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The American Psychiatric Association (APA) is the main professional organization of psychiatrists and trainee psychiatrists in the United States, and the most influential world-wide. The association publishes various journals and pamphlets, as well as the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or DSM. The DSM codifies psychiatric conditions and is used world-wide as a key guide to diagnosing disorders.

Preceded by Practice guideline for the treatment of patients with eating disorders / American Psychiatric Association. 3rd ed. 2006.

Provides an indispensable guide to antipsychotic and substance use disorder medications and includes approved indications, usual dosages, and maximum dosages. Derived from an appendix to The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Psychopharmacology, Fifth Edition.

The guideline focuses specifically on evidence-based pharmacological treatments for AUD in outpatient settings and includes additional information on assessment and treatment planning, which are an integral part of using pharmacotherapy to treat AUD.

This book covers the multiple personality disorder.

The book is a compendium of articles from Psychiatric Services on issues in community treatment of severe mental illness.

This task force report from the American Psychiatric Assocation covers clinician safety.

The book is a compendium of articles from Hospital and Community Psychiatry.

This book is a compendium of articles from Hospital and Community Psychiatry on law and psychiatry.

The book is a compendium of articles from Hospital and Community Psychiatry on tardive dyskinesia.

The book is a compendium of articles from Psychiatric Services and Hospital and Community Psychiatry on violent behavior and mental illness.

The book is a compendium of articles from Hospital and Community Psychiatry on the young adult chronic patient.

The rights of the mental disabled are highlighted in the book.

Psychiatrists are in a unique position to understand the personalities, needs, and motivations of cult leaders and followers. This report assumes that unique vantage point in its review of the cult phenomenon. This report presents statistics and colorful descriptions of American cults and their effect on those who embrace them.