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Intimate Partner Violence

This guide intends to help mental health providers in treating IPV survivors. It includes definitions associated with IPV, data on the prevalence of IPV, and the impact of IPV on survivors and their families.

City Living and Mental Well-being

  • Anxiety, Depression, Patients and Families

 More than half the world’s population lives in cities, and the number is expected to continue to increase in the coming decades. Living in urban areas has been associated with increased risk for mental disorders, including anxiety, depression and schizophrenia. Research using functional magnetic resonance imaging has identified changes in the brain indicating that urban upbringing and city living are linked to social stress processing.

Addressing Structural Racism Town Hall

Join APA leadership and distinguished speakers for an evening webinar on Monday, June 15, at 8:00 p.m. EDT to discuss longstanding racial inequalities experienced by Blacks in America.

Mental Health Equity Spotlight: Dionne Hart, M.D.

  • Diversity News and Updates

Dr. Hart is board certified in psychiatry and addiction medicine and licensed in both Illinois and Minnesota. She is also an adjunct assistant professor of psychiatry at Mayo Clinic and medical director of Care from the Heart.

Women’s History Month: The Rise of Reproductive Psychiatry

  • Depression, Patients and Families, Women

During Women’s History Month, we invite you to reflect on the history of women’s mental health and the rapid advancement of the field of reproductive psychiatry over the past several decades. While our understanding of women’s mental health has thankfully progressed from Hippocrates’ attribution of psychological distress to a “wandering uterus,” much of this development has been surprisingly recent.

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