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Position Statement on Police Interactions with Children and Adolescents in Mental Health Crisis
Position Statement on Police Interactions with Children and Adolescents in Mental Health Crisis
Position Statement on Abortion and Women's Reproductive Health Care Rights
Position Statement on Abortion and Women's Reproductive Health Care 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
Position Statement on A Call to Action for the Chronic Mental Patient
Position Statement on A Call to Action for the Chronic Mental Patient
Telemedicine Synchronous Video-conferencing in Psychiatry
Synchronous video-conferencing in psychiatry began during the 1950s. Synchronous video-conferencing became increasingly common during the 1970s and 1980s. By the early 2000s, the Department of Veterans Affairs was building a national telemedicine program including video-conferencing.
Position Statement on Resolution Against Racism and Racial Discrimination and Their Adverse Impacts on Mental Health
Position Statement on Resolution Against Racism and Racial Discrimination and Their Adverse Impacts on Mental 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 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.
Best Practices in Synchronous Videoconferencing-Based Telemental Health
This document represents an updated collaboration between the American Psychiatric Association (APA) and the American Telemedicine Association (ATA) to create a consolidated update of the previous APA and ATA official documents and resources in telemental health (TMH) to provide a single guide on clinical best practices for providing mental health services via synchronous videoconference.
Advocating for Anti-Racist Mental Health Policies with a Focus on Dismantling Anti-Black Racism
Racial injustices have long contributed to mental health disparities for minority and underserved populations. More than 50 years ago, Dr. Melvin Sabshin and colleagues documented the “structured pattern of racism” in psychiatry in a series of articles in the American Journal of Psychiatry. Insufficient progress has been made in eradicating institutionalized racism in psychiatry. Race-based disparities in psychiatric care and mental & behavioral health reflect this lack of progress and reproduce
Position Statement Engaging Law Enforcement Personnel and Correctional Staff to Address Mental Health and Racial Inequities in Jails and Prisons
Position Statement Engaging Law Enforcement Personnel and Correctional Staff to Address Mental Health and Racial Inequities in Jails and Prisons
Mental Health and Climate Change
Climate change is recognized as one of the top threats to global health in the 21st century. Mental Health impacts of climate change are significant sources of stress for individuals and communities. The social and mental health consequences of extreme and slow-moving weather events are well documented, ranging from minimal stress and distress symptoms to clinical disorder, including depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress, and suicidal thoughts (Arnberg et al., 2013; Fullerton et al., 2013;