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APsA position statements are carefully developed by a committee of experts and approved by the Association’s Board of Directors. If you have questions about any of these position statements, please email [email protected].

2023

  • Position Statement Opposing Anti-Trans Legislation

2020

  • Physical Punishment (Updated)

2018

  • Discrimination and Violence Against Women

2017

  • Restore Honor to Service Members Act

2016

  • Inflammatory Political Rhetoric
  • Urging Action on Zika Virus

2015

  • Refugee Resettlement
  • Human Trafficking
  • Campus Sexual Violence
  • Mental Health Professionals Committed to Working with Service Members and Veterans

2014

  • Race-Based Violence and Racial Profiling
  • Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender People Serving in the United States Military

2013

  • the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
  • the Endorsement of U.S. Ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
  • Physical/Corporal Punishment
  • Firearm Violence
  • Civil Marriage and Civil Rights
  • Attempts to Change Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, or Gender Expression

2012

  • Attempts to Change Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, or Gender Expression
  • Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Civil Rights
  • Parenting
  • Regarding Understanding and Preventing Bullying in Our Society
  • Regarding Psychoanalysts’ Providing Commentary on Public Figures
  • the Impact of Immigration Policy on Children, Individuals, and Families
  • the Impact of Bullying and Harassment on Gender Non- Conforming and LGBT Youth

2009

  • Veterans’ Families

2008

  • Patient Control over Computerized Records

2007

  • Torture
  • Veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan War
  • Essential Privacy Principles for Quality Health Care

1999

  • Confidentiality

1987

  • an Acceptable Treatment

1986

  • Nuclear Arms Race (letter to President Ronald Reagan)

1973

  • the Violation of the Patient-Physician Relationship

1972

  • Coverage of Mental Disorders Under National Health Insurance
  • Misuse of Psychiatric Hospitalization

1970

  • Abortion
  • Statement on War in Southeast Asia

1969

  • the Report of the Joint Commission on Mental Health of Children

1964

  • Use of Psychiatric Opinion in the Political Realm

1962

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The Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association (JAPA)

JAPA is a peer-reviewed journal publishing original articles and commentaries, ground-breaking research, thoughtful plenary addresses, in-depth panel reports, and more.

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The Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association (JAPA)

April 5, 2023
JAPA is a peer-reviewed journal publishing original articles and commentaries, ground-breaking research, thoughtful plenary addresses, in-depth panel reports, and more.
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The American Psychoanalyst (TAP)

April 4, 2023
APsA’s triannual magazine, TAP, offers a psychoanalytic perspective on current events in psychology, the arts, and culture for mental health professionals, students, and the general public.
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The Candidate Connection

April 3, 2023
Written for and by candidates, the Candidate Connection reports on the business of APsA's Candidates’ Council, its committees, and Institute delegates.
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