Psychiatric News Daily - May 21, 2025
Welcome to Day 5 of APA’s 2025 Annual Meeting!
Thank you for joining us in Los Angeles! Before we put a lid on APA 2025, there’s still one more day of exciting programming to take in—and takeaways to reflect on. Keep reading—and keep following PN on our X (Twitter), LinkedIn, and Instagram accounts for our final thoughts. See you in San Francisco!
APA TV: Lifestyle for Positive Mental and Physical Health
We end where we began. Join nutritional psychiatrist and chef Uma Naidoo, M.D., as she goes deep into the theme of APA 2025.
Attendee Info Highlights
- We Need Your Input
APA is developing an in-depth strategic plan and would like your input in the process. Take the survey and play a role in the future of the association: psychiatry.org/strategicplan. - Act Now to Stop Medicaid Cuts
The House of Representatives will vote this week on legislation that would make more than $715 billion in cuts to Medicaid, which would be devastating to our patients. We need your voice today to stop this from moving forward. Please also encourage your colleagues to act! It only takes a few minutes. - Claim Your CME Credit
Stop by the Credit Claim booth in front of West Hall A to claim your credit onsite—or visit psychiatry.org/amcme to start the process on your own schedule. - Missed a Session? Get APA On Demand
On Demand offers a curated package of meeting content to access at your convenience. Watch slides with synchronized audio or download audio files and listen on the go. Stop by the Education Center to add it before you head home!
Dean Ornish, M.D.: 'We Have to Work at a Deeper Level'
The groundbreaking preventive medicine physician accepted APA’s inaugural Viswanathan Family Lifestyle Medicine and Psychiatry Award during yesterday’s CEO Plenary.
Question of the Day: What are you taking home?
"What is your biggest takeaway from this year’s Annual Meeting?" Watch the video to learn what five attendees had to say.
Featured Sessions
- 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM
Psychotherapies: Addressing Social Determinants of Health Cultural Adaptions and Mastery of Theory and Techniques - 10:30 AM – Noon
Entangled in Misdemeanors: How Patients With Serious Mental Illness Get Caught Up in Criminal Trespass, Shoplifting, Obstruction, and Related Charges - 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Dynamic Therapies With Self-Destructive Borderline Patients: An Alliance-Based Intervention for Suicide
Schedule-At-a-Glance
- 7:30 AM – 5:00 PM | Registration Opens
- 8:00 AM – 5:15 PM | Paid Courses, Paid Master Courses, Scientific Sessions, Education Center, Poster Sessions
Back to the Psychiatry Innovation Lab
An AI-guided program for identifying objective clinical biomarkers of mental illness won over Innovation Lab judges.
Meet an APA Awardee: Ahmed Hankir, M.B.Ch.B., M.R.C.P
The psychiatrist, author, and anti-stigma activist received the Patient Advocacy Award, which honors a public figure who has promoted the improvement of services for people coping with mental disorders and substance abuse.
SNAPPED!
Were you captured in a photo taken at the Annual Meeting on Saturday? PN Daily is posting photos of attendees each day of the meeting. Check to see if you’ve been snapped!