The American Psychiatric Foundation (APA's philanthropic subsidiary) works to create a mentally healthy nation by advancing mental health, overcoming mental illness, and eliminating stigma.
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APF promotes awareness of mental health and the effectiveness of treatment, the importance of early intervention, access to care and the need for high quality services and treatment through a combination of public and professional education, research, research training, grants, and awards:
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Programs
Typical or Troubled?TM School Mental Health Education
Transition Year Initiative
Partnership for Workplace Mental Health
HIV Psychiatry
Partnerships
Healthy Minds, PBS series
Judges’ Leadership Initiative
Give An Hour
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Research
Practice Research Network and Health Services Research
Psychopathology Research
Research Training
Fellowships
Jeanne Spurlock, M.D., Congressional Fellowship
Minority Fellowships Program
APF MD, PhD Research Fellowship
APF Research Fellowship
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Grants
Helping Hands Grant Program
Typical or Troubled?TM School Mental Health Education Grants
Awards
Alexander Gralnick, M.D., Award for Research in Schizophrenia
Awards for Advancing Minority Mental Health
APF Early Academic Career Research Award
Kempf Fund Award for Research Development in Psychobiological Psychiatry
APF Resident Research Award
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Additionally, the APF is home to the American Psychiatric Institute for Research and Education (APIRE) which was established in 1998 to fulfill the leadership role of the APA in contributing to the scientific base of psychiatric practice and policy. Toward that end, APIRE conducts and supports projects designed to:
- Conduct clinical and health services research to bridge the gap between research and practice, and to inform health policy;
- Enhance educational and research capacities to improve the quality of psychiatric care; Foster careers in psychiatric research, focusing on all levels of career development; Identify scientific opportunities and stimulate research to refine national and international classifications of mental and behavioral disorders across the life span;
- Inform health policy by providing fellowship and visiting scholar opportunities in a range of areas related to psychiatric research, training, and practice.
As a self-supporting 501(c)3 organization, the work of the American Psychiatric Foundation relies on grants and donations from APA members like you. If you would like to make a secure tax-deductible donation to support the work of the APF, click here.