Meeting Submission and Guidelines

Review the submission guidelines for the following presentation formats apply to both the Annual Meeting and IPS: The Mental Health Services Conference.

Federal Advocacy Conference

APA's Federal Advocacy Conference is a unique opportunity for psychiatrists to lobby members of Congress in our nation’s capital on the issues that affect mental health care.

Action Paper Central

An action paper is the product of an idea. Assembly members, representing and informed by their constituency, the members of their district branch, actively formulate these ideas into actionable tasks that the Assembly can review, debate, and vote on.

Governance Meetings

View information for APA members including meeting schedules, materials, and archives.

Health Services Research Awards

The Health Services Research Award honors an early career psychiatrist and a senior APA member for outstanding contributions to the field of psychiatric health services research.

David A. Mrazek Award for Psychiatric Pharmacogenomics

The David Mrazek Award recognizes an outstanding clinician in the new psychiatric subspecialty of pharmacogenomics.

Nasrallah Family Award for Advances in Psychiatric Neuroscience

This award, established in 2020 and endowed by the Nasrallah family, recognizes distinguished contributions to Psychiatric Neuroscience that have had a major impact on the field and/or altered the practice of psychiatry.

Award for Research in Psychiatry

The Award for Research in Psychiatry recognizes a single distinguished contribution, a body of work, or a lifetime contribution that has had a major impact on the field and/or altered the practice of psychiatry.

Research Mentorship Award

The Research Mentorship Award Honors an academic psychiatrist who has fostered the research of of a student, Resident-Fellow Member, or early-career psychiatrist in a significant manner through direct mentorship.

Committee on Psychiatric Dimensions of Disaster

The Committee on Psychiatric Dimensions of Disaster is charged to encourage greater visibility for psychiatry and psychiatrists in organized disaster relief efforts and support efforts that accomplish this goal.

Medicaid Advocacy Toolkit

APA has created this toolkit with the most up-to-date information, resources, and ways for psychiatrists to get involved in advocacy.

Member Resources

APA has updated the following resources to help members with the 2021 updates to documentation and billing for outpatient E/M services.