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APA Amicus Briefs by Issue

Listing of the amicus briefs by issues. Each of the titles below links to a one-page summary. Selected full-text briefs are linked below. Please note that the PDF files may take time to download, as they are very large files.

Abortion

Affirmative Action

Animal Research

Antitrust

Battered Women's Syndrome

Child Abuse/Child Witnesses

Child Custody/Adoption

Child Sexual Abuse

Child Welfare/Generally

Civil Commitment

Competency

Confidentiality/Psychotherapist-Patient Privilege

Copyright

Death Penalty

Defamation

Disabilities/Rights under the ADA

Duty to Warn/Protect

Employment

Environmental Impact Analyses

ERISA

Expert Witnesses/Psychologists' Competency

Eyewitness Identification Research

False Confessions

Gender Identity

Guilty Pleas

Hospital Privileges for Psychologists

Insanity Defense/Diminished Capacity

Juvenile Sentencing

Medicare

Medication (Right to Refuse)

Mental Health Parity

Mentally Ill and Intellectual Disabilities (Rights Of)

Neuropsychologists' Competency (Brain Injury Assessment)

Peer Review

Psychologists' Scope of Practice/Reimbursement for "Mental Health" Services

Residential Treatment

Rights of Incarcerated Persons to Mental Health Treatment

Scientific Research

Sexual Harassment

Sexual Orientation

General (Discrimination)

 Adoption

Sexual Orientation Change Efforts (SOCE)

Custody

Marriage

Military

Sodomy Laws (Anti)

Tests (Use, Validity, and Security of Psychological Tests and Test Data)

Last updated: September 2026Date created: 2009