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Get the latest updates and information on sessions, speakers and events at the 2021 Annual Meeting.
In 2021, we need an Annual Meeting that increases our skills to practice while expanding our understanding of and sensitivity to the social and cultural contexts in which we now work.
No corners have been cut to provide you with an online meeting experience as rich as a live one.
The full scientific program is now available online. Explore the 135 sessions included in the 2021 Annual Meeting, searchable by title, topic, day or speaker.
APA is pleased to announce that Isabel Wilkerson, Pulitzer Prize winner and author of the critically acclaimed bestsellers The Warmth of Other Suns and Caste, will be the keynote speaker at the 2021 Annual Meeting Opening Session.
In its 12th year, the “APA Gives Back” program provides an opportunity for the APA, its members, and Annual Meeting attendees to support a community organization.
APA is pleased to announce that Anthony Fauci, M.D. will deliver the 2021 William C. Menninger Memorial Convocation Lecture at the Convocation of Distinguished Fellows.
JANUARY 18, 2021 – These are unsettling times, indeed. As you have already been notified, the APA Annual Meeting, which had been scheduled for May 1 to 5, 2021, in Los Angeles, has evolved into a virtual conference. Given concerns about COVID-19 and wanting to ensure the health and safety of APA members, the Board of Trustees voted last month to make this move.
JANUARY 20, 2021 – The theme of this year’s Annual Meeting is dedicated to addressing disparities in health care delivery and pursue a meaningful and equitable future for our patients and the field of psychiatry.
JANUARY 15, 2021 – Save the date! Registration for the 2021 Annual Meeting, a virtual live conference, opens on February 2, 2021. Learn more about the conference.
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