What does APA stand for?

American Psychiatric Association

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She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Westborough, the American Psychiatric Association and the Julliard Alumni.

Dr. Marion F. Gaffney, 53

Presenting their findings at the American Psychiatric Association 2009 Annual Meeting in San Francisco, the researchers revealed that the victims also had an earlier onset of mental illness and an increase in psychiatric hospitalisations for psychiatric issues.

Significant psychological impact of child abuse seen in inpatients

The American Association of Pastoral Counselors, American Psychiatric Association and American Psychological Association also threw their weight behind the non-profit, which seeks to enlist an army of volunteers to provide free mental health services to US troops and their families.

Mental health charity helping US war veterans gets boost

Washington, DC, American Psychiatric Association, 2000, pp 513-517.

Job-hopping and factitious victimization

Darrel Regier, director of research at the American Psychiatric Association, said disclosure of potential conflicts of interest "wasn't the standard in the field" at the time the latest edition came out.