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Enter the 2023 APA Annual Meeting Post of the Day Contest
Make sure to share your APA Annual Meeting experience on social media with #APAAM23, you will be automatically entered to be our Post of the Day. Each day one person will be randomly chosen to be the "Post Of The Day" winner and receive a $25 Starbucks gift card!
Adrian Preda, M.D., Named Editor in Chief of Psychiatric News
Adrian Preda, M.D., a professor of clinical psychiatry and human behavior at the University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine, has been named editor in chief of the official news service of the American Psychiatric Association (APA), Psychiatric News.
NYT Best-Selling Author Heather McGhee to Give Keynote Address at Annual Meeting Plenary
Annual Meeting attendees will get to experience her compelling speech during an interactive plenary session featuring McGhee and three more special guests as panelists.
Save the Date: APA’s 2025 Annual Meeting in Los Angeles
Save the date for the psychiatry event of the year – APA’s 2025 Annual Meeting is set to take place in Los Angeles, California, from May 17 – May 21, 2025.
APA's Dr. Regina James Keynotes at the Shape of the Region Conference
Chief of Diversity and Health Equity, Dr. Regina James gave the keynote address at The Community Foundation of Northern Virginia's Shape of the Region Conference on "Finding our Way Back to Mental Health: Designing a more accessible, equitable system in Northern Virginia."
Dr. Bruce Schwartz Takes Office as APA President
Bruce J. Schwartz, M.D., began his one-year term as President of the American Psychiatric Association (APA) at the conclusion of the APA Annual Meeting in San Francisco on May 22. At the same time Jeffrey Geller, M.D., M.P.H., began his term as APA President-elect.
APA Member Patrice Harris, M.D., Takes Office as President of AMA
Patrice Harris, M.D., M.A., a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association (APA), was sworn in today as President of the American Medical Association (AMA), the nation’s largest medical society with roughly 250,000 members.
Black History Month: Dr. James Comer on Co-Founding the Black Psychiatrists of America
“I didn’t plan to become a psychiatrist,” said James P. Comer, M.D., M.P.H., the Maurice Falk Professor of Child Psychiatry at the Yale Child Study Center. “It was the only thing in medical school that I said I would never do – public health was the other – and I ended up doing both. As I worked, I began to see that the individuals were being impacted by history, by political economics and social conditions that they have little control over, and that impacted the ability of families to function
APA Board of Trustees Voting Is Open Until Jan. 31
APA members are encouraged to do their part to steer the future of the organization and psychiatry by casting their ballots for open positions on the APA Board of Trustees, including national and area offices. The Board sets APA’s priorities, policies, and budgets.
Phenomenology of Identity: Mobilizing Narrative Medicine Towards the Care of Eating Disorders
Our session will be divided into two parts. In the first part of the session, we will define the field of Narrative Medicine and practice its pedagogy together: the narrative medicine workshop.
Enrich Your Profession, While Exploring the City that Never Sleeps
The 2024 Annual Meeting is back in the “City That Never Sleeps”, New York City. It offers five days of in-person learning, networking, and profession-moving engagement at the Jacob Javits Convention Center.
Renowned Scholar to Give the William C. Menninger Memorial Lecture
The 69th Convocation of Distinguished Fellows is one of the highlights of the in-person 2025 APA Annual Meeting in Los Angeles, May 17-21.