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Community Psychiatry Hub

The Community Psychiatry Hub is a dedicated space designed to foster collaboration, learning, and innovation in community psychiatry. Over the course of five days, attendees can engage in interactive sessions, thought-provoking poster presentations, and valuable networking opportunities that highlight cutting-edge approaches in the field.

Join your colleagues in Petree Hall C of the Los Angeles Convention Center for:

  • 17 curated, didactic lectures developed by the APA Community Psychiatry Committee
  • 24 select posters focused on community psychiatry
  • A small networking area for informal engagement with peers
  • Jointly accredited sessions for Psychiatry, Nursing, Psychology, and Social Work continuing education credits

2025 Community Psychiatry Hub Schedule

Saturday, May 17, 2025
8:00 – 9:30 a.m. Don’t Split It: Treating Borderline Personality Disorder in Community Mental Health Settings
Noon – 1:30 p.m. Community Psychiatry Poster Session 1
1:30 – 3:00 p.m. Fostering Recovery Through Supported Employment: A Pathway to Mental Well-being
1:30 – 3:00 p.m. Session Announcement Coming Soon!
Sunday, May 18, 2025
8:00 – 9:30 a.m. Session Announcement Coming Soon!
10:30 a.m. – Noon Engaging Media to Promote Lifestyle and Mental Health: A Training for Psychiatry Fellows
1:30 – 3:00 p.m. Community Psychiatry Poster Session 2
1:30 – 3:00 p.m. Follow the Rules vs House Me First: Looking at Therapeutic Living Communities vs Housing First in the Treatment of Dual Diagnosis Disorders
3:45 – 5:15 p.m. Supporting Mental Health Professionals on Diagnosis and Management of Autism and Developmental Disabilities in Transitional-Age Youth and Adults
Monday, May 19, 2025
8:00 – 9:30 a.m. Three Project Echo Models for Rural Settings
Noon – 1:30 p.m. Community Psychiatry Poster Session 3
1:30 – 3:00 p.m. Don’t Call Us "Vulnerable": Stories and Data on Resilience in Disaster
3:45 – 5:15 p.m. Session Announcement Coming Soon!
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
8:00 – 9:30 a.m. Session Announcement Coming Soon!
1:30 – 3:00 p.m. Session Announcement Coming Soon!
3:45 – 5:15 p.m. Street Psychiatry: On-the-Ground Experiences and Model Comparisons to Support People Experiencing Unsheltered Homelessness
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
8:00 – 9:30 a.m. Session Announcement Coming Soon!
10:30 a.m. – Noon Entangled in Misdemeanors: How Patients with Serious Mental Illness Get Caught Up in Criminal Trespass Shoplifting Obstruction and Related Charges
1:30 – 3:00 p.m. Grief Shame Pride and Rage in Left Behind America: How Can Psychiatry Respond?
3:45 – 5:15 p.m. Using System Dynamics Simulation Modeling to Strengthen Acute Mental Health Crisis Systems: Updates from Michigan Oregon and North Carolina

2025 Community Psychiatry Posters

Poster Session 1: Saturday, May 17, Noon - 1:30 p.m.

  • Assessing an Integrated Model of Care Utilized in a Chronically Homeless Population
  • Implementing Family-Based Interventions in Opioid Treatment Programs: Preferences for Method of Delivery
  • TikTok and Implications on Substance Use Disorder (SUD): A Quantitative Content Analysis
  • Rehospitalization After Discharge: A Demographic Analysis of Patients in an LA County Community Mental Health Clinic
  • Family function as a moderator of the relationship between maternal depression and child behavior problems
  • Enhancing Non-Physician Psychiatric Care Providers’ Performance Through Active Psychiatrists’ Investment and Effective Supervision
  • The Impact of Childhood Trauma and Illness-Related Experiences on the Development of Illness Anxiety Disorder in a Lebanese Population
  • Insurance Type and Mental-Health Outcomes Among Adults with Any Mental Illness: Disparities in Distress Suicidality and Functional Impairment

Poster Session 2: Sunday, May 18, Noon - 1:30 p.m.

  • Evaluating Implementation of UCLA Homeless Healthcare Collaborative
  • Comparing Satisfaction and Reliability of Face-to-Face and Remote Psychological Assessments in Adolescents: A Study on School Counselors’ Perspective
  • Developing a Community Psychiatry Mentorship Program for Students Residents Fellows Early Career Professionals and Established Psychiatrists
  • A Systematic Review Comparing the Effectiveness of Outreach Models in Addressing Substance Use Disorders Among Homeless Populations
  • Housing as a Barrier in Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
  • Analysis of referrals from first consultations in patients with mental health problems to Mental Health Services in Spain
  • Where are the Psychiatrists? Psychiatric Spatial Modeling in the State of New York
  • Evaluating the impacts of newly implemented psychiatric services within a student-run shelter-based free clinic

Poster Session 3: Monday, May 19, Noon - 1:30 p.m.

  • Mississippi’s School-Based Telehealth Program (tSBHP) Provides Access to Mental and Physical Healthcare in a Rural and Medically Underserved State
  • Recovery Through Performance: A Virtual Pilot Study Using the Co-active Therapeutic Theater Model for People with Serious Mental Illness
  • Enhancing De-Escalation Skills in the Community Mental Health Setting: Efficacy of a Brief Scripted Training
  • Implementing a Residency Street Psychiatry Rotation: Cura Personalis in Homelessness
  • The attitudes of community mental health providers towards metabolic syndrome management among SMI patients
  • Implementation of a Low Dose Buprenorphine Induction Protocol for Opioid Use Disorder at a Syringe Services Program: A Pilot Study
  • The impact of ADHD stimulant treatments on job satisfaction: predictive validity of the adult ADHD-JSS
  • Implementing Eating Disorder Prevention Programming in California Public Schools

Credit Claim Information

Credit eligibility is determined by your meeting registration category:

  • Physicians: Eligible for CME credits
  • Non-physicians: Eligible for CE credits through the Community Psychiatry Hub

Attendees seeking CE credits will receive a unique code via email after the meeting. This code must be used in our Learning Management System to claim and document credits. Accreditation

In compliance with CE regulations, mental health professionals attending sessions in the Hub will be scanned in and out of the area to ensure accurate credit tracking.

Accreditation

In support of improving patient care, the American Psychiatric Association is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Nursing: The American Psychiatric Association (APA) designates this activity for 25.5 Nursing contact hours. Nurses should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.    

Psychology: Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs. 

Social Work: As a Jointly Accredited Organization, American Psychiatric Association is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 25.5 general continuing education credits.

Note: Continuing education requirements vary by state. Attendees should check with their state licensing board or professional organization regarding credit acceptance.

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