Resource Documents

         "The findings, opinions, and conclusions of this report do not necessarily represent the views of the officers, trustees, or all members of the American Psychiatric Association. Views expressed are those of the authors."     APA Operations Manual 

      


2006 Psychiatrists' responses to requests for psychiatric information in federal personnel investigations (PDF)
Religious/spiritual commitments and psychiatric practice (
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The Use of restraint and seclusion in correctional mental health care (
PDF)
2005 Brain imaging and child and adolescent psychiatry with special emphasis on SPECT (PDF)
2004 Alternatives to managed care (PDF)
Consensus statement on "Managing the risks of repetitive transcranial stimulation" (
PDF)
Guidelines for psychiatric “fitness for duty” evaluations of physicians (
PDF)
Mental illness and the criminal justice system: Redirecting resources toward treatment, not containment (
PDF)
Same sex marriage (
PDF)
2003 Mental Retardation and Capital Sentencing: Implementation of Atkins v. Virginia [forthcoming]
2002 Mental illness: Treat them right at first sight (PDF)
Pharmacy benefit management and pharmacy benefit managers (PBM) (
PDF)
Psychotherapy by psychiatrists, Documentation of (
PDF)
Psychotherapy notes provision of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) privacy rule (
PDF)
2001 Carve-outs and discrimination (PDF)
1999 Disclosure and confidentiality, Guidelines concerning (licensing board questions re. prior psychiatric treatment) (PDF)
Managed care reviewers, Guidelines of practice for (
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Mandatory outpatient treatment (
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Psychiatric leadership in organized delivery systems, Recommendations for (
PDF)
Psychotherapy by psychiatrists, Documentation of R (
PDF)
1998 Guidelines for HIV antibody testing R (PDF)
Guidelines for psychiatric practice in community mental health centers (
PDF)
Guidelines for psychiatric practice in state and community psychiatry systems (
PDF)
HIV and children (
PDF)
HIV-related neuropsychiatric findings and associated impairments, Recognition and management of R (
PDF)
Medical necessity determinations, Model statutory provision on state licensure of physicians making (
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Medical necessity, Model statutory provision on burden and standard of proof in decisions about (
PDF)
Model legislation on managed care drug formularies (
PDF)
Research subjects with cognitive impairment, Guidelines for assessing the decision-making capacities of potential (
PDF)
Same sex marriage (
PDF) R
Telepsychiatry via videoconferencing (
PDF)
1997 Child custody, Controversies in: gay/lesbian parenting; gender issues; transracial adoption; and joint/sole custody (PDF)
Disclosure and confidentiality, Guidelines concerning (licensing board questions re. prior psychiatric treatment) R (
PDF)
General principles for the operation of managed mental health and substance abuse organizations (
PDF)
Guidelines for ethical practice in organized settings (
PDF)
Medical use of marijuana (HIV/AIDS) (
PDF)
Psychotherapy with medical evaluation and management (
PDF)
1996 AIDS policy: guidelines for inpatient psychiatric units (PDF)
Computerized records: a guide to security (
PDF)
HIV and vertical transmission from mother to child R (
PDF)
HIV-infected psychiatrists (
PDF)
Medical psychotherapy (
PDF)
Needle exchange programs R (
PDF)
Occupational HIV exposure: protocols and protections (
PDF)
Peer review of expert testimony (
PDF)
Preserving patient confidentiality in the era of information technology (
PDF)
Principles for evaluating guidelines intended to promote high quality cost-effective care (
PDF)
Principles of informed consent in psychiatry (
PDF)
1995 Guidelines for psychiatric practice in state and community psychiatry systems
Professional responsibilities of psychiatrists in evolving health care systems (
PDF)
Recommendations for psychiatric leadership in organized delivery systems for treatment of psychiatric, including substance related, disorders
Regulatory guidelines for protecting the interests of psychiatric patients in emerging health care systems (
PDF)
1993 Clean needle and syringe exchange, Policy guideline on R (PDF)
Guidelines for psychiatric practice in public sector psychiatric inpatient facilities (
PDF)
HIV infection and psychiatric hospitalization of children and adolescents (
PDF)
Legal sanctions for mental health professional-patient sex
National health care reform, A Recommendation for Pursuit of the Following Principles on (
PDF)
1992 AIDS policy: guidelines for inpatient psychiatric services
Disclosure and confidentiality, Recommended guidelines concerning R (
PDF)
Guidelines for psychiatrists who admit patients to hospitals (revised) (
PDF)
Guidelines for psychiatrists who admit patients to hospitals R
Patient self-determination act: what every psychiatrist should know (
PDF)
Women in academic psychiatry and research
1991 AIDS policy: guidelines for inpatient psychiatric units R (PDF)
AIDS policy: guidelines for outpatient psychiatric services (
PDF)
Model job description for a medical/clinical director in the office of the state mental health program director (
PDF)
Medication, Right to refuse (
PDF)
1990 Guidelines to District Branches for a policy on physician impairment
Leadership in public mental health facilities: Guidelines for the chief executive officer and the medical/clinical director
Occupational HIV exposure protocols and protections, Interim guidelines for
Psychiatrists who are HIV infected, Interim guidelines regarding
Security clearance, Guidelines regarding the role of the psychiatrist when requested to provide information about patients for
1989 Medication, Right to refuse R
Psychiatrists' signatures, Guidelines regarding (
PDF)
Religious commitments and psychiatric practice, Guidelines for possible conflict between psychiatrists'
R (PDF)
1987 AIDS policy: confidentiality and disclosure
AIDS policy: guidelines for inpatient psychiatric units R
Confidentiality, Guidelines on (
PDF)
Physician's duty to take precautions against patient violence (
PDF)
1983 Social Security Disability claimants, Guidelines for psychiatric evaluation of
1982 Psychiatric hospitalization of adults, Guidelines for legislation on the (PDF)
Radio/television. Guidelines for psychiatrists appearing on
1981 Psychiatric hospitalization of minors: clinical and legal considerations, Four alternatives to the guidelines for the (PDF)
Psychiatric hospitalization of minors, Guidelines for the (
PDF)
Recommendations for psychiatric leadership in organized delivery systems R
1980 Consultative, supervisory, or collaborative relationships with non-medical therapists, Guidelines for psychiatrists in (PDF)
Impaired physician program, Guidelines to district branches for an R
1978 Confidentiality of health and social service records, Model law on
1977 Communications media, Guidelines for psychiatrists working with the
1975 Distinction between primary and secondary prevention as it may apply to mental disorders in a particular health benefit plan R
1974 Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution, APA support for R
1971 Oral methodone maintenance techniques in the management of morphine-type dependence R
1966 Mental health manpower crisis (white paper) R (PDF)
1964 Schools, Psychiatrist as a consultant to R (PDF)
1963 Professional courtesy (working document) (PDF)
Statement by the President re. Charles Smith, M.D. and Maj. Gen. Edwin A. Walker R (
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1953 Standards for electroshock treatment R (PDF)