All registration and course enrollment will take place in Exhibit Hall D, level 3, McCormick Place Lakeside. You must register before you can enroll in courses. Registration will be open during the following hours:

Saturday, May 13 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Sunday, May 14 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m.

Monday, May 15-

Wednesday, May 17 7:30 a.m-6 p.m.

Thursday, May 18 7:30 a.m -2 p.m.

All fees paid in advance must be in U.S. dollars. Fees can be paid by check, money order, American Express, VISA, or MasterCard only. Fees paid by foreign groups must be paid by check in U.S. dollars only.

Fee-exempt policy: Registration fees are waived only for CME course faculty, medical students, APA honorary and distinguished fellows (does not include APA fellows or life fellows), district branch executive staff who are not APA members, and nonmember program participants (only for the day[s] of their presentation).

Registration fees for medical students may be waived only if they present proper identification, that is, a valid medical student identification card or letter of verification from their instructor.

Nonmember psychiatry residents must present a letter from their instructor or director of training verifying their status as a psychiatry resident to qualify for the reduced registration fee.

Full-time registration* $135

Members-in-training* 60

One-day registrants

  (all member categories) 70

Medical students* 0

Full-time registration* $600

Nonmember residents, students,

  and mental health chaplains* 75

Advocacy group members* 75

One-day registration

  (all nonmember categories) 310

Medical students* 0

One only per full-time registrant

  (restrictions apply; APA members

  may not register as guest) $80

The deadline for advance registration is April 10 for U.S. and Canadian registrants and April 3 for foreign registrants. Refund requests made after these dates will be processed after the annual meeting. No refunds will be given for cancellations received after May 12.

Full-time registration* $185

Members-in-training* 70

One-day registrants

  (all member categories) 95

Medical students* 0

Full-time registration* $650

Nonmember residents, students,

  and mental health chaplains* 90

Advocacy group members* 90

One-day registration

  (all nonmember categories) 330

Medical students* 0

One only per full-time registrant

  (restrictions apply; APA members

  may not register as guest) $95

APA’s 2000 annual meeting offers a broad range of sessions that have been approved for CME credit. Most program activities are designated as Category 1; these include the following formats: advances in research, CME courses, clinical case and continuous clinical case conferences, debates, forums, industry-supported symposia, most lectures, medical updates, some media sessions, new research oral/slide sessions, review of psychiatry, scientific and clinical report sessions, symposia, and workshops. Other program activities have been designated as Category 2; these include master educator clinical and research consultations with, discussion groups, new research poster sessions, some media sessions, and lectures. One hour of credit may be claimed for each hour of participation.

The American Psychiatric Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. APA takes responsibility for the content, quality, and scientific integrity of this CME activity.

APA designates this educational activity for up to 66 hours in Category 1 credit towards the AMA Physicians Recognition Award and for the CME requirement of APA. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he or she actually spent in the educational activity.

APA members are required to maintain their own records of CME hours. Reporting of CME credit is on an honor basis. To document CME credit earned at the annual meeting, participants should record the sessions attended on the Certificate of Attendance/Log Sheet found in the front of the 2000 Annual Meeting Syllabus. In addition to the log sheet, a parchment certificate of attendance may be obtained at the meeting by completing the general evaluation survey form.

Shuttle bus service will begin on Saturday, May 13, at approximately 7 a.m. and will operate daily throughout the meeting consistent with the scientific program schedule, including nighttime activities, and will conclude on Thursday, May 18, at 6 p.m. McCormick Place will be the hub for all shuttle bus routes. A detailed shuttle bus schedule will be included in each registration packet and posted in the lobbies of participating hotels.

Commercial and educational exhibits will be located in Exhibit Hall D, level 3, McCormick Place, along with the Publishers’ Bookfair and APA Resource Center. For your convenience, the APA Resource Center and the Publishers’ Bookfair will be open Saturday, May 13, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The commercial and educational exhibits will be open on Sunday, May 14, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Monday and Tuesday, May 15 and 16, 10 a.m., to 6 p.m.; and Wednesday, May 17, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The Message Center will be located in the level 2 lobby of McCormick Place Lakeside and staffed during registration hours. Message monitors will be strategically located in the Exhibit Hall and elsewhere throughout McCormick Place. Registrants whose names appear on these monitors have a message that can be retrieved from self-service computers or picked up at the Message Center.

Registrants are encouraged to leave a schedule of courses and activities with their home offices so that in emergencies they can be located at the meeting.

The Information/Locator Center will be housed in the level 2 lobby of McCormick Place Lakeside and staffed during registration hours. Meeting participants can obtain up-to-date general information about the program, component meetings, the local area, and the locations of various activities and events. Meeting participants also can find out where colleagues and friends registered for the meeting are staying.

Looking for a new job? Search our computerized database containing information on hundreds of psychiatric positions currently available and walk away with information on each position of interest.

