The American Psychiatric Association ( APA ) guidelines note that, in general, benzodiazepines are well tolerated, and their use for the initial treatment for panic disorder is strongly supported by numerous controlled trials.

The American Psychiatric Association ( APA ) 2001 guidelines give the primary indications for ECT among patients with depression as a lack of response to, or intolerance of, antidepressant medications ; a good response to previous ECT ; and the need for a rapid and definitive response ( e. g. because of psychosis or a risk of suicide ).

The APA ECT guidelines state that severe major depression with psychotic features, manic delirium, or catatonia are conditions where there is a clear consensus favoring early ECT.

The 2001 APA guidelines support the use of ECT for relapse prevention.

The 2001 APA ECT guidelines say that ECT is rarely used as a first-line treatment for schizophrenia, but is considered after unsuccessful treatment with antipsychotic medication, and may also be considered in the treatment of patients with schizoaffective or schizophreniform disorder.

The 2001 APA ECT guidelines say that ECT may be safer than alternative treatments in the infirm elderly and during pregnancy, and the 2000 APA depression guidelines stated that the literature supports the safety for mother and fetus, as well as the efficacy during pregnancy.

APA position statements, Psych. org and practice guidelines and description of its core diagnostic manual the DSM are published.

The American Psychological Association ( APA ) offers guidelines and materials for gay affirmative psychotherapy.

" The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association contains guidelines on many aspects of academic writing as it is seen appropriate by the APA.

The guidelines for reducing bias in language have been updated over the years and presently provide practical guidance for writing about race, ethnicity, age, gender, sexual orientation, and disability status ( APA, 2009, pp. 70 – 77 ; see also APA, 2009b ).

Since 2006, the use of aversion therapy to treat homosexuality has been in violation of the codes of conduct and professional guidelines of the APA and American Psychiatric Association.

The APA guidelines for multicultural competence outline expectations for taking culture into account in practice and research.

In the APA ’ s Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct, the therapist ’ s duty to warn is implicitly contained within the guidelines for disclosure of confidential information without the consent of the client: “ Psychologists disclose confidential information without the consent of the individual only as mandated by law, or where permitted by law for a valid purpose such as to.

He also co-chaired a joint committee of the American Psychological Association ( APA ), American Educational Research Association ( AERA ) and the National Council on Measurement in Education ( NCME ) that published Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing, which is the national and international standard of professional guidelines for testing and measurement in research and practice.

The APA wrote in the second edition of the DSM: " In the dissociative type, alterations may occur in the patient's state of consciousness or in his identity, to produce such symptoms as amnesia, somnambulism, fugue, and multiple personality.

The PHWP includes APA ’ s Psychologically Healthy Workplace Awards, a variety of APA Practice Organization resources, including PHWP Web content, e-newsletter, podcast and blog, and support of local programs currently implemented by 52 state, provincial and territorial psychological associations as a mechanism for driving grassroots change in local business communities.

The APA absolutely condemns the use of any of the following practices by military interrogators trying to elicit anti-terrorism information from detainees, on the ground that " there are no exceptional circumstances whatsoever, whether induced by a state of war or threat of war, internal political instability or any other public emergency, that may be invoked as a justification " for them:

In 2006, the Maryland Court of Appeals in Evans v. Maryland ruled that state executions would be suspended because the manual that spells out the protocol for lethal injections was not adopted using the process required by the state Administrative Procedures Act ( APA ).

The state APA requires state administrative agencies to adopt regulations, which are defined as statements that have general application and are adopted by an agency to detail or carry out a law that the agency administers, using a process that includes a review by the Attorney General, review by a legislative committee, and publication for public notice and comment.

The Court of Appeals noted that the procedures for execution in the manual were clearly regulations, and because they had not been properly adopted, they could not be used until they had been either adopted as required by the APA or the state law was changed.

The association is subdivided into 47 state / regional chapters, such as the NJAPA ( New Jersey Chapter of the APA )

There was only one APA, the, which was in a poor state of repair and trailed an oil slick wherever it went, precluding its use in a combat zone, but VII Amphibious Force had three Australian assault transports, known as Landing Ships, Infantry ( LSI ):, and.

In 1973 the Board of Trustees voted to remove homosexuality as a disorder category from the DSM, a decision ratified by a majority ( 58 %) of the general APA membership the following year.

In 1920 Cleveland had been one of the only large cities in the US without a general employer ’ s association, yet by 1922 the APA of Cleveland had grown to be one of the largest such organizations in the country.

* APA-Centauri-general interest ; started as science fiction but morphed to a general interest APA ( international ).

* Imaginapa-Long-running, very high quality fiction and general discussion APA, last ( and most frequently ) CM'd by the great Eric Watts.

