PN Update

April 8, 2026

News, Information, and Educational Offerings From APA

APA has expressed its disappointment that the Trump administration won’t defend the 2024 updates to the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act from recent litigation. “This decision moves us one step further away from true enforcement of mental health parity rules, thereby limiting access to critical mental illness and substance use disorder services,” APA said.

OPINION: Conversion Therapy Is Now Protected Speech. It’s Also Hate Speech.

In striking down Colorado’s law prohibiting mental health professionals from administering conversion therapy to children and adolescents, the Supreme Court fundamentally misunderstood psychotherapy—and elevated a harmful, deceptive practice.

CLINICAL CORNER

Mirtazapine Effectively Treats Methamphetamine Use Disorder

Workplace Belonging May Reduce Physician Burnout

ANNUAL MEETING

What’s New This Year?

Glad you asked! APA 2026 will introduce several innovative features designed to broaden the meeting’s appeal, including a renewed focus on FDA-approved treatments, a biological psychiatry hub, a mini film festival, and more.

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Sylvia Acevedo Confirmed as Speaker

The technology leader, author, and former Girl Scouts CEO is this year’s “Enlightened Voices” plenary speaker, and she has a direct message for attendees: “Your life will not be defined by your circumstances. It will be defined by your decisions.”

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GENERAL NEWS

Proposed Edits to ASD Specifiers

The DSM Steering Committee is recommending that the Criterion A (social communication and social interaction) and B (restricted and repetitive behaviors) severity specifiers for autism spectrum disorder be coded separately. Public comments on this proposed modification are open until April 30.

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Webinar: White House, Congress, and You

Join APA’s advocacy team on April 15, 7 p.m. ET to learn what’s happening in the government in relation to mental health policy and other issues impacting psychiatrists and their patients.

Webinar: Polysubstance Use Disorders

APA kicks off its PCSS MOUD Webinar Series, which is focused on advancing the treatment of opioid use disorder, with “Polysubstance Use Disorders” on April 21, 12-1 p.m. ET. This session will examine how co-occurring substance use complicates treatment and contributes to increased morbidity, and will review effective strategies to better address and treat patients.

MOORE 5K Registration Is Open

APA invites you to the sixth annual APA & APAF MOORE Equity in Mental Health 5K Run and 1 Mile Fun Walk and Roll—to be held in person in Washington, D.C., and virtually across the country on July 11. This annual event helps raise awareness about the mental health inequities facing young people of color and honors equity advocate Bebe Moore Campbell. Lowest in-person registration fees (virtual is free) are available through April 30.

JOBCENTRAL

Find Your Next Role

APA JobCentral is the career hub for psychiatry. Post a resume, set up email job alerts, and view open positions across the country and around the world. Current opportunities include two clinical assistant/associate/full professor positions (one inpatient and one outpatient) at the University of Florida in Gainesville and an outpatient consultation psychiatrist at the assistant/associate professor level at the University of Vermont in Burlington.

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NOW IN PSYCHIATRIC NEWS

APA Signs On to the Prague Agreement

ECT Works Well for Aggression and Agitation in Dementia

Caring for Transgender Patients in a Shifting Landscape

NOW IN THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY

Substance Use Disorders

Opioidergic Modulation of Ketamine in Major Depressive Disorder

Personalized fMRI-Guided TMS Targeting the Threat Neurocircuitry in PTSD

AJP Audio: Effects of Breathalyzer Self-Monitoring

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NOW IN PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES

Integrating Recovery-Oriented Cognitive Therapy With Medication Management

Suicide Rates Among Veterans With Serious Mental Illness

Longitudinal Effects of War on Mental Health and Sense of Betrayal

An Integrated Behavioral Health Care Clinical Service Line for Depression

Editor’s Choice Collection: Personal Accounts, Part 2: Systems of Care, Professional Development, and Clinical Identity

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