Position Statement on the Mental Health Needs of Immigrants and People Affected by Forced Displacement

Position Statement on the Mental Health Needs of Immigrants and People Affected by Forced Displacement

Gender identity disorder, Report of the APA Task Force on treatment of

After the announcement of the DSM-5 Work Group membership in May 2008, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) received many inquiries regarding the workgroup named to address the entities included under Gender Identity Disorder (GID) in versions III through IVTR of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders™ (DSM). These inquiries most often dealt with treatment controversies regarding GID, especially in children, rather than issues related specifically to the DSM text and dia

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.

Integrated care of older adults with mental disorders

Elderly persons often have complex medical and psychiatric needs for which the input of different medical specialties and clinical disciplines is required. The involvement of multiple specialists gives patients access to greater expertise than any single clinician could provide; however, it presents significant challenges of coordination and integration of health care. We endorse the ideal of providing wellcoordinated interdiscipli-nary treatment to older Americans with psychiatric and medical p

Position Statement on Codification of Medical Evaluation and Management Services in Psychotherapy

Position Statement on Codification of Medical Evaluation and Management Services in Psychotherapy

Mandatory outpatient treatment

Mandatory outpatient treatment refers to court-ordered outpatient treatment for patients who suffer from severe mental illness and who are unlikely to be compliant with such treatment without a court order. Mandatory outpatient treatment is a preventative treatment for those who do not presently meet criteria for inpatient commitment. It should be used for patients who need treatment in order to prevent relapse or deterioration that would predictably lead to their meeting the inpatie

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

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.

Position Statement on Psychotherapy as an Essential Skill of Psychiatrists

Position Statement on Psychotherapy as an Essential Skill of Psychiatrists

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

Position Statement on the Provision of Psychotherapy for Psychiatric Residents

Position Statement on the Provision of Psychotherapy for Psychiatric Residents

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.