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Chester M. Pierce Human Rights Award

The Chester M. Pierce Human Rights Award recognizes extraordinary efforts by individuals and organizations focused on promoting and supporting the human rights of populations with mental health needs, while maintaining the ethical standards of the APA.

2025 Annual Meeting

APA’s 2025 Annual Meeting is the best place to connect with colleagues, get the the latest in effective clinical practice and research advancements, and earn AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

Vestermark Psychiatry Educator Award

The Vestermark Psychiatry Educator Award recognizes excellence, leadership, and creativity in the field of psychiatric education and is given annually to a psychiatric educator for outstanding contributions to the education and development of psychiatrists.

Judd Marmor Award

The Judd Marmor Award honors an individual who has contributed to research advancing the biopsychosocial aspects of psychiatry.

Terminology

Understand specific terminology when working with the TGNC community.

For Women, Quitting Alcohol Can Lead to Improved Mental Well-Being

  • Addiction, Patients and Families, Women

Completely abstaining from alcohol may be beneficial for mental well-being, especially for women, according to a new study in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. These benefits were seen in women who were lifetime abstainers and in women who quit drinking alcohol.

Mandar Jadhav, M.D.

Read the candidate bios for the open offices in this year's APA National Election.

Black History Month: Dr. James Comer on Co-Founding the Black Psychiatrists of America

  • APA Leadership, Diverse populations

“I didn’t plan to become a psychiatrist,” said James P. Comer, M.D., M.P.H., the Maurice Falk Professor of Child Psychiatry at the Yale Child Study Center. “It was the only thing in medical school that I said I would never do – public health was the other – and I ended up doing both. As I worked, I began to see that the individuals were being impacted by history, by political economics and social conditions that they have little control over, and that impacted the ability of families to function

Medical leadership for mind, brain and body.

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