APA 2025 Starts This Saturday!

This is your last call to register in advance for APA’s in-person or virtual Annual Meeting—or to upgrade your existing registration to get access to APA On Demand. Psychiatric News will be onsite in Los Angeles providing updates and recaps every morning via the PN Daily—delivered to your inbox and available on the APA Meetings App.

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Last Chance: Join Your Colleagues at the APAF Benefit

A ticket to the 2025 APA Foundation Benefit on Monday, May 19, grants you exclusive access to exhibits at the GRAMMY Museum, plus dancing, karaoke, a silent auction, and catering from Michelin Star-winning chef Wolfgang Puck! Or upgrade to a VIP ticket to enjoy networking in a private lounge. All proceeds go to support a mentally healthy nation where we live, learn, work, worship, and play.

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Court-Mandated Outpatient Treatment Improves Outcomes

Individuals with serious mental illness who received assisted outpatient treatment reported better treatment adherence and quality of life, and also had fewer arrests or hospitalizations.

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Review Your Open Payments Data

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is reminding physicians that the review period for the Open Payments program is available until tomorrow, May 15. This database records payments and other transfers of value to physicians from entities such as drug and medical device companies reported to CMS. Review your data and affirm or dispute any errors before CMS opens the database to the public.

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Mental Health Caucus for 119th Congress Launches

Last week, incoming APA President Theresa Miskimen Rivera, M.D., and leaders from other mental health advocacy organizations joined U.S. Reps. Andrea Salinas (D-Ore.), Don Bacon (R-Neb.), and Donald Beyer (D-Va.) to welcome the Mental Health Caucus for the 119th Congress. Dr. Miskimen Rivera spoke about the urgent need for solutions to the country’s opioid epidemic and other mental health crises: “It’s often said that mental health is a bipartisan issue, and this Caucus is a terrific example of that cooperation.”

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Leading Physician Groups Oppose Infringements on Patient-Physician Relationship

Along with fellow members of the “Group of Six,” APA has reiterated its opposition to any legislation, regulation, or executive action that interferes with the confidential relationship between a patient and their physician or undermines the provision of evidence-based standards of patient care and physician training.

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Psychiatric Services Seeking Articles on New Digital Media and Mental Health

The PS “Technology in Mental Health” column is calling for papers on the intersection of podcasts and other new digital media platforms (e.g., TikTok) with mental health. Submissions can be focused on the intentional or unanticipated effects of new digital media on mental health, as well as potential opportunities, risks, and community-level impacts.

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June 1 Nomination Deadline Approaching for Some APA Awards

While the Annual Meeting will showcase this year’s APA award winners, nominations for the next cycle are already underway. Awards with an upcoming June 1 deadline include the Vestermark Psychiatry Educator Award and the Irma Bland Award for Excellence in Teaching Residents.

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