sustaining contributions to medical student education.
Vestermark Psychiatry Educator Award
The Vestermark Psychiatry Educator Award recognizes excellence, leadership, and creativity in the field of psychiatric education and is given annually to a psychiatric educator for outstanding contributions to the education and development of psychiatrists.
Kempf Fund Award
The Kempf Fund Award recognizes research on the psychobiological, psychological, and/or sociological causes and treatment for schizophrenia.
Bruno Lima Award for Excellence in Disaster Psychiatry
The Bruno Lima Award in Disaster Psychiatry recognizes outstanding contributions of APA members in the care and understanding of the victims of disaster.
Patient Advocacy Award
The Patient Advocacy Award recognizes a public figure who champions the rights and needs of persons with mental illness and substance use disorders.