The findings highlight “the importance of screening and interventions for cannabis use among all pregnant women,” according to NIDA Director Nora Volkow, M.D.
Patrice Harris, the first African American woman president of the American Medical Association, say that a focus of her presidency will be on health equity and increasing the diversity of the physician workforce.
Now six years since the publication of DSM-5, APA has begun work on a text revision, DSM-5-TR. The goal is to ensure that the text in DSM-5 is accurate and up to date and thus continues to be useful for clinical, educational, research, and forensic purposes. To cover the wide range of disorders in DSM-5, a large team of subject matter and cross-cutting experts will review the current DSM-5 text, conduct literature reviews covering the past 10 years, and make updates where necessary. As with DSM-IV-TR, published in 2000 (six years after the publication of DSM-IV), the scope of the revision is confined to the text with an emphasis on changes supported by the literature. The publication date for DSM-5-TR has not yet been determined.
The DSM-5portal to submit proposals for changes to diagnostic criteria or text has been open to the public for over two years and remains available on an ongoing basis.
You are invited to comment on the draft of APA’s “Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients With Schizophrenia” through Friday, June 28. APA’s Guideline Writing Group drafted the guideline based on an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality systematic review of the available evidence on pharmacological and psychosocial treatments for adults with schizophrenia. APA also conducted a search of additional systematic reviews and meta-analyses to include consideration of placebo-controlled medication trials that were not part of the AHRQ review. In addition to specific statements, the draft guideline includes a review of strategies and caveats when implementing the recommendations and a discussion of the appropriateness of the recommendations to inform quality improvement activities.
If you couldn’t attend APA’s 2019 Annual Meeting and participate in the online auction sponsored by the APA Foundation, you now have a second chance to do so. The auction will be held from Monday, June 24, to Friday, June 28. All proceeds will benefit the APA Foundation and its educational and community service programs. Among the items on auction are a vacation on Hilton Head Island, a VIP tour and tasting for four at the Staglin Family Vineyard, and the complete works of Sigmund Freud.
SMI Adviser, a Clinical Support System for Serious Mental Illness (CSS-SMI), invites all mental health professionals to use two valuable tools that are now available at SMIadviser.org. Request a Consult: Mental health professionals can submit questions and receive responses from experts in SMI. Knowledge Base: Browse an easy-to-use database of 100+ clinical questions about SMI. Find answers that enhance your practice and help provide the best care for individuals who have SMI.
APA is seeking psychiatrists to help develop meaningful quality measures through participation in the PsychPRO registry. By joining, you will receive a small honorarium for your efforts ($500), a tablet computer for easy patient online portal access, and more.
• Administrative Psychiatry Award: Deadline: July 1
This award honors an APA member and administrator of a major mental health program that has expanded the knowledge of management of mental health service delivery systems deadline.
• 2019 Psychiatric Services Achievement Awards: Deadline: August 15
Since 1949, the Psychiatric Services Achievement Awards have recognized creative models of service delivery and innovative programs for persons with mental illness or disabilities. Each year, APA bestows a Gold, a Silver, and a Bronze Award.
The June issue contains articles on mental health evaluations for trainees, the pharmacological management of patients with behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia, and the poem “When Patients Cry.”
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