Congratulations to Drs. Kathleen Crapanzano, Richard Dalton, Scott Griffies, Anita Kablinger, Bert Quintana, Michael Scheeringa and Warren Trask who were elected to the status of Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. Their election reflects recognition by their peers of their outstanding abilities, talents and contributions. They received a special medallion at the Convocation of Fellows at the APA Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. on May 5, 2008.
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Ensuring Accessible Mental Health Services
Cathy Thompson, Executive Director

The votes are in, the ballots are counted and it is official: Dr. Daniel Winstead is our new President- Elect, Dr. Lee Stevens is our Secretary and Dr. Scott Griffies is our Treasurer. Their official term will begin immediately following the 2008 APA Annual Meeting. Please join me in congratulating them on their new positions!

It’s been a very active winter for the membership. At the end of November, Dr. Glindmeyer and I traveled to Shreveport for a Council Meeting held in conjunction with LSU’s CME program “The Best of Clinical Neurology for Psychiatrists and Medical Professionals” presented by Dr. David Kaufman. This was an awesome program and well attended.

We had the opportunity to meet many of the LSU residents and gained a new MIT Executive Council member. Dr. Abid Nazeer agreed to accept the position. That along with the wonderful hospitality of the faculty and staff from LSU who helped us coordinate the council meeting, I’d call it a really successful trip!
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Sept. 19-20, 2008

Shreveport Hilton & Convention Center
Shreveport, LA

Jointly sponsored by the:
American Psychiatric Association
and the
Louisiana Psychiatric Medical Association

Purposes & Objectives
After participating in this program, participants
should be able to:

• Identify psychiatric treatment methods used in patients with HIV infection;
• Discuss psychiatry as it relates within the juvenile justice system;
• Establish psychiatric receiving center procedures in emergency settings;
• Recognize the benefit of augmentation in patients with treatment resistant depression;
• Consider sensitive periods in brain development in the early years of life;
• Describe the use of brain imaging in psychiatry;
• Recognize ADHD and bipolar illness in children and adolescents.

[REGISTRATION FORM AND COMPLETE MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT]

LPMA wins
“2007 Newsletter of the Year”

The APA Board of Trustees Executive Committee and the Newsletter of the Year Awards Corresponding Committee announced that the LPMA Newsletter was the winner of the 2007 Newsletter of the Year award among district branches with 201-500 members. It also won in 2006. The Indiana Psychiatric Society newsletter received a Continuing Excellence award and the Kentucky Psychiatric Medical Association received Honorable Mention.
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