The mission of the American Psychiatric Association, as a medical specialty society, is to promote the highest quality diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation and care for the mentally ill, the mentally retarded and the emotionally disturbed as well as to facilitate the prevention of such conditions.

ANXIETY DISORDERS, DEPRESSION/DEPRESSIVE DISORDERS, DISABILITIES, EATING DISORDERS, HEALTH PROFESSIONS DEVELOPMENT, MENTAL HEALTH, OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER, PANIC DISORDERS, PHOBIAS, PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY, SCHIZOPHRENIA, POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER/PTSD, ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE, PSYCHOTHERAPY