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Check out AAPP's newest policy brief stating our support for the evidence-based treatment of autism spectrum disorder based on an accurate assessment of the available data.

Check out AAPP's newest policy brief stating our support for the evidence-based treatment of autism spectrum disorder based on an accurate assessment of the available data.

Have you considered starting a new PGY-2 Psychiatric Pharmacy residency program at your facility but have no idea where to begin? Here are some considerations and starting points to help the process feel less overwhelming.

Peer reviewing is not just for senior clinicians and academics. When you peer review, you are participating in an important gatekeeping role...and the endeavor is a worthy one.

AAPP issues policy recommendations supporting access to psychiatric pharmacy care for foster care youth. AAPP urges each state to include BCPP(s) on the foster care team and state DUR committees and urges CMS to provide best practice guidance to states.

AAPP has recently released a summary of recommended policy actions to support access to trauma-informed care for all youth in foster care and access to psychotropics for those with co-occurring mental health conditions. Additionally, the recommendations call for updates to foster care psychotropic prescribing regulations. Policy recommendations urge that each state include BCPP(s) on the foster care team as well as on any state DUR committee.

AAPP joined with fellow members of the Pharmacy-Based Vaccine Access Work Group to support the importance of vaccines and the role of the pharmacist.

Findings suggest that patient characteristics associated with buprenorphine initiation may differ by health care setting. However, retention among subgroups of patients appears similar across settings.

Findings suggest that patient characteristics associated with buprenorphine initiation may differ by health care setting. However, retention among subgroups of patients appears similar across settings.

These findings suggest that the US public continues to view opioid overdose as a serious and stigmatized condition.

Check out AAPP’s newest toolkit dedicated to dispelling myths about nicotine and smoking cessation. A special thanks to authors Danial Chowdhury, Michael Kotlyar, Annette Percy, Raeschell Williams, and Zoe Karavolis.

This blog series by the Resident and New Practitioner Committee is targeted to psychiatric pharmacists seeking their first or a new position. Throughout the spring of 2026, this series will feature interviews with hiring managers in various types of settings.

This blog series by the Resident and New Practitioner Committee is targeted to psychiatric pharmacists seeking their first or a new position. Throughout the spring of 2026, this series will feature interviews with hiring managers in various types of settings.

Here are 10 recent scientific developments.

New data are emerging, but by no means definitive, that alcohol consumption and binge drinking among adults in the United States (US) have begun a recent decline just in the past 2 to 3 years.

The concept of addiction, traditionally confined to substances such as drugs and alcohol, has expanded to encompass behavioral patterns such as compulsive eating