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American Psychiatric Association

The American Psychiatric Association (APA) is the main professional organization of psychiatrists and trainee psychiatrists in the United States, and the most influential worldwide. Its some 38,000 members are mainly American but some are international. 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 worldwide as a key guide to diagnosing disorders.

Association of Hispanic Mental Health Practitioners

The A.H.M.H.P. is a not-for-profit tax exempt 501 (c) 3 organization founded in 1983 by a multidisciplinary group of Hispanic Mental Health professionals to address serious gaps in the mental health delivery systems affecting the Hispanic Community. Our members are Nurses, psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers and other mental health professionals of Hispanic backgrounds as well as non-Hispanic Mental Health professionals interested in Hispanic issues.

SEPB (sociedad Espanola de Psiquiatria Biologica)

The sociedad Espanola de Psiquiatria Biologica (Spanish Society of Biological Psychiatry) is a Spanish association of science, whose purpose is to promote the study of human behavior through the Biological Psychiatry, in accordance with the general nature of scientific thought.

Center for Multicultural Mental Health Research

The Center conducts mental health and health services delivery research focusing on multicultural populations. Utilizing collaborative approaches with researchers, clinicians and community groups, the Center supports an array of research activities as well as nurtures a core of junior researchers.

Critical Research Issues in Latino Mental Health

The Critical Research Issues in Latino Mental Health conference seeks to foster research careers that contribute to our knowledge of Latino mental health. The conference seeks to do so by bringing promising new investigators together with distinguished and established researchers in the area of Latino mental health.

Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry (GAP)

The Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry (GAP) is an organization of nationally respected psychiatrists dedicated to shaping psychiatric thinking, public programs and clinical practice in mental health.

Latino Behavioral Health Institute

LBHI’s mission is to enhance skills of persons interested or involved in providing behavioral health services to the Latino community. The Institute is dedicated to eliminating discrimination against persons in need of behavioral health services, human services or health care.

National Institute of Mental Health

The National Institute of Mental Health ( NIMH) is part of the federal government of the United States and the largest research organization in the world specializing in mental illness.

Psiquiatria

First internet portal specialized in Castilian, with distribution in over 60 countries.

World Psychiatric Association

The WPA is an association of national psychiatric societies aimed to increase knowledge and skills necessary for work in the field of mental health and the care for the mentally ill. Its Member Societies are presently 135, spanning 117 different countries and representing more than 200,000 psychiatrists. Here you will find the recent news on the activities of the WPA Member Societies.