Named in honor of Melvin Sabshin, M.D., APA Medical Director from 1974 to 1997, the Melvin Sabshin Library & Archives has a primary mission to preserve and organize the official records of the Association.
The Library
The Sabshin Library serves as a state-of-the-art medical specialty library providing reference, research and document delivery services to APA members and staff. Click HERE for an historical overview of the Melvin Sabshin Library & Archives. |
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The Bernstein Reference Center is the gateway to APA information as well as other resources useful to APA members. Dorothy M. Bernstein, M.S., M.D., was an esteemed member of the APA Committee on History & Library. A generous bequest from the estate of Drs. Dorothy and Irving Bernstein supports the Library's virtual library making APA DOCUMENTS available to members online (with most documents also available to the public). The Bernstein Center also includes a full-text psychoanalytic library and a tests & measurements collection to support members' clinical practice and research. |
The Archives
The Archives is available to staff and members who need historical information to conduct APA business or for other research purposes. As staff time and resources permit, access to Archival materials is also granted to qualified researchers exploring the history of the APA or American psychiatry in general. MORE ...
The Kenworthy Media Center
The Kenworthy Media Center was established in memory of Marion E. Kenworthy, M.D., pioneer in psychiatry and the first woman vice president of the Association. The Media Center houses the Library and Archives audiovisual collections, including the Video Library (most of this collection originated as the Institute on Psychiatric Serivces Video Rental Program) and Oral History Collection audiotapes.
The Garfield and Helen W. Tourney Rare Books Collection
The Tourney Rare Books Collection focuses on early works in medicine and the portrayal of mental illness. The core collection was donated to the APA by the Tourney family with additional major donations from Marion E. Kenworthy, M.D., and Adolf Meyer, M.D. |
