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February 19, 1999
Reminders
| Saturday, May 15 | 10 a.m.-5 p.m. |
| Sunday, May 16 | 7:30 a.m to 5 p.m. |
| Monday, May 17 to Wednesday, May 19 | 7:30 a.m to 6 p.m. |
| Thursday, May 20 | 7:30 a.m to 2 p.m. |
All fees paid in advance must be in U.S. dollars. Fees can be paid by check, money order, VISA, or MasterCard only.
Fee-exempt policy: Registration fees are waived only for CME course faculty, medical students, APA honorary and distinguished fellows (does not include APA fellows or life fellows), district branch executive staff who are not APA members, and nonmember program participants (only for the day[s] of their presentation).
Registration fees for medical students can be waived only if they present proper identification, that is, valid medical student identification card or letter of verification from their instructor.
Nonmember psychiatry residents must present a letter from their instructor or director of training verifying their status as a psychiatry resident to qualify for the reduced registration fee.
APA members
| Full-time registration* | $135 |
| Members-in-training* | 60 |
| One-day registrants (all member categories) | 70 |
| Medical students* | 0 |
| Nonmembers | |
| Full-time registration* | $475 |
| Nonmember residents, students, and mental health chaplains* | 75 |
| Advocacy group members* | 75 |
| One-day registration (all nonmember categories) | 240 |
| Medical students* | 0 |
| Guest registration | |
| One only per full-time registrant (restrictions apply; APA members may not register as guest) |
$ 80 |
The deadline for advance registration is April 12. Refund requests made after that date will be processed after the annual meeting.
APA members
| Full-time registration* | $185 | |
| Members-in-training* | 70 | |
| One-day registrants (all member categories) | 95 | |
| Medical students* | 0 | |
| Nonmembers | ||
| Full-time registration* | $525 | |
| Nonmember residents, students, and mental health chaplains* | 90 | |
| Advocacy group members* | 90 | |
| One-day registration (all nonmember categories) | 265 | |
| Medical students* | 0 | |
| Guest registration
One only per full-time registrant (restrictions apply; APA members may not register as guest) |
$ 95 | |
If you have questions about registration for the annual meeting, please call (888) 35-PSYCH.
Continuing Medical Education Credit
The 1999 annual meeting offers a broad range of sessions that have been approved for CME credit. Most program activities are designated as Category 1; these include advances in research, CME courses, clinical case and continuous clinical case conferences, debates, forums, industry-supported symposia, most lectures, medical updates, some media sessions, new research oral/slide sessions, review of psychiatry, scientific and clinical report sessions, symposia, and workshops. Other program activities have been designated as Category 2; these include master educator clinical and research consultations with, discussion groups, new research poster sessions, some media sessions, and lectures. One hour of credit may be claimed for each hour of participation.
The American Psychiatric Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians.
APA designates this educational activity for up to 66 hours in Category 1 credit toward the AMA Physicians Recognition Award and for the CME requirement of APA. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.
APA members are required to maintain their own records of CME hours. Reporting of CME credit is on an honor basis. To document CME credit earned at the annual meeting, participants should record the sessions attended on the Certificate of Attendance/Log Sheet found in the front of the 1999 Annual Meeting Syllabus. In addition to the log sheet, a parchment certificate of attendance may be obtained at the meeting by completing the general evaluation.
Shuttle Bus Service
Shuttle bus service will begin on Saturday, May 15, at approximately 7:30 a.m. and will operate daily throughout the meeting consistent with the scientific program schedule, including nighttime activities, and will conclude on Thursday, May 20, at 6 p.m. The Convention Center will be the hub for all shuttle bus routes. A detailed shuttle bus schedule will be included in each registration packet and posted in the lobbies of participating hotels.
