News Releases

2013 APA News Releases

MAY

APRIL

New Research in Medicine and Mental Health Press Briefing at APA Annual Meeting and via Live Webinar
APA Continues Efforts to Ensure Anthem and Wellpoint Compliance
APA Believes Many Questions Remain about Whether Anthem, Connecticut’s Planned
Restatement of its Fee Schedule Ends Discrimination against Mental Health Patients
Extreme Fatigue in Teens, Common, Highly Disabling, Mostly Untreated
APA President to Present Distinguished Awards at Annual Meeting
APA Annual Meeting to Feature Track on Integrated Care
APA Statement on Boston Marathon Tragedy
APA and Others Seek Court’s Intervention in Compelling Anthem and Wellpoint to End Alleged Discrimination Against Mental Health Patients
APA and AAFP Respond to Mental Health Funding in President’s Budget
APA 2013 Annual Meeting Special Track to Present DSM-5 Changes
Paul Summergrad, M.D., Elected APA President-elect
President Obama Announces Investment in Brain Research

MARCH

APA Annual Meeting to Feature Special Track on Military Issues
APA Commends ValueOptions for Reconsidering its Fee Schedules for Mental Health Benefits 
Infant Growth Unaffected by Prenatal Exposure to Antidepressants or Maternal Depression

FEBRUARY

APA Calls for Anthem to Stop Discriminating Against Mental Health Patients
Collaborative Care for Depression Among Underserved Racial-Ethnic Groups
APA Annual Meeting in San Francisco, May 18-22;  DSM-5 to be Released

JANUARY
APA Submits Testimony to Congress on State of America's Mental Health System
MIami-Dade County and American Psychiatric Foundation bring Mental Health Program to Schools
Nonpharmacologic Treatments for ADHD
DSM-5 Now Available for Preorder
HHS Announces New Grants for Research on New Medications
APA Applauds White House Proposals 
New Approach to Schizophrenia Prevention
APA Participates in White House Discussion on Gun Violence
APA Lauds Passage of Budget Agreement
 

2012 APA News Releases

DECEMBER
American Psychiatric Association Responds to NRA Comments
National Mental Health Experts React to NRA Response on Newtown Tragedy 
APA President Statement on Newtown Tragedy
Health Reform and Integrated Care
American Psychiatric Association Board of Trustees Approves DSM-5

NOVEMBER
President Obama Re-election

OCTOTBER
Research on Strategies to Reduce Stigma and Discrimination

SEPTEMBER
APA Joins Discussion on Physician Payment Sunshine Act
Readjustment Stressors a Key Driver of Treatment Seeking Among Veterans with PTSD

AUGUST
APA Position Statements on Transgender Individuals
Children More Likely to Stay in Treatment when Parents Perceive Benefits

JULY
APA Supports IOM Report on Mental Health Workforce for Growing Geriatric Population 
Report of the APA Task Force on Treatment of Gender Identity Disorder

JUNE
New Study Examines Depiction of People with Schizophrenia in Movies 
APA Statement on Supreme Court Ruling on Affordable Care Act
DSM-5 Draft Criteria Draws Nearly 2,300 Responses 
Jeremy A. Lazarus, M.D., former APA Assembly Speaker, Assumes AMA Presidency 
APA Submits Comments on Solitary Confinement Policy to Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
Antioxident Treatment Boosts Marijuana Cessation Rates in Adolescents

MAY 
New Study Examines Benefits of Wellness Recovery Action Program (WRAP)
APA Gives Back Program Benefits Philadelphia Mental Health Program
Social Integration of People with Mental Health: Examing Progress to Date

APRIL
New Research in Medicine and Mental Health Press Briefing, APA Annual Meeting 2012
Give An Hour Founder Honored by Time Magazine 
APA 2012 Annual Meeting Special Track to Highlight DSM-5 Development
APA Launches Job Central
APA 2012 Annual Meeting Special Track to Highlight Military Mental Health Issues

MARCH 
New Research: Public Less Willing to Pay to Avoid Mental Health than General Medical Illness
Fewer Medical School Seniors Electing Psychiatry as a Specialty
Commentary Takes Issue with Criticism of New Autism Definition
APA 2012 Annual Meeting to Highlight Alcoholism Research and Treatment with Special Track Organized by NIAAA
Statement from APA President John M. Oldham, M.D., on PLoS Article
U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse Receives the Jacob Javits Award for Public Service
Jeffrey A. Lieberman, MD, Elected APA President-elect
“Pipeline Summit” Convenes Investors and Leaders in Industry, Government, and Academic Communities
Preventive Treatment of Pregnant Women at High Postpartum Psychosis Risk
Combination of Two Evidence-based Practices Shows Promise in Addressing Chronic Homelessness

FEBRUARY
APA 2012 Annual Meeting to Highlight Integrated Care
APA Letter to "60 Minutes"
Delay on Cuts to Medicare Reimbursements
APA 2012 Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, May 5 to 9
Evidence-Based Supported Employment Program Shows Significant Benefit For Veterans with Mental Health

JANUARY
DSM-5 Proposed Criteria for Autism Spectrum Disorder Designed to Provide More Accurate Diagnosis and Treatment
APA Names Jeffrey Borenstein, M.D., Editor in Chief of Psychiatric News
APA “Joining Forces” with White House to Help Returning Veterans and their Families