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* Academy for Eating Disorders * Academy of Counseling Psychology * Aelation Lifelong Learning Research Council *
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit professional association in the United States dedicated to facilitating psychiatric care for children and adolescents. The Academy is headquartered in Wa ...
* American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology *
American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law The American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (AAPL) is a professional organization in the field of forensic psychiatry. History and organization AAPL was founded in 1969. It currently has more than 1,500 members in North America and around the w ...
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American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry The American Academy of Psychodynamic Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis (AAPDPP) is a scholarly society including psychiatrists interested in all aspects of psychodynamic psychiatry. History AAPDPP was founded in 1956 as the American Academy of Ps ...
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American Association of Community Psychiatrists The American Association of Community Psychiatrists (AACP) is a United States-based organization of recovery-oriented and recovery focused psychiatrists, psychologists and social workers Social work is an academic discipline and practice-ba ...
* American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry *
American Group Psychotherapy Association The American Group Psychotherapy Association (AGPA) is a not-for-profit multi-disciplinary organization dedicated to enhancing the practice, theory and research of group psychotherapy. Membership American Group Psychotherapy Association is a nati ...
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American Psychiatric Association The American Psychiatric Association (APA) is the main professional organization of psychiatrists and trainee psychiatrists in the United States, and the largest psychiatric organization in the world. It has more than 37,000 members are invo ...
* American Psychiatric Nurses Association *
American Psychoanalytic Association The American Psychoanalytic Association (APsaA) is an association of psychoanalysts in the United States. APsaA serves as a scientific and professional organization with a focus on education, research, and membership development. APsaA comprises ...
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American Psychological Association The American Psychological Association (APA) is the largest scientific and professional organization of psychologists in the United States, with over 133,000 members, including scientists, educators, clinicians, consultants, and students. It ha ...
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Archives of the History of American Psychology The Archives of the History of American Psychology (AHAP) is a large collection of historical papers, instruments, films, photographs, and artifacts located at the University of Akron, in Akron, Ohio. History The Archives of the History of American ...
* Associated Counsellors & Psychologists NSW * Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy *
Association for Behavior Analysis International The Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABAI) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting behavior analysis. The organization has over 9,000 members. The group organizes conferences and publishes journals on the topic of appl ...
* Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health * Association for College Psychiatry * Association for Contextual Behavioral Science *
Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness The Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness (ASSC) is a non-profit organization for professional membership that aims to encourage research on consciousness in cognitive science, neuroscience, philosophy, and other relevant disc ...
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Association for Psychological Science The Association for Psychological Science (APS), previously the American Psychological Society, is an international non-profit organization whose mission is to promote, protect, and advance the interests of scientifically oriented psychology in ...
* Association for Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy *
Association for Transpersonal Psychology The ''Journal of Transpersonal Psychology'' (JTP) is a semi-annual, peer-reviewed academic journal which is published by the Association for Transpersonal Psychology (ATP). The journal is a seminal publication in the field of transpersonal psycholo ...
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Association of Black Psychologists The Association of Black Psychologists (ABPsi) is a professional association of African American psychologists founded in 1968 in San Francisco, with regional chapters throughout the United States. It publishes the '' Journal of Black Psychology ...
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Anxiety and Depression Association of America The Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA) is a U.S. nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing awareness and improving the diagnosis, treatment, and cure of anxiety disorders in children and adults. Anxiety disorder is a class ...
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Australian Psychological Society The Australian Psychological Society (APS) is one of the professional associations for psychologists in Australia. The APS had more than 27,000 members in 2005, making it the largest professional body representing psychologists in Australia at t ...
* Australian Association of Psychologists Inc *
Australian Psychology Accreditation Council {{Unreferenced, date=July 2022 The Australian Psychology Accreditation Council (APAC) is an independent quality and standards organisation appointed by Australian Governments under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Act 2009 as the a ...


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* Beat * The Behavior Analyst Certification Board * Behavior Genetics Association * Belgian Psychological Association * B. F. Skinner Foundation *
British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies The British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) is a British-based multi-disciplinary interest group for people involved in the practice and theory of cognitive behaviour therapy. History Initially founded as the Bri ...
* British Psychoanalytical Society *
British Psychological Society The British Psychological Society (BPS) is a representative body for psychologists and psychology in the United Kingdom. History It was founded on 24 October 1901 at University College London (UCL) as ''The Psychological Society'', the org ...
* Buenos Aires Psychoanalytic Association


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Canadian Psychological Association The Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) is the primary organization representing psychologists throughout Canada. It was organized in 1939 and incorporated under the Canada Corporations Act, Part II, in May 1950. Its objectives are to imp ...
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Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies Robert Epstein (born June 19, 1953) is an American psychologist, professor, author, and journalist. He was awarded a Ph.D. in psychology by Harvard University in 1981, was editor in chief of ''Psychology Today'', and has held positions at sever ...


