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An Important Action Item for 2026
There are many ways that APA helps psychiatrists thrive as clinicians, colleagues, mentors, changemakers, and more. Renew now and take advantage of all that APA offers.
Charting APA’s Future Together: Our Strategic Plan Framework for 2030
- By Marketa M. Wills, M.D., M.B.A. , Theresa Miskimen Rivera, M.D., DLFAPA
As the American Psychiatric Association prepares for the years ahead, we are excited to share an important milestone in our journey: the approval and launch of APA’s new strategic plan framework, Psychiatry 2030: A Vision for Our Future.
A Personal Invitation to Renew Your Membership
On behalf of everyone who works for APA, we are honored every day to serve our members. We share your passion for the field of psychiatry.
Finally Closing the Loop: Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Takes a Place in AMA/APA History
- By L. Lee Tynes, M.D., Ph.D.
Recently returning from the 2025 Annual Meeting of the American Medical Association (AMA) in Chicago this summer, I can’t help but reflect on the journey that led me there. I serve in the AMA House of Delegates as the inaugural representative from the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (ACLP) (along with our alternate delegate Anna Dickerman, M.D.) in part due to the early groundwork laid by our 2018 ACLP President, Rebecca Brendel, M.D., J.D. (later an APA president, 2022-23).
Updated Resource to Help Psychiatrists Plan for an Unexpected Practice Closure
- By APA Ethics Committee
At any stage of our careers, we psychiatrists are busy planning for the future. We all hope to practice as long as we want and to have retirements that proceed at our preferred pace. But as we make our plans, we need to acknowledge that the future doesn’t always go the way we expect. Life can intervene in unpredictable ways and make even the best laid plans go awry. Recognizing these possibilities is an important part of a psychiatrist’s responsibilities; doing so can greatly ease the turbulence when stormy conditions arise. To help in situations where a psychiatrist must unexpectedly close their practice, the APA Ethics Committee has recently updated a resource document that assists with planning in advance for such unanticipated and often difficult situations.