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
APA establishes the Subcommittee on Psychiatric Aspects of AIDS
First AJP article publication: "Psychopathology Complicating
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome," American Journal of
Psychiatry
American Psychiatric Press releases its first AIDS monograph,"
Psychiatric Implications of Acquired Immunodeficiency
Syndrome"
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
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
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
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
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
APA establishes the Office of HIV Psychiatry
APA sponsors its first Pan American conference on AIDS
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
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
APA adopts policies on HIV-related neuropsychiatric findings and associated
impairments and on needle exchange
APA adopts policies on HIV antibody testing and management of HIV-related
neuropsychiatric conditions
APA releases its first HIV residency training curriculum, distributed
nationwide
APA announces the availability of online AIDS resource center
APA awarded subcontract to develop the first HIV neuropsychiatric
curriculum for nonphysicians
APA releases "Practice Guidelines for the Treatment of Patients with
HIV/AIDS"
APA offers online HIV CME course
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
APA awarded sixth contract to conduct HIV/AIDS trainings and develop
clinical resources
APA adopts policy on hepatitis C coinfection
APA presents to the Presidents Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS and testifies
at Senate hearings
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