Exhibits
Commercial and educational exhibits will be located in Exhibit Halls A/B, upper level, Convention Center, along with the Publishers' Bookfair and APA Resource Center. For your convenience, the APA Resource Center and the Publishers' Bookfair will be open Saturday, May 15, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Hours for commercial and educational exhibits: Sunday, May 16, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Monday and Tuesday, May 17 and 18, 10 a.m., to 6 p.m.; and Wednesday, May 19, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Message Center
The Message Center will be located in the lower-level lobby of the Convention Center and staffed during registration hours. Message monitors will be strategically located in the Exhibit Hall and elsewhere throughout the Convention Center. Registrants whose names appear on these monitors have a message that can be retrieved from self-service computers or picked up at the Message Center.
Registrants are encouraged to leave a schedule of courses and activities with their home offices so that in emergencies they can be located at the meeting.
Information/Locator Center
The Information/Locator Center will be housed in the lower-level lobby of the Convention Center and staffed during registration hours. Meeting participants can obtain up-to-date general information about the program, component meetings, the local area, and the locations of various activities and events. Meeting participants also can find out where colleagues and friends registered for the meeting are staying.
Annual Meeting Job Bank
Looking for a new job? Search our computerized database containing information on hundreds of psychiatric positions currently available and walk away with information on each position of interest.
Trying to hire a psychiatrist? Include your psychiatric opening in APA's Annual Meeting Job Bank and gain access to hundreds of psychiatrists attending the APA annual meeting. More than 800 psychiatrists came away with information on available positions at the 1998 Annual Meeting Job Bank.
For more information on this and the year-round Job Bank program, call the Job Bank at (888) 357-7924, e-mail us at jobbank@psych.org, or stop by the booth located in the APA Resource Center.
APA Resource Center
Visit the APA Resource Center in Exhibit Halls A/B/C, upper level, Convention Center, and learn how APA's many programs and services can help your professional life. Free copies of APA periodicals, other materials, and demonstrations will be offered. The days and hours of operation are Saturday, May 15, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday, May 16, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Monday and Tuesday, May 17 and 18, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Wednesday, May 19, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
APA Periodicals
The American Journal of Psychiatry and Psychiatric Services will be located in the APA Periodicals Exhibit in the APA Resource Center (Exhibit Halls A/B, upper level, Convention Center).
Staff of both journals will be available to answer authors' questions and to receive papers submitted for publication. Each journal publishes only original material not published elsewhere in any form and not being considered for publication elsewhere. Five copies and a disk are required for the American Journal of Psychiatry; six copies are required for Psychiatric Services.
Persons who wish to contact editors or reporters of Psychiatric News should inquire at the APA Administrative Office, located in Room 6, lower level, Convention Center, where an editor can be paged. They also may leave written announcements, suggestions for articles, or letters to the editor for the newspaper's consideration.
American Psychiatric Press
The American Psychiatric Press Inc. will feature the latest in electronic communication via the Internet and CD-ROM. In addition, APPI will present a variety of outstanding new titles:
Stop by the APPI Bookstore and browse through the hundreds of books, journals, and electronic products that APPI publishes.
Authors who wish to schedule an appointment to present a new book idea or discuss a book in progress should call Pamela Bonnaure at (202) 682-6334. The APPI Bookstore will also have staff of its Circulation Department on site to fulfill your subscription orders, make any address changes, or renew your subscriptions for another year.
CME Courses
As part of the overall scientific program, 97 continuing medical education courses will be offered at the annual meeting, either in a half-day or full-day format. Those attending courses will receive a CME certificate at the conclusion of each course attended. A full complement of courses will be presented starting Saturday, May 15. Admission to all courses is by annual meeting badge and course ticket only.
Review of Psychiatry:
Parts I-V
This year five major topics of current professional interest featuring national authorities will be presented throughout the week in room 105, lower level, Convention Center:
Lectures
APA will sponsor approximately 23 lectures this year. Here's the schedule of the award lectures:
New Research
The new research program will build upon the experience of past successful activities, continuing the trend toward broader opportunities for exposure by clinicians to new research findings. Topics likely to be covered include AIDS and HIV; anxiety; alcohol and substance abuse; eating, mood, and personality disorders; schizophrenia; psychosocial research; geriatrics; health services; and psychopharmacology.
