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.
995 Results
Workforce Development
APA advocates for the allocation of federal and state resources to provide a robust pipeline of psychiatrists to meet the current and future needs of patients with mental health and/or substance use disorders.
Security Rule
The tools you need to ensure the privacy and confidentiality of your patients’ information.
Mental Health Parity
Learn about APA@s advocacy efforts to promote proper implementation and enforcement of mental health parity.
Mobile Health
Using a tablet or smartphone to manage patient health information? Follow these tips before you begin.
Medicaid Work Requirements
On January 11, 2018, CMS issued new guidance for states seeking to tie Medicaid benefits to employment or other forms of community engagement for non-elderly, non-disabled adult Medicaid beneficiaries who are eligible for Medicaid on a basis other than disability. Explore our member resources on Medicaid work requirements.
APA Public Opinion Poll 2021 Annual Meeting
View results of the Public Opinion Poll released during the 2021 Annual Meeting.
APA Public Opinion Poll 2021 Workplace
View results of the Public Opinion Poll released in May 2021 on workplace mental health issues.
APA Public Opinion Poll 2021 Access to Care
View results of the Public Opinion Poll on access to care released in May 2021.
Transition to Practice and Early Career Resources
Your early career as a psychiatrist is an exhilarating time as you continue to develop your identity as a physician and explore new opportunities.
APA Board of Trustees Structural Racism Accountability Committee
The APA BOT Structural Racism Accountability Committee (SRAC) was formed in 2021 to ensure the recommendations of the 2020-2021 APA Presidential Task Force to Address Structural Racism Throughout Psychiatry (TFSR) are carried out.