2025 APA Annual Meeting
- Los Angeles, California
- May 17 - 21, 2025
News Media Policy - Registration
Press registration at the APA annual meetings is extended to:
- Working journalists on assignment, including photojournalists, videographers, producers, web-based media, writers of the general mental health and medical press, and news staff from journals.
- Non-profit organization public relations staff may sign up to serve as the press liaisons for their group or organization (limit of two per organization). Call APA Communications, 202-459-9732, to register.
Press registration at APA annual meetings is NOT extended to:
- Non-news editorial staff of publications
- Advertising, marketing or publishing staff or administrative personnel
- Freelance writers not on assignment from a media outlet
- Communications/public relations staff persons from (or representing) a for-profit company
- Organizations that primarily produce audio/video continuing education resources
- Individuals based on previous registration (must re-credential each year)
- Exhibitors
Press Guidelines
- Information presented at the Annual Meeting is the responsibility of the presenters and does not represent the views, policies or positions of the APA. Any event not listed in the Annual Meeting program should not be reported as happening in association with or as having any relationship to APA.
- Press may attend scientific sessions (except those limited to APA members) as observers, not participants. Interaction with presenters and attendees is permitted before and after the session.
Credentialed press who fail to comply with these guidelines will forfeit their press credentials and admittance to this Annual Meeting and possibly future APA meetings. APA reserves the right to deny or terminate press privileges to credentialed press or non-profit public relations staff at any time prior to or during the meeting.
CME credit will not be granted with press registration. Paid registration is required for CME credit.
About the 2025 APA Annual Meeting
The American Psychiatric Association’s 2025 Annual Meeting features nationally recognized experts in psychiatry and mental health policy, research, and clinical practice. The meeting’s theme is Lifestyle for Positive Mental and Physical Health, will feature more than 450 educational sessions on 50 different topics and more than 1,000 poster sessions.
Media who attend the meeting will have first access to APA’s yearly Healthy Minds poll and an embargoed study from the American Journal of Psychiatry. They will also have access to in-person on-the-record talks with APA leadership, policymakers, and other experts in mental health; a new research briefing; and more.
Journalists covering Latino communities will have the opportunity to meet with Spanish-speaking APA experts during a special coffee and conversation on Sunday morning at 9 a.m. PT in the Press Room.
Full, searchable listing of sessions.
Key highlights of the meeting.
Featured speakers at the meeting this year:
- APA President Ramaswamy Viswanathan, M.D. Dr.Med.Sc.
- APA CEO and Medical Director Marketa Wills, M.D., M.B.A.
- APA President-Elect Theresa Miskimen-Rivera, M.D.
- Tennis champion and New York Times bestselling author Venus WIlliams.
- Physician, researcher, and author Siddhartha Mukherjee, M.D.
- Africa’s first elected female President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.
Where: Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles. The Press Room in the Los Angeles Convention Center will be open Saturday through Tuesday, May 17 to 20, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., PT, and Wednesday, May 21, from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m., PT.
To Register: Credentialed media can register through online advanced registration for journalists.
Registration is also available on-site in the Press Room but to ensure expedited access, we encourage all journalists to register in advance. Badges must be picked up in the Press Room.
Contact Us
For more information, contact us at [email protected] or 202-459-9732.