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Marketa Wills, M.D., M.B.A., Named Next CEO and Medical Director of the American Psychiatric Association
After a nationwide search, today the American Psychiatric Association announced that its new CEO and Medical Director will be Marketa Wills, M.D., M.B.A. Wills has decades of experience in driving innovation and promoting quality mental health care. She currently serves as the Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of Johns Hopkins Health Plans, has a clinical practice at University of South Florida Student Health Services in Tampa, Florida, sits on for profit and not-for profit boards,
Psychotherapy
Learn about incorporating into your practice the use of psychotherapy, a treatment that uses verbal exchange, and sometimes behavioral interventions, within a professional relationship, with the primary goal of fostering the growth and development of healthier and more satisfying patterns of response to stressors so that an individual can lead a self-directed life.
Integrative Medicine
Learn more about integrative medicine, the practice of combining conventional medical treatments with non-conventional (“alternative” or “complementary”) ones.
Supporting Evidence Base
Learn about the evidence base for child and adolescent telepsychiatry in APA@s Telepsychiatry Toolkit.
What is Somatic Symptom Disorder?
Somatic symptom disorder is diagnosed when a person has a significant focus on physical symptoms, such as pain, weakness or shortness of breath, to a level that results in major distress and/or problems functioning.
Online Prescribing of Controlled Substances
Learn about the Ryan Haight Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act of 2008 in APA@s Telepsychiatry Toolkit.