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Innovate with a New Practice As the practice setting profiles on this site illustrate, there are diverse opportunities for psychiatric pharmacists to be creative when it comes to improving the lives of their patients. Many members have been the "first" to develop a new model. Patients and physicians appreciate the unique and complementary role of a pharmacist. Health-systems are embracing a team approach to care.

Patients with psychiatric and/or neurologic disorders make up a large percentage of the patients for whom pharmacists provide care in all types of settings. It is critical for pharmacy students to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to both recognize and treat these disorders.

The Senate has now released their version of an ACA repeal bill. The bill is attached and below are Republican talking points on the bill as provided to CPNP from District Policy Group. Overview of the Senate Republican Health-Care Discussion Draft

Commentary in Primary Companion on Psychiatric Pharmacist Integration Into the Medical Home CPNP outlines, via this commentary, that an integrated and holistic approach to patient care has been demonstrated to be cost effective and improves patient care and satisfaction.

The AAPP Board and Government Affairs Committee have identified policy priorities which reflect the identity of our organization, help us work on behalf of our patients, serve our members’ interests, and create an action plan for best targeted impact. The advocacy fact sheets below support these policy priorities.

The American Association of Psychiatric Pharmacists (AAPP) is a professional association representing nearly 3,000 psychiatric pharmacists. AAPP’s membership consists of specialized pharmacists, many being Board Certified Psychiatric Pharmacists (BCPP), who treat patients living with psychiatric disorders, including substance use disorders (SUD).

Quick Response (QR) Codes are the square scannable barcodes that you see on some products and signs - and on your CPNP name badges. Although many kinds of data can be embedded in the code, we only embed a web address.

The “What I Wish I Knew” series of articles is a service of AAPP’s Resident and New Practitioner Committee. Articles are intended to provide advice from experts for students, residents, and new practitioners. Articles are not intended to provide in-depth disease state or pharmacotherapy information nor replace any peer-reviewed educational materials. We hope you benefit from this “field guide” discussing approaches to unique problems and situations.

Psychiatric pharmacists work in an ever-growing number of diverse practice settings. Explore articles and videos to see some career paths available to psychiatric pharmacists today.