APA Responds to HIV/AIDS
1983
Committee on Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Issues recommends that APA establish a special component on AIDS
APA presents the first workshop on AIDS at the annual meeting
First APPI journal publication, “Psychiatric Aspects of HIV,” in Psychosomatics
1984
APA establishes the Subcommittee on Psychiatric Aspects of AIDS
First AJP article publication: “Psychopathology Complicating Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome,” American Journal of Psychiatry
1985
American Psychiatric Press releases its first AIDS monograph,“ Psychiatric Implications of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome”
1986
APA issues its first two AIDS policy statements addressing practice implications and patient discrimination
APA awards its first government contract to provide training to mental health care providers on the psychiatric dimensions of HIV/AIDS
1987
APA establishes the Committee on the Psychiatric Aspects of AIDS
APA adopts AIDS-related policies on confidentiality and disclosure, and on inpatient/outpatient psychiatric units
1988
APA establishes Commission on AIDS, allowing its members to report directly to the Board of Trustees
Commission on AIDS releases its recommendations for a full response to the AIDS epidemic
APA releases the AIDS Primer for psychiatrists and residents, its first comprehensive training manual
APA takes active posture with state licensing boards regarding the importance of treatment and rehabilitation of psychiatrically impaired physicians without threat of license loss
1989
APA and AMA cosponsor an international HIV conference
APA adopts policies on name reporting of HIV-seropositive individuals
APA makes first formal request to outside organizations and committees to increase HIV content in residency curriculum and examinations
1990
APA adopts policies on occupational exposure to HIV and psychiatrists who are HIV infected
APA releases its first videotape addressing HIV-related psychiatric problems and patient stigma
1991
APA establishes the Office of HIV Psychiatry
1992
APA sponsors its first Pan American conference on AIDS
1993
APA collaborates with NAMI to produce HIV videotape addressing the needs of people living with HIV and mentall illness
APA adopts policies on psychiatric hospitalization of children and adolescents with HIV/AIDS
1996
APA adopts policies on vertical transmission of HIV from mother to child
APA awarded contract to establish a searchable database for tracking and maintaining AIDS resources
1997
APA adopts policies on HIV-related neuropsychiatric findings and associated impairments and on needle exchange
1998
APA adopts policies on HIV antibody testing and management of HIV-related neuropsychiatric conditions
1999
APA releases its first HIV residency training curriculum, distributed nationwide
APA announces the availability of online AIDS resource center
2000
APA awarded subcontract to develop the first HIV neuropsychiatric curriculum for nonphysicians
APA releases “Practice Guidelines for the Treatment of Patients with HIV/AIDS”
2001
APA offers online HIV CME course
2003
APA offers first medical student senior elective in HIV psychiatry
APA offers its first HIV training using distant-learning technology
APA awarded subcontract to train minority community-based organizations
2004
APA awarded sixth contract to conduct HIV/AIDS trainings and develop clinical resources
APA adopts policy on hepatitis C coinfection
2005
APA presents to the Presidents Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS and testifies at Senate hearings
2006
APA awarded funding to train primary care clinicians as HIV trainers
To date APA has trained nearly 30,000 psychiatrists, residents, and mental health clinicians in HIV/AIDS
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