The Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry (GAP) is an organization of nationally respected psychiatrists dedicated to shaping psychiatric thinking, public programs and clinical practice in mental health. GAP meets twice a year at the Renaissance Westchester Hotel in White Plains, New York. (More information about GAP, Help Pamphlet for members)

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Circular Letters

• 2008 October (Fall) Meeting - #607 (pre)
• 2008 March (Spring) Meeting - #605 (pre) #606 (post)

Slideshows

• Prevention Psychiatry--What is it? by the GAP Committee on Prevention, November, 2007

Articles

• GAP Press Kit   by the GAP Board, August, 2008
• GAP Fellowship Application   by the GAP Board, August, 2008
• Psychiatrists and Primary Caring: What Are Our Boundaries of Responsibility? -- by the GAP Committee on Psychopathology, May, 2007

Past Circular Letters

• 2007 October (Fall) Meeting - #603(pre)   #604(post)
• 2007 March (Spring) Meeting - #601 (pre)   #602(post)
• 2006 October (Fall) Meeting - #599(pre)    #600(post)
• 2006 April (Spring) Meeting - #598(post)    #597(pre)
• 2005 November (Fall) Meeting - #596(post)    #595(pre)
• 2005 April (Spring) Meeting - #594(post)    #593(pre)
• 2004 November (Fall) Meeting - #592(post)    #591(pre)
• 2004 April (Spring) Meeting - #590(post)

Past Articles & Presentations

• Family Skills for General Psychiatry Residents: Meeting ACGME Core Competency Requirements -- by the GAP Committee on the Family, January, 2006
• Medicare Managed Mental Health Care: A Looming Crisis -- bu the GAP Committee on Aging, July, 2005
• Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Adults: Clinical Information for Primary Care Physicians -- by the GAP Committee on Psychopathology, September, 2004

Presentation: The Role of Personal Psychotherapy in Residency Education

GAP Plenary Session, November 1, 2002

Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Psychiatric Disorder

by the GAP Committee on Psychopharmacology, September 2003

The Medical Student Survival Guide

by the GAP Committee on Medical Education, June 2003.

Coping with a National Tragedy

links relevant to disasters, terrorism, stress, & debriefing

Patient Care and the Future of Psychiatry in the Age of Managed Care

a GAP position paper

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