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* Environmental Design Research Association *
European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology The European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology (EA-OHP) is a pan-European organization that was established in 1999. It is the first organization of its kind in the world that is devoted to occupational health psychology.Houdmont, J. (2 ...
* European Association of Counselling Psychology *
European Federation of Psychologists' Associations The European Federation of Psychologists' Associations is the umbrella organization of national societies in the field of psychology that are located in the European Economic Area. History The federation was founded in 1981 and the first genera ...
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European Federation of Psychology Students' Associations The European Federation of Psychology Students' Associations (EFPSA) is a non-profit, non-governmental student organization that consists of psychology student associations from all across Europe. The association currently consists of 33 Member Org ...
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Experimental Psychology Society The Experimental Psychology Society (EPS) is an academic society which facilitates research into experimental psychology and communication between experimental psychologists. It is based in the United Kingdom. The society was originally formed ...


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* FABBS Foundation *
Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences The Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences (abbreviated FABBS) is a Washington, D.C.-based coalition of learned societies dedicated to psychology and related behavioral sciences. Its official journal is ''Policy Insights from t ...
* Finnish Psychological Society


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* German Psychological Association * Goy Psychological Center


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Human Factors and Ergonomics Society The Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) is an interdisciplinary nonprofit professional organization, headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States, covering the fields of human factors and ergonomics. Founded in 1957, HFES claims 4500 ...
* Houston Psychological Association * Hong Kong Association of Doctors in Clinical Psychology (HKADCP) * Hong Kong Psychological Society


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* Institute of Professional Psychologists * International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology *
International Association of Applied Psychology The International Association of Applied Psychology (IAAP) was created in 1919 by Édouard Claparède under the name of International Association of Psychotechnics (Association Internationale de Psychotechnique) and the secretary general was Jean ...
* International Council of Psychologists * International Early Psychosis Association * International Literature and Psychology Conference *
International Psychoanalytic Association The International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA) is an association including 12,000 psychoanalysts as members and works with 70 constituent organizations. It was founded in 1910 by Sigmund Freud, from an idea proposed by Sándor Ferenczi. Hi ...
* International School Psychology Association * International Society for Comparative Psychology * International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development * International Society for the Study of Individual Differences *
International Society for Intelligence Research The International Society for Intelligence Research (ISIR) is a scientific society for researchers in human intelligence. It was founded by Douglas K. Detterman of Case Western Reserve University in 2000. The society advocates for ongoing suppo ...
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International Society for Research on Aggression The International Society for Research on Aggression (abbreviated ISRA) is an international learned society dedicated to scientific research on all aspects of human aggressive behavior. It was established in August 1972 in Tokyo, Japan, by a group ...
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International Society of Political Psychology The International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP) is an interdisciplinary not-for-profit organization, representing all fields of enquiry involved with the exploration of relationships between both psychological and political processes and ...
*International Society of the Rorschach and Projective Methods * International Society on Infant Studies *
International Transpersonal Association The International Transpersonal Association (ITA) is membership organization in the field of Transpersonal studies. History The organization was founded in 1978 by Stanislav Grof, Michael Murphy and Richard PriceBook review: Holotropic breathwor ...
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International Union of Psychological Science The International Union of Psychological Science, abbreviated IUPsyS or the Union, is the global umbrella organization for psychology. History Starting in 1889, an International Congress of Psychology has been held every few years. The Interna ...
* International Institute for the Advanced Studies of Psychotherapy and Applied Mental Health


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* LivingWorks, a suicide prevention organization


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* Massachusetts General Hospital Psychiatry Academy * Minnesota Association For Children's Mental Health


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National Association of School Psychologists The National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) is the major national professional organization for school psychologists in the United States. Mission and purpose Its stated mission is to "represent and support school psychology thr ...
* North American Society of Adlerian Psychology


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* OPIFER, Organizzazione di Psicoanalisti Italiani Federazione e Registro * OUPS, Open University Psychological Society


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*Plega: Sport Psychology * Psi Chi, National Honor Society in Psychology *
Psychonomic Society The Psychonomic Society is an international scientific society of over 4,500 scientists in the field of experimental psychology. The mission of the Psychonomic Society is to foster the science of cognition through the advancement and communicat ...
* Psychological Society of Ireland * Psychologist's Federation of Venezuela


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*Romanian Association for Cognitive and Behavioral Psychotherapies


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* Singapore Psychological Society * Society of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology *
Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology The Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) is a professional organization that promotes the "science, practice, and teaching" of industrial and organizational (I/O) psychology. SIOP is also known as Division 14 of the Ameri ...
(SIOP) * Society for Industrial and Organisational Psychology Australia *
Society for Occupational Health Psychology The Society for Occupational Health Psychology (SOHP) is the first organization in the United States to be devoted to occupational health psychology. It is dedicated to the application of scientific knowledge in order to improve worker health and ...
* Society for Personality Assessment *
Society for Research in Child Development The Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) is a professional society for the field of human development, focusing specifically on child development. It is a multidisciplinary, not-for-profit, professional association with a membership ...
*Society for Research on Adolescence * Swedish Psychological Society * Society for Media Psychology and Technology


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* World Federation for Mental Health


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Psychology Psychology is the science, scientific study of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of consciousness, conscious and Unconscious mind, unconscious phenomena, including feelings and thoughts. It is an academic discipline of immens ...