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American Brain Coalition gives a report to the Congressional Neuroscience caucus.
Dr. Lavretsky attended the Congressional hearing on February 14 and provided her testimony along with other members of the American Brain Coalition to the Congressional Neuroscience caucus on the role of lifestyle factors and brain health. The event was chaired by...
AAGP President’s Message, February 2024
2024 President’s Message: A Year in Review! It is hard to believe that a year has passed--what an eventful and fast-paced year it has been for me and the AAGP Board. Wishing peace and health in the New 2024 year to all AAGP members, and to our patients and their...
CAMP at AAGP 2024 Annual Meeting
CAMP at AAGP (CIMA/ARI Mentoring Program for Early Career Researchers) offers mentoring and companionship to research fellows, CIMA participants and other early career investigators attending the 2024 annual meeting of AAGP.  CAMP participants will be matched to a...
The 2023 AAGP Brain Health Summit was held on December 8, 2023
The AAGP held its first Brain Health Summit virtually with invited speakers representing the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry and other stakeholders chaired by Dr. Helen Lavretsky, the President of AAGP. The first speaker, Bruce Miller, MD the Director of...
The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry: Open Science, Education, and Practice (AJGP: OSEP)
AAGP and AJGP are thrilled to announce the launch of The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry: Open Science, Education, and Practice (AJGP: OSEP); a new open-access journal in 2024. AJGP: OSEP will be released quarterly with the first issue scheduled for release...
AAGP’s two resolutions supporting access to care and protesting criminalization of medical decision making passed by the house of delegates of the APA and AMA
AAGP California member Alex Threlfall, MD, took California's Assembly Bill 48 (AB 48) seriously. The measure puts prescribers at risk of a misdemeanor charge if they prescribe psychotropics other than antidepressants to long-term care patients without obtaining...