Folleto

El estigma incluye actitudes negativas o discriminación contra una persona por motivos relacionados con características distintivas, como una enfermedad mental, un problema de salud o una discapacidad.

Jeanne Spurlock Congressional Fellowship

Learn about the Jeanne Spurlock Congressional Fellowship.

Training in Fellowships

Learn about training in child and adolescent telepsychiatry fellowships in APA@s Telepsychiatry Toolkit.

AMNet

Join AMNet: An Addiction Medicine Office-based Practice Network

Kamalika Roy, M.D., M.C.R.

Read the candidate bios for the open offices in this year's APA National Election.

Community Diversity Fellowship

Learn more about the Community Diversity Fellowship.

New Study Looks at What it Means to Recover from Mental Illness

A new study examining recovery after first-episode psychosis found that based on a standard definition of recovery, 32% of people are in clinical recovery, including 50% of those with bipolar disorder and 23% of those with schizophrenia spectrum disorders (Asbo et al., 2022). The study authors also found that, “as most of our participants were in psychotic symptom remission, psychosis appears well managed for most.”

Learning Opportunities

Learn more about sessions and speakers at the 2025 Annual Meeting in Los Angeles and online.

For Women, Quitting Alcohol Can Lead to Improved Mental Well-Being

• Addiction, Patients and Families, Women

Completely abstaining from alcohol may be beneficial for mental well-being, especially for women, according to a new study in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. These benefits were seen in women who were lifetime abstainers and in women who quit drinking alcohol.

Geriatric Telepsychiatry

Learn about the evidence base and clinical outcomes for geriatric telepsychiatry in APA@s Telepsychiatry Toolkit.

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.

Black History Month: Dr. James Comer on Co-Founding the Black Psychiatrists of America

• APA Leadership, Diverse populations

“I didn’t plan to become a psychiatrist,” said James P. Comer, M.D., M.P.H., the Maurice Falk Professor of Child Psychiatry at the Yale Child Study Center. “It was the only thing in medical school that I said I would never do – public health was the other – and I ended up doing both. As I worked, I began to see that the individuals were being impacted by history, by political economics and social conditions that they have little control over, and that impacted the ability of families to function