Digital Mental Health 101

This guide is an introduction to the broad considerations that should be understood by mental health professionals and patients alike when engaging with mobile health (mHealth) solutions.

Mental Health Response to Migration Emergencies

This guide is crafted with a sense of urgency and purpose to provide support to those engaged in mental healthcare for migrants.

Mental Health Courts

Mental health courts (MHCs) are one of a range of “problem-solving courts” operated on the premise that the criminal law can be used to therapeutic ends to the benefit of both individual defendants and society as a whole, a concept known as therapeutic jurisprudence (Winick 2003). Other examples of problem-solving courts include homelessness courts, veterans’ treatment courts, and domestic violence courts. Many psychiatrists are unfamiliar with MHCs despite their rapid expansion in recent years.

Position Statement on Supporting Implementation of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act

Position Statement on Supporting Implementation of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act

Position Statement on the Use of Psychedelic and Empathogenic Agents for Mental Health Conditions

Position Statement on the Use of Psychedelic and Empathogenic Agents for Mental Health Conditions

A Bill of Rights

Endorsement of Principles for the Provision of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment Services: A Bill of Rights

Position Statement on Firearm Access, Acts of Violence, and the Relationship to Mental Illness and Mental Health Services

Position Statement on Firearm Access, Acts of Violence, and the Relationship to Mental Illness and Mental Health Services

Access to firearms by people with mental ilnness

Resource Document on Access to Firearms by People with Mental Illness Approved by the Joint Reference Committee, June 2009 Reports of mass shootings and other serious firearmrelated violence, such as the Columbine shootings of 1999 and the Virginia Tech shootings in 2007, are often accompanied by indications that the perpetrator had some emotional disturbance or mental illness. These incidents have raised growing concern about access to firearms (1) by people with mental disorders. Current f

Social Determinants of Health

All of these variables impede access to care, which is critical to individual health, and the attainment of social equity. These are essential to the pursuit of happiness, described in this country’s founding document as an “inalienable right.” It is from this that our profession derives its duty to address the social determinants of health.

Position Statement on the Role of Psychiatrists in Reducing Physical Health Disparities in Patients with Mental Illness

Position Statement on the Role of Psychiatrists in Reducing Physical Health Disparities in Patients with Mental Illness

Mental Health Issues Pertaining to Restoring Access to Firearms

Mental health courts (MHCs) are one of a range of “problem-solving courts” operated on the premise that the criminal law can be used to therapeutic ends to the benefit of both individual defendants and society as a whole, a concept known as therapeutic jurisprudence (Winick 2003). Other examples of problem-solving courts include homelessness courts, veterans’ treatment courts, and domestic violence courts. Many psychiatrists are unfamiliar with MHCs despite their rapid expansion in recent years.

Social Determinants of Mental Health in Children and Youth

The field of psychiatry is at a historic precipice in advancing a more equitable society and mental health care system. A deeper understanding of the interplay between social determinants and mental health conditions is critical and is a core skill of structural competency.