Arizona Psychiatric Society


The Arizona Psychiatric Society (APS) is a district branch of the American Psychiatric Association, a medical specialty society recognized worldwide.  The objectives of the Arizona Psychiatric Society are to continuously improve the ability of its members to provide quality psychiatric services to persons in need and their families.  The Society strives to promote the welfare of all those with mental illness and to foster the medically-based principles of psychiatry.


If you are a licensed psychiatrist in the State of Arizona interested in joining the Arizona Psychiatric Society, please CLICK HERE to obtain more information and to complete the online application to the American Psychiatric Association and the Arizona Psychiatric Society.   The Arizona Psychiatric Society and the APA are dedicated to promoting the highest quality care for patients and advocating for psychiatrists and their profession. 

The Arizona Psychiatric Society Annual Meeting on the topic of "Clinical Challenges in the Medicine/Psychiatry Interface" was recently held on March 31, 2012 at The Buttes Resort in Tempe, Arizona.  The Society thanks those members and non-members in attendance at the meeting, together with the following speakers:
Meeting Room - The Buttes Resort

The Medical Home Model and a Broader Integration with our Medical Roots –

Jeremy A. Lazarus, M.D., D.F.A.P.A., President-Elect, American Medical Association

Anxiety in Children - Margo Thienemann, M.D.

Attacking Anxiety - Peter Roy-Byrne, M.D.

Controlled Substances Prescription Monitoring Program - Dean Wright, RPh, CSMP Director

Legislative Update - Gretchen Alexander, M.D. and Joseph F. Abate, Esq.

The State of Behavioral Health in Arizona:  Recovery from a Budget Crisis while Facing Health Care Reform - Laura Nelson, M.D.

Management of Medically Complex Psychiatric Patients (with Emphasis on Psychoendocrinology -

Thomas D. Geracioti, Jr., M.D.

Dueling Diagnoses:  “Complicated Pain” and Substance Use Disorders -

Jerome A. Lerner, M.D.

The Planning Committee will be meeting in the upcoming months to review evaluations and suggestions; to begin planning for the 2013 Annual Meeting; and to continue discussions regarding a possible Fall CME event for the Society.  If you would like to serve on the Planning Committee, or if you have any educational topics of relevance to your practice that you would like considered, please contact teri@azmedassn.org.