American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry (AAAP)

AAAP recently received Joint Accreditation with Commendation, the highest level of accreditation offered by the collaboration of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Accreditation Program (ANCC). Through Joint Accreditation for Interprofessional Continuing Education™, AAAP can offer continuing education activities for multiple professions through a single application process and shared set of accreditation standards. Only 174 organizations in the United States are currently Joint Accredited and only 33 have “Joint Accreditation with Commendation.” Read more in our press release: https://bit.ly/4gJjl3K #AmericanAcademyofAddictionPsychiatry #Addiction #AddictionPsychiatry 

Join AAAP and presenter Robert Gregory, MD for this month’s Advanced Psychotherapy session, “The Difficult Patient: Deconstructing Challenging Interactions using Principles of Dynamic Deconstructive Psychotherapy,” on Wednesday, January 8, from 5:30-7:00 pm EST. Treatment of patients with substance use disorders can be fraught with challenges for clinicians. Through their denial system, this patient population may have difficulty fully engaging in treatment, and their interactions can generate strong emotional reactions in the clinicians who are treating them. In this presentation, Dr. Gregory will use principles from Dynamic Deconstructive Psychotherapy to provide a model for understanding some of the dilemmas in working with this patient population and how they may inform pragmatic therapeutic interventions. Register: https://bit.ly/4gW8SBA #AmericanAcademyofAddictionPsychiatry #AddictionPsychiatry #Psychotherapy #DynamicDeconstructivePsychotherapy

Happy New Year from all of us at AAAP! 🎊 As we begin 2025, we reflect on what has been an impactful past year for AAAP. Our focus—providing clinicians with evidence-based education and training to meet the needs of people with substance use disorders and co-occurring mental illness—has led to remarkable achievements, strengthened partnerships, and a growing sense of community. Highlights include:  🌟Receiving Joint Accreditation with Commendation, the highest level of accreditation offered! Only 174 organizations in the United States are currently Joint Accredited, and only 33 have “Joint Accreditation with Commendation" status. 🌟 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded AAAP to continue the Opioid Response Network (ORN) initiative. The award provides $18.5M per year for up to three years. Since its inception, ORN has received nearly 8,000 requests for technical assistance across every state and territory, and trained over 100,000 people during the last 2-year grant cycle, working with over 50 national partners to truly make a difference for people and communities impacted by substance use disorders. 🌟Through PCSS-MOUD: Educate, Train, Mentor, another AAAP-led SAMSHA grant initiative, we worked with more than 50 organizations and continued to train thousands of clinicians in the diagnosis and treatment of opioid use disorder and other substance use disorders. To date, PCSS-MOUD has trained more than 1 million clinicians with hundreds of educational offerings! 🌟 Advanced best practices by updating three PIPs, revamping our Advanced Addiction Psychopharmacology course, continuing our Advanced Psychotherapy Curriculum webinar series with 300+ registered for each webinar, and releasing a bi-monthly webinar with almost 10,000 participants to satisfy the DEA’s 8-hour training requirements. 🌟 In partnership with the American Society of Addiction Medicine - ASAM, we released the Clinical Practice Guideline on the Management of Stimulant Use Disorder (https://bit.ly/4hds3rv), followed by convening four webinars on various topics related to this guide and treating stimulant use disorders (StUDs). The webinars are available on-demand here: https://bit.ly/40dsETI 🌟 American Journal on Addictions’ (AJA) editor, Thomas R. Kosten, was ranked by ScholarGPS 10th worldwide in the field of addictions and in the top .03% worldwide across all specialties. AJA is the medical journal of AAAP.  Thank you to our many partners and collaborators who helped to make this year a success. We wish you all the best in 2025! 💫 #AmericanAcademyofAddictionPsychiatry #Addiction #AddictionPsychiatry #HappyNewYear

Happy holidays from all of us at AAAP! Best wishes to you and yours for a peaceful holiday season and a wonderful new year 🌟

Congratulations to all those who matched from the 2024/2025 Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship Class! The future of addiction psychiatry looks bright with these dedicated and compassionate individuals leading the way 🌟 #AmericanAcademyofAddictionPsychiatry #Addiction #AddictionPsychiatry Mario Renato Velit Salazar, Hager Koraym, Alfred Tager, MD, MPH, Justin Morales

📢 Join us this January as we recognize the first national Substance Use Disorder Treatment Month. Help raise awareness and share resources that connect people to the treatment they might need: samhsa.gov/SUDTM

In 2022, 34,000 Americans died from overdoses involving stimulants. Yet, there are no FDA-approved medications for treating Stimulant Use Disorder. Contingency Management has emerged as the standard of care for this disease, according to the leading medical societies in the field of addiction treatment. Unfortunately, access to this treatment is undermined by the existing financial restrictions imposed by SAMHSA and other federal agencies. Given the urgency of the addiction crisis and the strong backing by scientific evidence, we respectfully urge the Biden administration to increase the cap on patient incentives. Lifting this limit would save lives and enhance recovery outcomes across the nation. Read our full statement: https://bit.ly/4gkjsSV  #AmericanAcademyofAddictionPsychiatry #Addiction #StimulantUseDisorder #ContigencyManagement Addiction Policy Forum, American Society of Addiction Medicine - ASAM, Behavioral Health Foundation, Center for Behavioral Health Integration, Drug Policy Alliance, DynamiCare Health, Faces & Voices of Recovery, Legal Action Center, National Association for Behavioral Healthcare, National Council for Mental Wellbeing, ReVIDA Recovery Centers, LLC, Shatterproof, Treatment Communities of America, Young People in Recovery

📢 Don’t forget: AAAP members or ABPN Diplomates who registered for the Annual Meeting receive free access to the Self-Assessment Examination 2024! This activity awards up to 10 Category 1 CME as Self-Assessment credits with the ABPN. AAAP Members or ABPN Diplomates who attended the meeting should have received a code in an email to access the exam. If not, please email cmecpd@aaap.org. Access here: https://bit.ly/41AZyyz #AmericanAcademyofAddictionPsychiatry #Addiction #AddictionPsychiatry #ContinuingEducation 

Join AAAP and presenter Richard Hersh, MD for this month’s Advanced Psychotherapy session, “Transference-Focused Psychotherapy,” on Wednesday, December 18, from 5:30-7:00 pm EST. Originally an evidence-based treatment for borderline personality disorder, Transference-Focused Psychotherapy (TFP) aims to reduce symptoms and improve patient functioning. Discover how its principles are now transforming care across various personality disorders and settings—including acute care, risk management, and public health environments. Learn to apply these techniques to enhance patient outcomes and elevate your practice. Register: https://bit.ly/4faDFJO #AmericanAcademyofAddictionPsychiatry #AddictionPsychiatry #TFP #Psychotherapy 

Our 35th Annual Meeting and Scientific Symposium, held in Naples, FL, at the Naples Grande Beach Resort, was filled with unmatched energy, educational excellence and robust networking—and a big dose of fun! 🤩 Thanks to the hard work of the AAAP Board of Directors, the Scientific Program Committee, AAAP staff, and nearly 600 attendees, the 2024 meeting was a great success. As usual, it was fantastic to see everyone; the smiles and laughter were wonderful. Check out the full recap for photos and event highlights here: https://bit.ly/3OPQU84 Mark your calendars for next year’s 36th Annual Meeting, taking place November 6-9 in San Francisco! 🌉 #AmericanAcademyofAddictionPsychiatry #AddictionPsychiatry #AnnualMeeting #AAAP24