Position Statements

APsaA 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 info@apsa.org.

• 2020 — Position Statement on Physical Punishment (Updated)
• 2018 — Position Statement on Discrimination and Violence Against Women
• 2017 — Position Statement to Restore Honor to Service Members Act
• 2016 — Position Statement on Inflammatory Political Rhetoric 
• 2016 — Position Statement Urging Action on Zika Virus
• 2015 — Position Statement on Refugee Resettlement 
• 2015 — Position Statement on Human Trafficking
• 2015 — Position Statement on Campus Sexual Violence
• 2015 — Position Statement on Mental Health Professionals Committed to Working with Service Members and Veterans
• 2014 — Position Statement on Race-Based Violence and Racial Profiling
• 2014 — Position Statement on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender People Serving  in the United States Military
• 2013 — Position Statement on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
• 2013 — Position Statement on the Endorsement of U.S. Ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
• 2013 — Position Statement on Physical/Corporal Punishment
• 2013 — Position Statement on Firearm Violence
• 2013 — Position Statement on Civil Marriage and Civil Rights
• 2012 — Position Statement on Attempts to Change Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, or Gender Expression
• 2012 — Position Statement on Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Civil Rights
• 2012 — Position Statement on Parenting
• 2012 — Position Statement Regarding Understanding and Preventing Bullying in Our Society
• 2012 — Position Statement Regarding Psychoanalysts’ Providing Commentary on Public Figures
• 2012 — Position Statement on the Impact of Immigration Policy on Children, Individuals, and Families
• 2012 — Position Statement on the Impact of Bullying and Harassment on Gender Non-  Conforming and LGBT Youth
• 2009 — Position Statement on Veterans' Families
• 2008 — Position Statement on Patient Control over Computerized Records
• 2007 — Position Statement on Torture
• 2007 — Position Statement on Veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan War
• 2007 — Position Statement on Essential Privacy Principles for Quality Health Care
• 1999 — Position Statement on Confidentiality
• 1987 — Psychoanalysis as an Acceptable Treatment
• 1986 — Nuclear Arms Race (letter to President Ronald Reagan)
• 1973 — Statement on the Violation of the Patient-Physician Relationship 
• 1972 — Coverage of Mental Disorders Under National Health Insurance
• 1972 — Misuse of Psychiatric Hospitalization 
• 1970 — Abortion
• 1970 — Statement on War in Southeast Asia
• 1969 — Position Statement on the Report of the Joint Commission on Mental Health of Children
• 1964 — Use of Psychiatric Opinion in the Political Realm
• 1962 — Action on Mental Health