Mdedge Psychcast

Update on the American Psychiatric Association – Part 1   Show Notes By Jacqueline Posada, MD, 4th-year resident in the department of psychiatry & behavioral sciences at George Washington University, Washington. Lorenzo Norris, MD, interview with Saul Levin, MD, MPA, CEO and medical director of the American Psychiatric Association (APA). Dr. Levin also is clinical professor at George Washington University.   In 2019, the American Psychiatric Association celebrated its 175th anniversary. The APA was the first medical association formed in the United States. The 2019 APA annual meeting in San Francisco attracted 13,000 psychiatrists and mental health professionals, and hosted 650 sessions covering all topics in psychiatry, including subjects related to private, community, and academic psychiatry. Highlights of the 2019 meeting included: A Gala at San Francisco City Hall, which allowed generations of psychiatrists to celebrate the progress of the APA. Sessions at the meeting, which focused on the latest b