The new research program will begin on Monday, May 17, 9 a.m to 10:30 a.m. with "New Research Young Investigators' Poster Session 1," an innovative program in its 11th year. It was established to encourage medical students, residents, and research fellows to submit abstracts for presentation and highlight the scientific work of young investigators in psychiatry and emphasize the value of their efforts. This session provides a forum in which young investigators may interact with their peers from around the country, along with attending senior investigators.
This session will be followed by "Research Advances in Psychiatry: An Update for the Clinician" from 10:30 a.m to 12:30 p.m.; "Young Investigators' Oral/Slide Sessions 2-3" from 1 p.m to 2:30 p.m.; and "Young Investigators' Poster Session 4" from 3 p.m to 5 p.m.
There will be five more poster sessions, two each Tuesday and Wednesday, May 18 and 19, noon to 2 p.m., and 3 p.m to 5 p.m.; and one on Thursday, May 20, noon to 2 p.m. The oral/slide presentations will be held in rooms 23/24 and 25/26, lower level, and the poster sessions will be held in Hall D, lower level, Convention Center.
There will be "Research Consultations With" on Tuesday and Wednesday, May 18 and 19, 11 a.m to 12:30 p.m. This series allows junior researchers an opportunity to discuss difficult issues with prominent colleagues. These are limited to 25 participants on a first-come, first-served basis.
Other research activities include posters on health services research, selected by APA's Committee on Health Services from the accepted submissions. These will be displayed along with two "Federal Funding Poster Sessions" in conjunction with the two "Young Investigators' Poster Sessions" on Monday, May 17, 9 a.m to 10:30 a.m. and 3 p.m to 5 p.m. The federal-funding posters will have representatives from major grant programs providing potential grantees with the most up-to-date information on research grant opportunities.
Other sessions include the NIH workshop "NIAAA, NIDA, and NIMH Grants and Career Development" on Monday, May 17, 2 p.m to 5 p.m., and Research Advances in Medicine on "Research Advances in Herbal and Alternative Medicine: Biological and Clinical Effects ," which will be held on Tuesday, May 18, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
There will also be a special track of research sessions planned collaboratively by APA and NIMH (see page 2).
Workshops: Issue and Component
There will be a total of 139 workshops held Monday through Thursday, May 17 to 20, 9 a.m to 10:30 a.m., and 11 a.m to 12:30 p.m. The workshops will be listed under two categories, issue workshops and component workshops. There will be 83 issue workshops and 56 component workshops.
Discussion Groups
There will be eight discussion groups, each limited to 25 participants on a first-come, first-served basis. They will take place 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., and 11 a.m to 12:30 p.m., Monday through Wednesday, May 17 and 18, at the Marriott Metro Center.
Master Educator Clinical Consultations
There will be 17 master educator clinical consultation sessions. These make up a series of clinically based seminars with outstanding educators selected from throughout the country. Formats and subject matter vary, but all utilize clinical material offered by participants.
These sessions are limited to 25 participants on a first-come, first-served basis. They will be held at the Convention Center and Marriott Metro Center from 9 a.m to 10:30 a.m. and 11 a.m to 12:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday, May 17 to 20, and are for APA members only.
Debate
"Resolved: Medical Savings Accounts Will Improve Access to Mental Health Care" will be held Monday, May 17, 9 a.m to 10:40 a.m. in Grand Ballroom A, ballroom level, Marriott Metro Center.
Medical Updates
There will be four medical update sessions, one each on Monday through Thursday, May 17 to 20, 11 a.m to 12:30 p.m., rooms 13/14, lower level, Convention Center. One of the sessions is "Progress in the Treatment of Breast Cancer."