* NYAPA-( New York APA )-Long-lived general discussion APA, based all over North America during its lifetime

* TAPA-Toronto APA, a general Science Fiction APA with members from across Canada, and around the world ( CA )

In early 1988, the APA Council approved a plan, but the general membership ultimately rejected this plan, and in response, the ASAP became the APS, and thus the Association for Psychological Science was born.

APA states that there is insufficient evidence to recommend any of the established panic disorder treatments over another.

These panic attacks, defined by the APA as fear or discomfort that abruptly arises and peaks in less than ten minutes, can last for several hours and can be triggered by stress, fear, or even exercise ; the specific cause is not always apparent.

It states that " there is no assumption that each category of mental disorder is a completely discrete entity with absolute boundaries dividing it from other mental disorders or from no mental disorder " ( APA, 1994 and 2000 ).

Although the APA was closely involved in the next significant revision of the mental disorder section of the ICD ( version 8 in 1968 ), it decided to go ahead with a revision of the DSM.

Faced with enormous political opposition, so the DSM-III was in serious danger of not being approved by the APA Board of Trustees unless " neurosis " was included in some capacity, a political compromise reinserted the term in parentheses after the word " disorder " in some cases.

The APA removed ego-dystonic homosexuality from the DSM-IV in 1987 and opposes the diagnosis of either homosexuality or ego-dystonic homosexuality as any type of disorder.

In the early 1970s, activists campaigned against the DSM classification of homosexuality as a mental disorder, protesting at APA offices and at annual meetings from 1970 to 1973.

The APA adopted a resolution in August 2009 stating that mental health professionals should avoid telling clients that they can change their sexual orientation through therapy or other treatments.

The APA recommends that if a client wants treatment to change his sexual orientation, the therapist should explore the reasons behind the desire, without favoring any particular outcome.

In August 2011, the APA clarified their support of same-sex marriage in light of continued research suggesting that the same community benefits accepted as result of hetero-sexual marriage apply to same-sex couples as well, " We knew that marriage benefits heterosexual people in very significant ways, but we didn't know if that would be true for same-sex couples ," said Dr. Clinton Anderson, associate executive director of the APA and director of the Office on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Concerns.

The APA states that at times patients will prefer to receive ECT over alternative treatments, but commonly the opposite will be the case.

The training models endorsed by the APA require that applied psychologists be trained as both researchers and practitioners, and that they possess advanced degrees.

The American Psychiatric Association ’ s ( APA ) 2010 Practice Guidelines for the Treatment of Patients with Major Depressive Disorder states that, “ for patients whose symptoms have not responded adequately to medication … transcranial magnetic stimulation could also be considered …”.

According to the APA Dictionary of Psychology, potential benefits of self-help groups that professionals may not be able to provide include friendship, emotional support, experiential knowledge, identity, meaningful roles, and a sense of belonging.

In his Presidential Address to the APA in 1969, George Armitage Miller was hopeful for psychology's future stating, " that the real impact of psychology will be felt, ... through its effects on the public at large, through a new and different public conception of what is humanly possible and what is humanly desirable.

The brewery thought to be the first to successfully use significant quantities of American hops in the style of APA and use the name Pale Ale, was the Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, who brewed the first experimental batch of Sierra Nevada Pale Ale in November 1980, distributing the finished version in March 1981.

APA is currently developing and consulting on DSM-V, which will be published in May 2013.

In 2008 APA became a focus of congressional investigations regarding the way that money from the pharmaceutical industry can shape the practices of nonprofit organizations that purport to be independent in their viewpoints and actions.

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders ( DSM ) of the American Psychiatric Association ( APA ) includes an entry called Sexual Disorder Not Otherwise Specified ( Sexual Disorder NOS ) to apply to, among other conditions, “ distress about a pattern of repeated sexual relationships involving a succession of lovers who are experienced by the individual only as things to be used .” A proposal to add Hypersexual Disorder to the appendix ( but not the main list of official diagnoses ) of the DSM is currently under consideration by the APA.

APA recognizes that in the course of ongoing psychiatric treatment, there may be appropriate clinical indications for attempting to change sexual behaviors.

Shortly after, the trial by jury which Bethesda requested on October 26, 2010 was changed to a trial by court because the APA contract ( aka the 2nd contract that sold Fallout to Bethesda ) stated that all legal matters would be resolved via a trial by court and not a trial by jury.

On October 5, 2009, APA staff responded to the note clarifying that errors were found in the sample papers, that the papers had been corrected and posted online, that the substantive guidance in the manual was correct and accurate as printed, and that a full list of corrections could be found at the APA Style website.

Guidelines for gay affirmative psychotherapy can be found at APA.