As a growing specialty working in a profession where there are exponentially more and more patient care needs, the importance of attracting and training pharmacy students to the field has never been greater. AAPP members are critical in supporting this growth through precepting and educating students and/or by advising an AAPP Collegiate Chapter.
As we enter into the season of pumpkin spice, football, and falling leaves, it’s my pleasure to reach out and say hello as your new AAPP President. On behalf of your AAPP Board of Directors, I’d like to take a few paragraphs to reflect on some of the progress we made this summer.
Event site selection has been increasingly challenging for all associations with post-pandemic costs skyrocketing along with state legislation considered, by many, to be discriminatory and harmful. Our Annual Meeting 2024 (April 7-10, Orlando) host state of Florida is certainly one of those in the news this week with NAACP and others issuing travel advisories. Why then is AAPP hosting an event in Florida?
Joshua Caballero, PharmD, BCPP, Senior Editor Amy Werremeyer, PharmD, BCPP, Senior Editor Rex S. Lott, PharmD, BCPP, Board Liaison Stephen S. Caruana, PharmD, BCPS, BCPP Joshana K. Goga, PharmD, BCPP Robin N. Hieber, PharmD, BCPP Tiffany-Jade Kreys, PharmD, BCPP Susan G. Leckband, BCPP, RPh Gary M. Levin, PharmD, BCPP, FCCP Raymond Lorenz, PharmD, BCPP Stephanie V. Phan, PharmD, BCPP
“The Best part about being a girl is now I don’t have to pretend to be a boy.” Dr. Jennifer Moore began her keynote presentation at AAPP’s 2023 Annual Meeting with this impactful statement, preparing the audience for a discussion on transgender care across the continuum. Delivered with “kindness and compassion”, the learning objectives highlighted components of the transgender experience, including barriers to care as well as multi-disciplinary approaches to care.
“What word would you choose to describe the current state of mental health for teenagers in America?” Dr. Jessica “Jessie” Merritt, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, introduced her presentation entitled “Teen Suicide, the Silent Epidemic” with this audience participation question.
During AAPP 2023, AAPP presented the 2023 Judith J. Saklad Memorial Award to Charles Caley, PharmD, BCPP, Professor and Chair, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Western New England University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Springfield, MA. The Judith J.
As psychiatric pharmacists, we pride ourselves in the top-notch patient care that we provide, sometimes even serving as the patient’s main source of contact and primary prescriber. We see ourselves as empathetic and work tirelessly to break down stigma. Every day we go into work and provide compassion to the patients we treat. Sometimes though, we tell our colleagues, friends, and family stories.
At AAPP 2023, Dr. Jason Bonner, PhD presented on “Burnout Among Psychiatric Pharmacists: A Discussion of Drivers and Evidence-Based/informed Interventions to Improve Clinician Well-Being.” Dr. Bonner is a Clinical Health Psychologist in Primary Care-Mental Health Integration with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) at the Durham VA Health Care System.
AAPP 2023 hosted nearly 1,000 in-person and virtual attendees to learn, network, and advance the profession in late April. This premiere event hosted over 200 scientific posters, nearly 30 hours of cutting-edge programming, and a multitude of networking and information-sharing opportunities. This issue of The Perspective highlights the content of several sessions and provides information on significant AAPP initiatives.
Here you will find tools and resources for all AAPP Collegiate chapters - whether you are considering starting a chapter at your pharmacy school or are looking for information for established chapters.
A commentary recently published in the journal Primary Care Companion for CNS Disorders entitled “Psychiatric Pharmacist Integration Into the Medical Home” details the fact that persons with chronic medical illnesses often have co-occurring behavioral health illnesses that require diagnosis and treatment.
Joshua Caballero, PharmD, BCPP, Senior Editor Amy Werremeyer, PharmD, BCPP, Senior Editor Rex S. Lott, PharmD, BCPP, Board Liaison Stephen S. Caruana, PharmD, BCPS, BCPP Joshana K. Goga, PharmD, BCPP Robin N. Hieber, PharmD, BCPP Tiffany-Jade Kreys, PharmD, BCPP Susan G. Leckband, BCPP, RPh Gary M. Levin, PharmD, BCPP, FCCP Raymond Lorenz, PharmD, BCPP Stephanie V. Phan, PharmD, BCPP
The fellowships listed below are related to psychiatric and neurologic pharmacy. The last update to the list was in September 2025. If you would like to make an addition or a change, please email the fellowship details to the AAPP office.
The American Association of Psychiatric Pharmacists (AAPP) Committees and Task Forces are the lifeblood of the organization linking the association with the attitudes and real world of its members. AAPP Committees ensure group participation in problem solving and provide a forum for the many interests within AAPP.
Grassroots advocacy can be one of the most influential tools that organizations and associations have. Through mass emails, letter writing campaigns, and phone calls, grassroots advocates can bring issues to the attention of legislators at all levels from state to federal government. We understand that you are busy with other important priorities and responsibilities.
The Mental Health Clinician attempts to provide interesting and useful insights in the field of neuropsychiatric pharmacy. Some common types of articles that might be appropriate for MHC include editorials, literature reviews, reviews of drugs/pharmacotherapy, innovative practice profiles, original research, case reports, and clinical pearls.
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Stephen R. Saklad, PharmD, BCPP, Senior Editor Joshua Caballero, PharmD, BCPP, Senior Editor Rex S. Lott, PharmD, BCPP, Board Liaison Mary C. Borovicka, PharmD, BCPP, BCPS Stephen S Caruana, PharmD, BCPS Robin N. Hieber, PharmD, BCPP Tiffany-Jade Kreys, PharmD Raymond Lorenz, PharmD, BCPP Stephanie V. Phan, PharmD, BCPP Amy Werremeyer, PharmD, BCPP
Stephen R. Saklad, PharmD, BCPP, Senior Editor Joshua Caballero, PharmD, BCPP, Incoming Senior Editor Jerry R. McKee, PharmD, BCPP, MS, Board Liaison Mary C. Borovicka, PharmD, BCPP, BCPS Stephen S Caruana, PharmD, BCPS Robin N. Hieber, PharmD, BCPP Tiffany-Jade Kreys, PharmD Raymond Lorenz, PharmD, BCPP Stephanie V. Phan, PharmD, BCPP Amy Werremeyer, PharmD, BCPP
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As a poster presenter at the CPNP Annual Meeting, you have already taken the important first steps in conducting research, identifying best practices, or critically analyzing some other aspect of neuropsychiatric pharmacotherapy. Presenting a poster at the CPNP Annual Meeting provided a forum to discuss your findings with many active professionals in the specialty.
The Mental Health Clinician attempts to provide interesting and useful insights in the field of neuropsychiatric pharmacy. Contributors can deviate from these basic types of articles, but the guidelines are provided below to help jumpstart new articles. For other ideas of articles that might be appropriate, see the NIH list of common article types.