American Psychiatric Association 2024 Annual Meeting

The American Psychiatric Association (APA) hosts an annual meeting where psychiatrists and mental health professionals from around the globe gather to connect and discuss new research findings, treatment strategies, and identify barriers to psychiatric care. 

APA 2024 takes place May 4–8 in New York City, with a virtual attendance option. International colleagues will gather for five days of mental health programming, including over 500 educational sessions and 1,000 posters. Faculty from the Department of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital will present on a variety of cutting-edge topics, including treatment-resistant depression, psychedelic-assisted therapies, opioid use disorder, and many more.

Ashika Bains, MD

Saturday, May 4 at 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Presenter
Micro-Dosing and Other Evolving Approaches to Buprenorphine Induction

Monday, May 6 at 3:45 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.
Presenter
Active Opioid Use Disorder and Acute Trauma: Pain and Management

Rebecca Brendel, MD, JD

Saturday, May 4 at 8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Chair
True Tales of Leadership in Clinical, Organized and Academic Psychiatry

Saturday, May 4 at 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Discussant
The War in Ukraine: A Panel Discussion

Saturday, May 4 at 3:45 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.
Presenter
Medical Assistance in Dying and the Psychiatrist’s Role: An Overview

Sunday, May 5 at 3:45 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.
Presenter
Fostering the Future: The Careers Built on the Foundation of an APAF Fellowship

Monday, May 6 at 8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Chair
Ethics, Psychiatry and Law: Emerging Themes in Global Forensic Psychiatry

Veronica Faller, MD

Saturday, May 4 at 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Director
Bias at the Bedside Train the Trainer Program for Psychiatrists: Addressing Bias and Discrimination From Patients and Families*

Maurizio Fava, MD

Tuesday, May 7 at 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Faculty
Diagnosing and Managing Treatment-Resistant Depression (TRD): What’s Available and What’s on the Horizon?

Wednesday, May 8 at 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Presenter
Pharmacological Approaches to Treatment-Resistant Depression (TRD)

Oliver Freudenreich, MD

Saturday, May 4 at 3:45 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.
Presenter
Treating Patients in the Age of Climate Change: Practical Guidance for Clinical Practice

Tuesday, May 7 at 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Presenter
Clozapine Revisited: Recent Advances and Clinical Updates

Gregory Fricchione, MD

Saturday, May 4 at 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Discussant
The War in Ukraine: A Panel Discussion

Linda Herrera Santos, MD, PhD

Tuesday, May 7 at 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Presenter
Bias at the Bedside: A Toolkit for Responding to Bias From Patients and Family Members

Franklin King, MD

Monday, May 6 at 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Director
Shifting Horizons in Psychiatry: Navigating Challenges to Integration and Implementation of Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies

Wednesday, May 8 at 8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Presenter
Stanford Accelerated Intelligent Neuromodulation Therapy

Elizabeth Madva, MD

Tuesday, May 7 at 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Presenter
Bias at the Bedside: A Toolkit for Responding to Bias From Patients and Family Members

Mladen Nisavic, MD

Saturday, May 4 at 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Presenter
Micro-Dosing and Other Evolving Approaches to Buprenorphine Induction

Monday, May 6 at 3:45 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.
Chair
Active Opioid Use Disorder and Acute Trauma: Pain and Management

Sofia Matta, MD

Saturday, May 4 at 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Chair
The War in Ukraine: A Panel Discussion

Saturday, May 4 at 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Presenter
Practicing Positive Psychiatry at Individual and Community Levels

Renee Sorrentino, MD

Monday, May 6 at 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Submitter
Breaking the Stigma: Psychiatrist’s Role in Sex Offender Treatment

Tuesday, May 7 at 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Presenter
The Paper Chase: Medicolegal Considerations in Writing Letters for Employers, Schools, Landlords, and Other Third Parties

*Presenters: David L. Beckmann, MD, MPH; Anne Emmerich, MD; Richard Bido Medina, MD, PhD; Nhi-Ha Trinh, MD, MPH