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As of 2016, the institutional members of the World Psychiatric Association are 145 national psychiatric societies in 121 countries representing more than 250,000 psychiatrists worldwide. [2] The societies are clustered into 18 zones and four regions: the Americas, Europe, Africa & Middle East, and Asia & Australasia. [12]
The American Psychiatric Association (APA) is the main professional organization of psychiatrists and trainee psychiatrists in the United States, and the largest psychiatric organization in the world. [7] It has more than 38,000 [7] members who are involved in psychiatric practice, research, and academia representing a diverse population of ...
2023–2024: Current President. Serves as professor and chair of the Department of Psychiatry and associate dean for professional development at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. He is also the chief of service at University Hospital in Newark, New Jersey. Dr.
The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit professional association in the United States dedicated to facilitating psychiatric care for children and adolescents. [1] The Academy is headquartered in Washington, D.C. [2][3] Various levels of membership are available to physicians specialized in ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 21 September 2024. The following is a list of mental disorders as defined at any point by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) or the International Classification of Diseases (ICD). A mental disorder, also known as a mental illness, mental health condition, or psychiatric ...
DSM-5. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5), is the 2013 update to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the taxonomic and diagnostic tool published by the American Psychiatric Association (APA). In 2022, a revised version (DSM-5-TR) was published. [1]
Bandy Xenobia Lee is an American psychiatrist whose scholarly work includes the writing of a comprehensive textbook on violence. [2] She is a specialist in public health approaches to violence prevention who consulted with the World Health Organization [3] and initiated reforms at New York's Rikers Island Correctional Facility. [4]
Glen Gabbard. Glen Owens Gabbard (born 1949) is an American psychiatrist known for authoring professional teaching texts for the field. He is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, and is also training and supervising analyst at the Center for Psychoanalytic Studies in Houston.