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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Resident-Fellow Members
View your Resident and Fellow Member benefits and how to get the most out of your APA membership.
Striving for Excellence Series
APA has partnered with Morehouse School of Medicine African American Behavioral Health - Center of Excellence to develop the Striving for Excellence educational series. Each live webinar will cover practical problems and offer culturally appropriate, evidence-based practices and approaches for caring for African Americans/Black people.
APA Platform and Strategy on Performance Measurement
View the official platform and strategy on performance measurement of the American Psychiatric Association.
Overview of Quality Programs
A general overview of current federal or national quality performance and reporting programs for health care, designed to introduce APA members and their staffs to these programs.
The Merit-Based Incentive Payment System
Learn about the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Improvement Activities Performance Category, which rewards your efforts to improve clinical practice.
Promoting Interoperability Performance Category
Learn about the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Promoting Interoperability Performance Category for 2019 reporting, which evaluates your use of electronic health records.
Report and Avoid Medicare Penalties
This resource has detailed instructions on how you can clarify your status under MIPS, earn higher payments, and avoid future penalties.
Psychiatric Bed Crisis Report
The Psychiatric Bed Crisis Report assesses the problem and proposes a new model for estimating the needs within a community. It provides a critical component to inform the decisions of community leaders and policymakers in services capacity development.