Trying to hire a psychiatrist? Include your psychiatric opening in APA’s Annual Meeting Job Bank and gain access to hundreds of psychiatrists attending the APA annual meeting. More than 800 psychiatrists came away with information on available positions at the 1999 Annual Meeting Job Bank.

For more information on this and the year-round Job Bank program, call the Job Bank at (888) 357-7924, e-mail staff at jobbank@psych.org, or stop by the booth located in the APA Resource Center.

Visit the APA Resource Center in Exhibit Hall D, level 3, McCormick Place Lakeside, and learn how APA’s many programs and services can help your professional life. Free copies of APA periodicals, other materials, and demonstrations will be offered. The days and hours of operation are Saturday, May 13, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday, May 14, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Monday and Tuesday, May 15 and 16, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Wednesday, May 17, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Complimentary copies of the latest issues of the American Journal of Psychiatry, the Journal of Psychotherapy Practice and Research, Psychiatric Services, and Psychiatric News may be obtained at the APA Periodicals Exhibit in the APA Resource Center. Staff of the American Journal of Psychiatry and Psychiatric Services will be available to answer authors’ questions and to receive papers submitted for publication; six copies are required as well as a PC-compatible disk. The American Journal of Psychiatry and Psychiatric Services publish only original material not published elsewhere in any form and not being considered for publication elsewhere. Persons who wish to contact editors or reporters of Psychiatric News should inquire at the APA Administrative Office, Room E259, level 2, McCormick Place Lakeside, where an editor can be paged. Written announcements, suggestions for articles, letters to the editor, or other material for the newspaper’s consideration may be left with staff at the Periodicals Exhibit.

The American Psychiatric Publishing Group (APPG) will feature the latest in electronic communication via the Internet and CD-ROM. In addition, APPG will present a variety of outstanding new titles:

Please stop by the APPG Bookstore and browse through the hundreds of books, journals, and electronic products that APPG publishes. The Circulation Department will have staff on site to fulfill your subscription orders, make any address changes, or renew your subscriptions for another year.

Authors who wish to schedule an appointment to present a new book idea or discuss a book in progress should call Donna Coleman at (202) 682-6334.

As part of the overall scientific program, 105 continuing medical education courses will be offered at the annual meeting, either in a half-day or full-day format. Those attending courses will receive a CME certificate at the conclusion of each course attended. A full complement of courses will be presented starting Saturday, May 13. Admission to all courses is by annual meeting badge and course ticket only.

This year’s special Presidential Symposium is titled "Perspectives on the Doctor-
Patient Relationship." It will be held Monday, May 15, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. in S404D, level 4, McCormick Place South. In addition to APA President Allan Tasman, M.D., participants include Michelle Riba, M.D., Kenneth R. Silk, M.D., Juan E. Mezzich, M.D., and Paul Appelbaum, M.D.

The new research program will begin on Monday, May 15, 9 a.m to 10:30 a.m. with "New Research Young Investigators’ Poster Session 1." This session provides a forum in which young investigators may interact with their peers from around the country, along with attending senior investigators.

This session will be followed by "Research Advances in Psychiatry: An Update for the Clinician" from 10:30 a.m to 12:30 p.m.; "Young Investigators’ Oral/Slide Sessions 2-3" from 1 p.m to 2:30 p.m.; and "Young Investigators’ Poster Session 4" from 3 p.m to 5 p.m.

There will be five more poster sessions, two each Tuesday and Wednesday, May 16 and 17, noon to 2 p.m., and 3 p.m to 5 p.m.; and one on Thursday, May 18, noon to 2 p.m. The oral/slide presentations will be held Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. All new research sessions will be held in McCormick Place.

There will be three "research consultations with" sessions Tuesday through Thursday, May 16 and 18, 11 a.m to 12:30 p.m. This series allows junior researchers an opportunity to discuss difficult issues with prominent colleagues. These are limited to 25 participants on a first-come, first-served basis.

The HIV epidemic continues and so does the need for state-of-the-science updates on diagnosis and treatment of the psychiatric and neuropsychiatric consequences of HIV disease. This year’s HIV/AIDS education programs will provide information on the spectrum of HIV disease including an overview of associated psychiatric diagnoses and medication management. Also, APA members are encouraged to stop by the APA HIV/AIDS Resource Center in the Exhibit Hall.

• Residency Training Program, Sunday, May 14, 1 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Please RSVP by May 1, (202) 682-6143.

• Component Workshop: Cytochrome P450 and the Management of Medically Ill Patients, Monday, May 15, 9 a.m.-10:30 a.m.

• New this year, the AIDS Education Program has been incorporated into the scientific program as two symposia. The sessions will be offered Monday and Tuesday, May 15 and 16, 2 p.m. to 5p.m. Monday’s session is "The Practical Medical Management of HIV Disease," and Tuesday’s session is "The Treatment of Psychiatrically Ill HIV Patients."