Clinical Case Conferences And Continuous Clinical Case Conferences
There will be three clinical case conferences: "A Patient With Relentless Pain Symptoms," Monday, May 17; "Manic-Depressive Illness: Over- , Under- , or Misdiagnosis?," Tuesday, May 18; and "Refractory Depression and ECT," Wednesday, May 19. These sessions will meet 9 a.m to 10:30 a.m. in room 27, lower level, Convention Center, and are for APA members only.
There will be one continuous clinical case conference, "Treating Patients With Medically Unexplained Symptoms." Part 1 will be held Monday, May 17, and Part 2 on Tuesday, May 18. Both will meet 9 a.m to noon in room 29, lower level, Convention Center, and are for APA members only.
Media Sessions
The media sessions involve the showing of a videotape documentary, feature-length film, or a computer software demonstration, all followed by discussion. Specialized sessions focus on production or consumer/family issues. There will be 33 media sessions featuring 59 media presentations in Grand Ballrooms C/D, ballroom level, Marriott Metro Center, and the Auditorium, meeting room level, the Renaissance Washington, Monday through Wednesday, May 17 to 19, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.; also on Tuesday and Wednesday evening; and Thursday, May 20, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The computer software demonstrations will take place in Congressional Hall B, ballroom level, Renaissance Washington, Tuesday and Wednesday, May 18 and 19, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Another series of computer software demonstrations, which are a continuation of last year's hands-on computer workshops, will be given Monday, May 17, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., in rooms 12/13/14, meeting room level, Renaissance Washington. These workshops will focus on various aspects of psychiatric computing including the Internet and database development. Many will be conducted by members of the APA Information Systems Committee. It is expected that the attendees will be able to get personal attention and assistance with their computer-related questions from the committee members and from several computer-savvy guests. They are open to all meeting registrants on a first-come, first-served basis, and admission is by badge only.
APA AIDS Program
The APA AIDS Education Project will present a program of colloquia on AIDS and HIV disease on Tuesday and Wednesday, May 18 and 19, 9 a.m to noon each day in the Convention Center. The program is designed specifically for psychiatrists. It will address a number of issues related to the psychiatric aspects of HIV/AIDS. Tuesday's session includes clinical and neuropsychiatric dimensions of HIV disease and will be held in room 38, upper level. Wednesday's session includes presentations on psychiatric and clinical manifestations and will be held in room 32, lower level.
Presidential Symposium
There will be one Presidential Symposium this year, titled "State Medicaid Programs: Access and Quality for Mental Health Care." It will be held Tuesday, May 18, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. in room 27, lower level, Convention Center.
Forums
This year's meeting includes nine forums, meeting from noon to 1:30 p.m.
The sessions on Monday, May 17, are "What's Really Going On in Psychiatry?," "The APA Practice Research Network," and "The Globalization of Psychiatry Challenges and Opportunities."
Tuesday's sessions are "Safe Schools and Dangerous Kids: Pathways to Violence" and "Can We Talk? Psychotherapy by Psychiatrists in Managed Care," sponsored by the APA Commission on Psychotherapy.
Wednesday's sessions are "Hate for Loving: How Societal Oppression Impacts Lesbian and Gay Mental Health"; "Update on the Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients With BPD," sponsored by the APA Steering Committee on Practice Guidelines; and "Managing the Process of Change: Quality, Financing, and Patients' Rights."
Thursday's sessions are "Ethics and Human Rights: An International Perspective" and "The Patient Named Sybil: DID Issues."
Scientific and Clinical Report Sessions (formerly Paper Sessions)
Scientific and clinical reports are oral presentations of papers prepared for submission before publication. In this newly revised format, reports are grouped by topic, with floor discussion from the audience following the presentation of each report. There will not be a specific discussant invited to lead the discussion period. There will be 32 sessions in which 96 reports will be given.