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    Community Psychiatry Hub

    The Community Psychiatry Hub is a dedicated space designed to foster collaboration, learning, and innovation in community psychiatry. Over five days, attendees can participate in interactive educational sessions, engage with poster presentations, and connect with colleagues working to advance community-based mental health care.

    This Hub highlights emerging practices, research, and strategies focused on improving access, equity, and outcomes for patients served in community settings.

    The Community Psychiatry Hub will be located in Room 308 and will include:

    • Didactic lectures curated by the Community Psychiatry Committee
    • Poster presentations highlighting innovations and research in community psychiatry
    • A small networking space for informal discussion and peer engagement

    Credit Claim Information

    Credit eligibility is determined by profession:

    • Physicians: Eligible to claim CME credit
    • Non-physicians: Eligible to claim continuing education (CE) credit through the Community Psychiatry Hub or receive a certificate of participation

    Please note: Credit for the APA Annual Meeting may only be claimed once. Participants attending sessions within the Community Psychiatry Hub will receive either a continuing education (CE) certificate or a certificate of participation, based on eligibility. Participants may not receive both.

    2026 Community Psychiatry Hub Schedule

    Saturday, May 16, 2026
    8:30 – 10:00 a.m. Regulated Psilocybin Services in Oregon: Balancing Safety and Access
    1:30 – 3:00 p.m. Psychiatry Misinformation and Social Media: Empowering the Psychiatric Workforce to Protect Our Communities
    Sunday, May 17, 2026
    8:30 – 10:00 a.m. A Role for AI to Expand Mental Health Care Assessment and Treatment in an Under-Resourced Community Setting
    8:30 – 10:00 a.m. Intercepting Youth: Proactive Strategies for Community-Based Care
    8:30 – 10:00 a.m. From Research to Reform: Leveraging Educational Innovation for Advocacy System Change and Workforce Empowerment
    10:30 a.m. – Noon From School to the Emergency Room: The Threat Continuum
    1:30 – 3:00 p.m. 10 Years of Stanford CHIPAO: How the Use of Theatrical Vignettes Addresses Mental Health Stigma in Asian Communities
    3:45 – 5:15 p.m. Moving the Needle in Combating the Opioid Epidemic: Leveraging Partnerships to Expand the Capabilities of the Psychiatrist
    3:45 – 5:15 p.m. Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Spirituality Trauma Exposure and Moral Injury
    Monday, May 18, 2026
    8:30 – 10:00 a.m. Seen, Heard, Supported: Gender-Informed Care for Diverse Identities
    8:30 – 10:00 a.m. Clozapine Monitoring – Life After REMS
    8:30 – 10:00 a.m. Expanding Access to Women’s Mental Health Services: Challenges and Innovations Across Diverse States and Settings
    1:30 – 3:00 p.m. From Survival to Solidarity: Lived Experience, Psychiatry, and Collective Action in a Time of Strain
    1:30 – 3:00 p.m. Creating Community Collaborations: Institutional Barriers Creative Solutions and Residents’ (Mis)adventures in Workforce Training
    3:45 – 5:15 p.m. Meeting the Moment: Practical Real-World Opportunities for Psychiatrists and Psychiatric Care to End the U.S. HIV Epidemic
    3:45 – 5:15 p.m. Revitalizing Community Psychiatry Part II: Present Challenges That Impact Our Future Capacity to Disrupt Include Engage and Innovate
    Tuesday, May 19, 2026
    8:30 – 10:00 a.m. Unhoused, Unseen, Untreated, America’s Housing Crisis: What Does the Evidence Say About Housing, Homelessness, and Mental Health?
    1:30 – 3:00 p.m. From Stabilization to Resilience: Integrating Recovery Principles in Everyday Psychiatry
    3:45 – 5:15 p.m. High Suicide Risk in Autism: Pathways to Hope and Prevention
    Wednesday, May 20, 2026
    8:30 – 10:00 a.m. Medicaid Under Pressure: Strategies for Protecting Access Amid Funding Cuts
    10:30 a.m. – Noon The Impact of Immigration Trends and ICE Raids on First-Generation Children: Clinical Considerations for Mental Health Professionals

    2026 Community Psychiatry Posters

    • Major Depressive Disorder in Caucasian and African American Populations: A Comparative Study Using the National Inpatient Sample (2016–2021)
    • Improving Psychiatric and Systems Care for Transition-Age Youth With Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Results From an Interdisciplinary Conference
    • Child Mental Health in Family Homeless Shelters: Caregiver and Staff Perspectives
    • Impact of Psychiatric Care on Refugees in Charlottesville
    • Breaking the Silence: Assessing and Addressing Mental Health Needs in an Unhoused Cohort
    • Under-specification in death certificates: How autopsy performance can shine light on drug overdose surveillance
    • Barriers at the Bedside: What Shapes Physician Willingness to Prescribe Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder
    • A Case of Cannabis Induced Pediatric Catatonia Management and Challenges in a Community-Based Setting
    • Choosing Between Aripiprazole and Paliperidone/Risperidone Long-Acting Injectables in Inpatient Psychiatric Youth
    • Expanding Access to Psychiatric Care: The Role of a Student-Run Free Psychiatric Clinic
    • Experiences of Stigma: A Mixed Methods Analysis
    • Patient-Reported Satisfaction with Treatment Options for Outpatient Management of Opioid Use Disorder
    • Clozapine and Pericarditis: Should You be Worried About the New Boxed Warning?
    • Addressing Mental Health Disparities in North Miami Beach: Culturally and Socioeconomically Tailored for Underserved Communities
    • Addressing Mental Health: Hospital Strategies Emerging from Ohio’s Community Health Needs Assessments
    • Cultivating Trauma Healing in Hispanic Communities
    • Evaluation of an ADHD Online Educational Resource Developed with Community-based Participatory Research
    • Exploring Body Positivity and Neutrality in Asian American Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional Analysis at the Los Angeles Chinatown Community Center
    • From Abandonment to Empowerment: Remote Psychiatric Care in Rural Nepal
    • Lived Experience as Care: Peer Support for Mental Health
    • Mental Health Education and Empowerment for Women and their Children living in Domestic Violence Shelters
    • Patient Perceptions of Inpatient Psychiatric Units
    • Reframing Systems Approaches in Psychiatry: Lessons from the Family and Natural Supports (FNS) Model for Youth at Risk of Homelessness
    • Disparities in Environmental Hazard Exposures Among Workers and Learners: A Case Study of Los Angeles

    Accreditation

    In support of improving patient care, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

    Nursing: The American Psychiatric Association designates this activity for 25.5 nursing contact hours. Nurses should claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

    Psychology: Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs.

    Social Work: As a jointly accredited organization, the American Psychiatric Association is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Social workers completing this activity may receive 25.5 general continuing education credits.

    Note: Continuing education requirements vary by state. Attendees should confirm credit acceptance with their state licensing board or professional organization.

    Attendance Tracking

    To comply with continuing education regulations, non-physician attendees participating in sessions within the Community Psychiatry Hub will be scanned in and out of the sessions to ensure accurate credit tracking.

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