Keynote Speaker and Founders Award Recipient Dr. Edward Khantzian will be signing copies of his book, Treating Addiction as a Human Process , at a special book signing event during the meeting. The book is offered to meeting attendees at a special discounted price. Paper presentations will be new to the program this year. Due to the increasing number of poster submissions, the committee also plans to ensure additional space and time for the poster session this year. The Academy is also having a silent auction to benefit educational activities.
Opportunities also exist to exhibit at the meeting or sponsor events.
AAAP is a professional membership organization with approximately 1,000 members in the United States and around the world. The membership consists of psychiatrists who work with addiction in their practices, faculty at various academic institutions, non-psychiatrist professionals who are making a contribution to the field of addiction psychiatry, residents and medical students. AAAP publishes The American Journal on Addictions , a leading clinical journal in the field of addictions, and the AAAP News, its quarterly newsletter. Other activities include sponsorship of an Annual Scientific Meeting and Symposium and addiction psychiatry review courses.