The American Psychiatric Association is a medical specialty
society recognized world-wide. It is an organization of
psychiatrists working together to ensure humane care and
effective treatment for all persons with mental disorders,
including mental retardation and substance-related disorders. It
is the voice and conscience of modern psychiatry. Its vision is
a society that has available, accessible quality psychiatric
diagnosis and treatment.
The American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (AAPL) is an
organization of psychiatrists dedicated to excellence in
practice, teaching, and research in forensic psychiatry. The
goals of AAPL is to promotes scientific and educational
activities in forensic psychiatry.
The American College of Forensic Examiners Institute of
Forensic Science (ACFEI) is an independent, scientific, and
professional society. Multi-disciplinary in its scope, the
society actively promotes the dissemination of forensic
information. ACFEI is the largest professional membership
association representing forensic examiners.
The association's purpose is the continued advancement of
forensic examination and consultation across the many
professional fields. ACFEI has elevated standards through
education, basic and advanced training, and Diplomate Status.
The Harvard Medical School Postgraduate Association is committed
to providing continuing education so as to optimize
patient care. To this end, the programs are designed to provide
the most up to date information and strategies for physicians
and allied health professionals.
This website is a free public
service from Johns Hopkins Medicine, to help keep you up to date
on the latest breakthroughs for the most common medical
conditions which prevent healthy aging.
The National
Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is one of 27 components of the
National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Federal government's
principal biomedical and behavioral research agency. NIH is part
of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
The
Anxiety Disorders Association of America (ADAA) is the only
national, non-profit organization solely dedicated to informing
the public, healthcare professionals and legislators that
anxiety disorders are real, serious and treatable. The ADAA
promotes the early diagnosis, treatment and cure of anxiety
disorders, and is committed to improving the lives of the people
who suffer from them.
NIDA is a Federal scientific
research institute under the National Institutes of Health, U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services. NIDA is the largest
supporter of the world’s research on drug abuse and addiction.
NIDA-funded scientific research addresses the most fundamental
and essential questions about drug abuse, including tracking
emerging drug use trends, understanding how drugs work in the
brain and body, developing and testing new drug treatment and
prevention approaches, and disseminating findings to the general
public and special populations.
NAMI (the National Alliance on
Mental Illness) is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health
organization dedicated to improving the lives of persons living
with serious mental illness and their families. Founded in 1979,
NAMI has become the nation’s voice on mental illness, a national
organization including NAMI organizations in every state and in
over 1100 local communities across the country who join together
to meet the NAMI mission through advocacy, research, support,
and education.
The American Psychiatric
Association (APA) is launching the 2007 “Healthy Minds. Healthy
Lives.” Campaign to help tear down stigma and provide free
mental health information. Be sure to visit
each month to check out monthly topics.
Alpha Omega Alpha can be thought of as the "Phi Beta Kappa for
medical schools." As the only national honor medical society,
its mission, developed over the past one hundred years, has been
to recognize and enhance professionalism, academic excellence,
service, and leadership within the profession.
The American College for Advancement in Medicine
(ACAM) is a not-for-profit medical society dedicated to
educating physicians and other health care professionals on the
latest findings and emerging procedures in
preventive/nutritional medicine. ACAM's goals are to improve
skills, knowledge and diagnostic procedures as they relate to
complementary and alternative medicine; to support research; and
to develop awareness of alternative methods of medical
treatment.
Jerald
H. Ratner, M.D., P.A. Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Diplomate, American Board of Forensic Medicine and Forensic Examiners
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