APA Alliance Plans Busy Annual Meeting Schedule

Do you want to join or learn more about the APA Alliance (APAA), an APA-affiliated organization whose members perform a variety of activities on behalf of mentally ill individuals and the profession of psychiatry? Just drop by the APAA booth at APA's 2008 annual meeting in Washington, D.C., and sign up (see Original article: Alliance Schedules Opportunities for Learning and Fun). The booth will be open Saturday through Tuesday, May 3 to 6, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Wednesday, May 7, from 9 a.m. to noon. It will be located in the East Lobby, Street Level, of the Washington Convention Center.

APAA membership is open to the following individuals:

Below is the schedule of APAA activities during the annual meeting.

SUNDAY, MAY 4

9 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Business Meeting

Ballroom West-A, Renaissance Hotel

5 p.m.-6 p.m.

Official Opening Session of Annual Meeting and Presidential Address

Hall D, Level 2, Washington Convention Center

MONDAY, MAY 5

9 a.m.-10:30 a.m.

Workshop: "Risk Factors Are Not Predictive Factors Due to Protective Factors Applied to the New Orleans School Recovery Distract"

Presented by Carl Bell, M.D.

Room 159 A/B, Level One, Washington Convention Center

11 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Former APAA Presidents Luncheon

Renaissance Hotel

TUESDAY, MAY 6

8:30 a.m.

Tour of Mount Vernon

Bus departs from the Renaissance Hotel at 8:30 a.m.

12:30 p.m.

APAA Annual Luncheon and Lecture

Keynote speaker Marie Wood of the Yellow Ribbon Fund will present "Mental Health Issues With Returning Veterans and Their Families." (The Yellow Ribbon Fund is a volunteer organization that provides a wide range of assistance to military soldiers who have served in Iraq or Afghanistan and/or their families.)

Cosmos Club, 2121 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C.

WEDNESAY, MAY 7

9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Officer Changeover and APAA Board Meeting

Meeting Room 14, Meeting Level, Renaissance Hotel