American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting On Demand 2025

• Target Audience: psychiatrists, psychiatric residents, psychologists
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• Information:

The 2025 APA Annual Meeting On Demand is a comprehensive digital learning experience offering access to the American Psychiatric Association’s premier annual event anytime, anywhere. Designed for mental health professionals, this program delivers recorded plenary sessions, clinical updates, interactive case discussions, and cutting-edge research presentations. Participants will benefit from flexible, on-demand access to the latest knowledge in psychiatry while earning valuable continuing education credits.

What You Will Learn

Evidence-based updates on psychiatric disorders including mood, anxiety, psychotic, and substance use disorders

Advances in psychopharmacology, psychotherapy, and integrated care models

Strategies for addressing social determinants of mental health and reducing disparities in care

Innovations in neuroscience, genetics, and digital psychiatry

Practical tools to improve clinical practice and enhance patient outcomes

Event Details

Event: 2025 APA Annual Meeting On Demand

Program Highlights: Plenary addresses, symposia, case-based sessions, poster presentations, and special tracks

Topics Covered: Clinical psychiatry, neuroscience, public mental health, health policy, and emerging therapies

Who Should Attend

Psychiatrists, psychiatric residents, psychologists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, social workers, and all mental health professionals seeking advanced, flexible continuing education.

Why Attend

The On Demand format provides the opportunity to experience the APA’s flagship meeting without time or location constraints. Attendees will gain the same high-quality educational content as the live event, with the flexibility to learn at their own pace and revisit sessions as needed. This program ensures that busy clinicians stay up to date with the latest advancements in psychiatry while maintaining convenience and accessibility.

• Topics:

A Century of Cumulative Practice Wisdom From the Leaders of Lifestyle Psychiatry

Academic Medicine Is Evolving: Are We Preparing Women Physicians to Lead or Leaving Them Behind?: Alexandra Symonds Award

ADHD Across the Lifespan

Advocating for Those Who Can’t: Emergency Psychiatric Care of Patients With Non-Verbal Autism

African and Asian Traditional Healing Practices: Relevance to Contemporary Total Health

Ageism in the Mental Health Care of Older Adults

Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias: An Update on Diagnosis, Treatment, Prevention and Research Opportunities

American Association of Social Psychiatry Abraham Halpern Humanitarian Award Recipient: Anita Everett MD. Universal Themes in Social Psychiatry

Amp Schizophrenia: Clinically Actionable Lessons From the Largest (and Ongoing) Study of Clinical High Risk for Psychosis

Amplifying Trainee Voices: How to Seize Leadership Opportunities Within the APA

An Unselfish Satisfaction: The John Fryer Award Lecture

APA Council on Psychiatry and Law Workgroup on Carceral (Correctional) Psychiatry: Justice-Informed Clinical Education for the Next Generation

Applying to Residency: Program Directors Panel

Assisted Dying and Suicide: Apples and Oranges or the Same Fruit?

Atypical Antipsychotics in Mood and Other Disorders: Are We Too Quick on the Draw? – A Panel Discussion

Balancing Efficiency and Security: A Comprehensive Look at AI Scribes in Medical Documentation

Benzodiazapines and Other Sedative-Hypnotics Help or Harm: A Panel Discussion

Better Care for Older Adults With Mild Impairment of Cognition or Behavior

Beyond Barriers: Women Leading in Psychiatry

Beyond Free Pizza: Do You Have Substantive Tools to Improve Physician Wellbeing?

Beyond the Impasse: A Psychodynamic Perspective on the Difficult Patient

Bipolar Disorder Borderline Personality Disorder or ADHD? Diagnostic Challenges and How to Deal With Them

Boot Camp to Facilitate the Onboarding of Psychiatry Residents

Burnout to Balance: Residency Wellness + Healthy Strategies

Can Psychiatry Meet the Moment for Competency-Based Medical Education? A Primer on Competency-Based Assessment

Cannabis Use: Conversations With Patients

Catch Me If You Can: Catatonia in General Medical Settings

Catch Me When You Can: Suboxone Screening and Induction in the Psychiatric ER

Clinical Education on the Social Determinants of Mental Health: Putting the Social Back Into the Biopsychosocial Model – Vestermark Psychiatry Education Award

Clinical Update on Artificial Intelligence and Large Language Models

Closing the Mortality Gap in Serious Mental Illness: The Role of Reverse Integrated Primary Care in Community Mental Health Settings

Clozapine: Undervalued, Underused and Irreplaceable

Collaborative Care Model for Improving Substance Use Disorder Management in Primary Care: NIDA’s Clinical Trials Network Studies

Comprehensive Approaches to Preventing Assessing and Treating Opioid Alcohol Stimulant and Tobacco Use Disorders in Adolescents

Continuing Certification and Other Updates From the ABPN

Defying My Prognosis: Focusing on Wellness Through My Recovery From TBI

Dementia and Stroke Bidirectional Relationship With Mental Health

Detecting the Undetectable: Creating a Toolkit to Develop an Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force

Developmental Challenges and Opportunities for Children and Adolescents in the Age of Technology

