AACP Newsletter, Volume 17, Number 1, Winter 2003

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President’s Column 

Candidates: APA President-Elect

AACP Position Paper: Interface and Integration with Primary Care Providers

Board of Directors' Report

Calender

New Members

Disaster Preparedness: A Brief History of the American Red Cross, The Role of Women and Psychological Issues

Behavioral Health Groups Create Seclusion/Restraint Document

COMMUNITY PSYCHIATRIST is a publication of the American Association of Community Psychiatrists.
The views of the co-editors and staff are expressed only in editorials in this publication. Opinions expressed in articles, columns, and letters are those of the writer and do not necessarily represent the opinions of the AACP. Letters-to-the-Editor or other contributions should be typewritten and double-spaced if possible. Contributions by email are preferable when possible. If sending email attachments, please send them in Microsoft Word. Articles should be 1,000 words or less, and letters should be less than 350 words. We reserve the right to edit contributions to conform with space and stylistic constraints.

Warachal Faison, MD

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AACP Board of Directors

President

Jacqueline M. Feldman, MD

Vice President

Annelle B. Primm, MD, MPH

Secretary

John J. Haggerty, MD

Treasurer

Hunter L. McQuistion, MD

Immediate Past President

Charles Huffine, MD

Founding President

Gordon H. Clark, Jr., MD

Area Representatives

Area I      

David Moltz, MD

Area II     

Tony Ng, MD

Area III     

Fred C. Osher, MD

Area IV    

Paulette Gillig, MD

Area V      

Andres Pumariega, MD

Area VI    

Peter Forster, MD

Area VII   

Peter Gibson, MD

Representatives at Large

Debbie R. Carter, MD

Satya Chandragiri, MD

Mario Cruz, MD

Anita Everett, MD

Stephen Mark Goldfinger, MD

Russell Lim, MD

Kenneth Minkoff, MD

David A. Pollack, MD  

Barbara Rohland, MD

Wesley Sowers, MD  

Pamela Weinberg, MD

ECP Representative

Community Psychiatrist

Co-editors

Warachal Faison, MD

Elizabeth Oudens, MD

Webmaster

Kenneth Thompson, MD

Community Mental Health Journal

Editors

David Cutler, MD

Robert Drake, MD

Bristol Myers Squibb Fellows

Jennifer Coffman, MD

Priya Narayanan, MD

APA Assembly Liasion:

Robert Ronis, MD

Administrative Director

Frances Roton

The American Association of Community Psychiatrists (AACP) was formed in October 1984. The impetus came from a group of community psychiatrists who began sharing their interests and concerns at the May 1984 American Psychiatric Association Meeting and at many local psychiatric meetings. We found that community psychiatrists are a concerned, dedicated, energetic, and underrepresented group. Our concerns had not been adequately addressed in other professional organizations, which often had other priorities.

The AACP has the following purposes:

• Promote and maintain excellence in the care of patients through the organization of psychiatrists practicing community mental health on state, regional and national levels.

• Help clarify and solve mutual problems commonly encountered by psychiatrists in community settings.

• Inform and educate the public about the role of the community health system in the care of the mentally ill.

• Establish liaisons with related professional organizations to advocate for relevant public policy issues.

• Promote cooperation between psychiatrists and other professional, paraprofessional, and consumer groups involved in mental health care.

• Encourage training and research in psychiatry which will increase the number of committed psychiatrists in community settings.