APsaA Position Statements
Position statements made by the American Psychoanalytic Association (APsaA) are carefully developed by an expert APsaA committee and reviewed by the Association's governing body. If you have questions about any of these position statements, please email info@apsa.org.
- 2018 — Position Statement on Discrimination and Violence Against Women
- 2017 -- Position Statement on Physical/Corporal Punishment
- 2017 — Position Statement to Restore Honor to Service Members Act
- 2016 -- Position Statement on Inflammatory Political Rhetoric
- 2016 — Position Statement Urging Action on Zika Virus
- 2015 — Position Statement on Refugee Resettlement
- 2015 — Position Statement on Human Trafficking
- 2015 — Position Statement on Campus Sexual Violence
- 2015 — Position Statement on Mental Health Professionals Committed to Working with Service Members and Veterans
- 2014 — Position Statement on Race-Based Violence and Racial Profiling
- 2014 — Position Statement on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender People Serving in the United States Military
- 2013 — Position Statement on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
- 2013 — Position Statement on the Endorsement of U.S. Ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
- 2013 — Position Statement on Physical/Corporal Punishment
- 2013 — Position Statement on Firearm Violence
- 2013 — Position Statement on Civil Marriage and Civil Rights
- 2012 — Position Statement on Attempts to Change Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, or Gender Expression
- 2012 — Position Statement on Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Civil Rights
- 2012 — Position Statement on Parenting
- 2012 — Position Statement Regarding Understanding and Preventing Bullying in Our Society
- 2012 — Position Statement Regarding Psychoanalysts’ Providing Commentary on Public Figures
- 2012 — Position Statement on the Impact of Immigration Policy on Children, Individuals, and Families
- 2012 — Position Statement on the Impact of Bullying and Harassment on Gender Non- Conforming and LGBT Youth
- 2009 — Position Statement on Veterans' Families
- 2008 — Position Statement on Patient Control over Computerized Records
- 2007 — Position Statement on Torture
- 2007 — Position Statement on Veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan War
- 2007 — Position Statement on Essential Privacy Principles for Quality Health Care
- 1999 — Position Statement on Confidentiality
- 1987 — Psychoanalysis as an Acceptable Treatment
- 1986 — Nuclear Arms Race (letter to President Ronald Reagan)
- 1973 — Statement on the Violation of the Patient-Physician Relationship
- 1972 — Coverage of Mental Disorders Under National Health Insurance
- 1972 — Misuse of Psychiatric Hospitalization
- 1970 — Abortion
- 1970 — Statement on War in Southeast Asia
- 1969 — Position Statement on the Report of the Joint Commission on Mental Health of Children
- 1964 — Use of Psychiatric Opinion in the Political Realm
- 1962 — Action on Mental Health