Disasters and Their Consequences

Don’t Call Us Vulnerable: Stories and Data on Resilience in Disaster

Don’t Split It: Treating Borderline Personality Disorder in Community Mental Health Settings

AI Will See You Now: The Opportunities Challenges and Risks of Chatgpt Gemini and Other Large Language Models in Psychiatry

Enhancing Quality and Innovation for Vulnerable Veterans in a Learning Healthcare System

Enhancing Workplace Safety: An Interdisciplinary 360 Approach to Preventing and Addressing Workplace Violence

Ethics Dilemmas in Psychiatric Practice

Expanding Access to Inpatient Psychiatric Care Through Telepsychiatry: A Model for Rural Hospitals

Field-Based Mental Health Teams: Utilizing Street Psychiatry for Holistic Lifestyle Transformations

Financial Success 101: Paving the Way to Personal and Professional Security

Finding Meaning in Child Psychiatry: Focusing on Mission and Quality to Avoid Burnout

For Want of Sleep and Friends: Identifying Patients With Developmental Trauma and Tailoring Treatment Approaches

Fostering the Mental Health of a Generation: Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists’ Role in Prevention Health Promotion and Well-Being

From Girlhood to Womanhood: The Under-Recognized Challenges of Autism

From Home to Healing: A Journey Into a Career

Future of the DSM: Revisiting Functioning and Social Determinants of Mental Health

Future of the DSM: Revisiting Structure Dimensionality and Biomarkers

Glp-1 Agonists to Treat Alcohol and Substance Use Disorders

Growing Good Enough Psychotherapy Supervision Skills

HIV Psychiatry – Essential Clinical Updates

How Can Neuroimaging Be Useful for the Clinical Psychiatrist?

How Psychiatrists Can Help Shape the Narrative: Working With Producers and Influencers

Human Brain Development and Its Relevance to Drug Use and Addiction

Identifying and Addressing Ethical Issues in the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Psychiatric Education

IMG Women the Unspoken Challenges

Indigenous Women’s Mental Health Challenges and Successful Interventions

Indispensable Tips for Delivering CBT and Dbt: Ingredients and Recipes for Clinical Success

Inflammation in Mood Disorders: Biomarkers, Cognitive Impairment, and Treatment Implications

Innovations in Global Brain Health

Innovative Insights: Crafting Your Own Measures for Effective Measurement Based Care

Innovative Strategies for Advancing Training in Mental Healthcare

Introduction to Nutritional Psychiatry: Evidence and Application in Practice

Inventing the Neck: Psychiatry in Whole Person Primary Health Services in Federally Qualified Health Centers

Keeping Everyone Fulfilled: The Future of Psychiatry in Healthcare Systems

Ketamine: The Long and Winding Road

Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy: An Evolving Treatment for Depression and Trauma

Lessons Learned From Over Forty Years of Translational Neuroscience Research in Psychiatry: Implications for Drug Development: Nasrallah Family Award

Lifestyle for Positive Mental and Physical Health

Lifestyle Medicine: The Foundation of Healthcare and Its Integration in Personal Practice Medical Education and Value-Based Care

Live Long and Prosper With S-Adenosylmethionine (Sam-E) Arctic Root (Rhodiola Rosea) and Kanna (Sceletium Tortuosum)

Managing Intrafamilial Conflict: Catching the Bullet From Emotionally Focused Therapy

Mental Health Advocacy: Experiences of California Legislators and Psychiatrists

Mental Health and Faith Community Partnerships 2025: At the Quarter Mark of the 21St Century

Mentorship – Building the Foundation to a Career in Psychiatric Leadership: Administrative Psychiatry Award Lecture

MI Oh My! Using Motivational Interviewing in Diverse Settings

Misfiring Signals: Dopamine Dysfunction in Schizophrenia-From Neural Pathways to Behavioral Manifestations: Award for Research in Psychiatry

Navigating Advanced Therapies for Treatment-Resistant Depression: ECT, Ketamine, MAOIs, and TMS

Navigating Clinical and Administrative Domains in Changing Times: Fiscal Sustainability Quality of Care and Innovation-Based Leadership Strategies

Navigating Early Career Challenges: Strategies for Success and Wellbeing

Navigating School Mental Health in the Age of Addiction

Navigating the Complexities of Maternal Mental Health Care in Today’s Evolving Landscape

Navigating the Current Political and Cultural Landscape: Guidance for Young Investigators

Navigating the Road Ahead: Career Transitions Part 1: Residency to Practice

Navigating the Road Ahead: Career Transitions Part 2: From Early Career to Seasoned Psychiatrists

New Drugs, New Mechanisms, and New Uses

New Vistas in the Treatment of Mood and Anxiety Disorders: Psychedelics, Neuromodulation and More

Next Chapter in Suicide Prevention: Suicide Specific Diagnoses in the DSM

Now It Matters to Me! Billing and Coding for Beginners (or Those Who Feel Like One)

Nutrition and Its Effects on Psychiatric Health: Practical Approaches to Guide Patients

Old Biomarker New Emphasis: The Changing Role of Structural Neuroimaging in Diagnosing Alzheimer’s Disease Dementia

