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Eating Disorders

Learn about eating disorders, including symptoms, risk factors, treatment options and answers to your questions.

Maternal Mental Health: A Brief Look at the Impact of Birth Trauma

  • Diverse populations, Patients and Families, Trauma

For some women, childbirth can be a traumatic event often associated with birth complications or a near miss for maternal mortality 1. A traumatic birth involves a perceived or life-threatening series of events that result in severe injury or death of the infant or mother. This traumatic experience increases the risk of developing posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after birth and can lead to challenges with attachment between the birthing parent and their infant

Special Populations

Learn more about how to use the Collaborative Care Model in the treatment of special patient populations.

Sleep Disorders

Learn about sleep disorders, including symptoms, risk factors, treatment options, and answers to your questions.

Cannabis: Understanding the Risks

  • Addiction, Patients and Families

At a recent session at the APA Annual Meeting, a panel of psychiatrists addressed many of the common misconceptions around cannabis. With more states legalizing cannabis and changing public perceptions, there is confusion around its safety and uses.

Moore Equity in Mental Health Community Fair

An event to provide Washington, D.C.-, Maryland- and Virginia-area community members with mental health information and resources, connect individuals to mental health services and organizations, and foster a day of family fun with games, music, prizes and more!

Past APA Polls

APA monthly and annual public opinion polls on anxiety, mood, workplace mental health, children's mental health, climate change, and more.

Interoperability and Information Blocking

When Congress passed the 21st Century Cures Act in 2016, it included in it Section 4004, which specifies certain practices that could constitute information blocking. In May 2020, the ONC released its Final Rule for 21st Century Cures. An overview of the Rule, its complete text, and various Fact Sheets can be accessed here.

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