American Psychiatric Association

Summary

American Psychiatric Association is a professional association^[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of professional_association entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,119 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• American Psychiatric Association's field of work was psychiatry^[3].
• American Psychiatric Association's field of work was medical classification^[4].
• American Psychiatric Association's field of work was medical research^[5].
• American Psychiatric Association is in the country of United States^[6].
• American Psychiatric Association's instance of is recorded as professional association^[7].
• American Psychiatric Association's instance of is recorded as learned society^[8].
• American Psychiatric Association's founder is recorded as Benjamin Rush^[9].
• American Psychiatric Association's headquarters location is recorded as Washington, D.C.^[10].
• American Psychiatric Association's child organization or unit is recorded as American Psychiatric Association Publishing^[11].
• American Psychiatric Association's Commons category is recorded as American Psychiatric Association^[12].
• American Psychiatric Association's industry is recorded as medical research^[13].
• American Psychiatric Association's industry is recorded as higher education^[14].
• October 16, 1844 marks the founding of American Psychiatric Association^[15].
• American Psychiatric Association's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 38.88065135, 'lon': -77.0252165888889}^[16].
• American Psychiatric Association's official website is recorded as https://www.psychiatry.org/^[17].
• American Psychiatric Association's topic's main category is recorded as Category:American Psychiatric Association^[18].
• American Psychiatric Association's email address is recorded as mailto:apa@psych.org^[19].
• American Psychiatric Association's product or material produced is recorded as Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders^[20].
• American Psychiatric Association's phone number is recorded as +1-888-357-7924^[21].
• American Psychiatric Association's phone number is recorded as +1-202-559-3900^[22].
• American Psychiatric Association's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'American Psychiatric Association'}^[23].
• American Psychiatric Association's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'American Psychiatric Association'}^[24].
• American Psychiatric Association's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'APA'}^[25].
• American Psychiatric Association's different from is recorded as Association for Psychological Science^[26].
• American Psychiatric Association's different from is recorded as American Psychological Association^[27].

Body

Founding

American Psychiatric Association's founder is recorded as Benjamin Rush^[9]. October 16, 1844 marks the founding of it^[15].

Identity

American Psychiatric Association's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'it'}^[23]. Its short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'APA'}^[25].

Operations

American Psychiatric Association's headquarters location is recorded as Washington, D.C.^[10]. Its child organization or unit is recorded as American Psychiatric Association Publishing^[11].

Industry

Industries include medical research^[13] and higher education^[14]. Fields of work include psychiatry^[3], a medical specialty^[28]; medical classification^[4], a type of classification^[29]; and medical research^[5].

Ownership

American Psychiatric Association's product or material produced is recorded as Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders^[20].

Why It Matters

American Psychiatric Association ranks in the top 3% of professional_association entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,119 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] It is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]

Works attributed to it include DSM-5^[32], a medical classification^[33] and Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders^[34], a reference work^[35].