One Size Doesn’t Fit All: A Guide for Designing and Implementing Multimodal Agitation Management Training

Our Children and Caregivers Are Not OK, and Neither Are We: The APA Foundation Mental Health Care Works Campaign for Humanity

PGY-AI: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Psychiatry Education

Pharmacologic Approaches to Suicide Prevention in Outpatient Settings

Positive Psychiatry: A Decade of Progress Meets the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Press Start: The Journey to Writing the Internet Gaming Disorder Playbook

Promoting Mental and Physical Well-Being in Survivors of Male Sexual Trauma: Addressing Stigma and Institutional Barriers

Psychiatric Chronification: When the Patient’s Use of Medications Does Not Promote Mental Health

Psychiatry Idol: Finding the Voice of Advocacy and Leadership in Psychiatry

Psychiatry in Europe: The European Psychiatric Association and Crossing Cultural Divides

Psychodermatology: Interface Between Skin and the Mind May Present Opportunities for a More Rewarding Psychiatric Practice

Psychodynamic Formulations 2.0: An Updated Tool for the Modern Psychiatrist

Psychopharmacology Master Class: The Art of Psychopharmacology

Quijotes De La Psiquiatria: Shaping U.S. Psychiatry Through Hispanic Leadership

Reimagining Lithium – How Practical Insights From the Dawn of Psychopharmacology Inform New Molecules for Mood and Behavioral Disorders

Research Advances in Cannabinoid Behavioral Pharmacology and Treatments for Cannabis Use Disorder: What Do Psychiatrists Need to Know?

Revolutionizing Mental Health: AI-Chat Bots and Digital Interventions for Personalized and Accessible Clinical Care

Revolutionizing Psychiatry Learning Through Virtual Reality

Rising Together: The Art of Managing Up

Scientific Exploration of the Nature of Spiritual Experiences: A Key Road to Advance the Understanding of the Mind and Its Relationship to the Brain: Oskar Pfister Award

Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors Through the Life Span: Past and Present

Sleep: From Childhood to Aging

Sleep’s Hidden Impact: Managing Sleep Disturbances in Psychiatric Disorders

Smart Health and SUD Research in the Era of Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Data Science

So You Want a Job? Career Choices, Contracts, and Negotiations

Street Psychiatry: On-the-Ground Experiences and Model Comparisons to Support People Experiencing Unsheltered Homelessness

Substance Use and Substance Use Disorders: A Focus on Prevention

Taking the Lead: Essential Skills and Strategies-a Workshop for Residents Fellows and Early Career Psychiatrists

Targeted Healing: The Role of the Prescribing Doctor in TMS Therapy – Where, When, and How It Works

Teamwork in the Gray Zone: Risky Puzzles in Geriatric Forensic Psychiatry

Telemedicine Prescribing of Controlled Substances: Your Legal & Regulatory Questions Answered

The Art and Science of Leadership in Academic Psychiatry

The Art of Accelerated Resolution Therapy: Treating Trauma Rapidly Without Medications

The Bidirectionality Between Physical and Mental Health

The Constant Advocate: Advancing Your Advocacy Journey

The Devastating Consequences of Child Abuse and Neglect on Adult Morbidity and Mortality: Biological Mechanisms and Treatment Implications: Adolf Meyer Award

The Fundamental Role of the Arts and Humanities in Medical Education: Concepts, Resources, and Models

The Future of the Psychiatrist

The Hype, The Hope, The Harm

The Impact of Critical Illness: Psychiatrists Role in Prevention and Treatment of PTSD and Post ICU Syndrome (PICS)

The Importance of Forensic Training for General Psychiatrists: Isaac Ray Award / Manfred S. Guttmacher Award

The Landscape of ADHD Clinical Services on College Campuses and Beyond: Challenges, Controversies, and Approaches

The Neurobiology of Schizophrenia: What Do We Know and Where Are We Going

The Past, Present and Future of Mental Health

The Precision Revolution: Pharmacogenomics in Modern Psychiatry With Lifestyle Applications

The Role of History and the Media in Narratives Regarding Race and Violence: Chester Pierce Award Lecture

The Role of Psychiatry in Creating Workplace Resilience in the Face of Disaster

The Shame Train: How Shame Builds and Breaks Physicians and What We Can Do About It

The Trauma of Practicing Psychiatry: Vicarious Trauma and Compassion Fatigue

Thyroid on Trial: Uncovering Its Impact on Mood Disorders

Top Challenges for ECPs: An APA Workgroup’s Perspective

Transforming the Conceptualization of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) in Psychiatry: From Classification to Care: Frank J. Menolascino Award

Treating the Artist Patient: Provider and Artist Perspectives on Mental Health and Creativity

Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: An Update for 2025

Understanding and Addressing the Mental Health Impact of Wildfires and Other Natural Disasters

Virtually Training Good Enough Psychotherapy Supervisors

What Every Psychiatrist Should Know About TMS-a Clinical and Research Update

Why Neurodevelopmental Psychiatry (Autism/ADHD) Is Every Psychiatrist’s Business