Finding psychiatrists willing to expend the time and effort to produce a regular district branch newsletter is no easy feat. When the product turns out to be creative and informative, the achievement is truly impressive. In February APA’s Joint Commission on Public Affairs recognized the outstanding quality of more than a dozen of these publications with a Newsletter of the Year Award.

West Hudson (N.Y.) Psychiatric Society; Robert Sobel, M.D., editor

Kentucky Psychiatric Association; Steven Lippman, M.D., editor

Colorado Psychiatric Society; Deborah Jo Steteler, M.D., editor

Minnesota Psychiatric Society; Deane Manolis, M.D., editor

Indiana Psychiatric Society; Naraharisetty Rau, M.D., editor

Louisiana Psychiatric Medical Association; Lawrence Erlich, M.D., editor

Oklahoma Psychiatric Association; Arthur Rousseau, M.D., editor

Wisconsin Psychiatric Association; Richard Thurrell, M.D., editor

California Psychiatric Association; Ronald Mintz, M.D., editor

Georgia Psychiatric Physicians Association; Saundra Maass-Robinson, M.D., editor

Michigan Psychiatric Society; Beth Goldman, M.D., editor

Northern California Psychiatric Society; Walter Jacobson, M.D., and Nancy Rosser, M.D., editors

Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians; John Bush, editor

New York County District Branch; David Hellerstein, M.D., editor

Connecticut Psychiatric Society; Simon Epstein, M.D., editor

"The In-Betweeners" by Gary C. Martin, M.D., of the Colorado Psychiatric Society. He combined his reflections on the aftermath of the Columbine High School shootings with those about a troubled teen-ager he had treated.

The awards will be presented at APA’s 2000 annual meeting in Chicago.