A Community for Community Psychiatry: Welcome Home
We are the national group of community psychiatrists and others committed to promoting health, recovery, and resilience in people, families, and communities.
Registration for General Members is now open
Poster submissions & Registrations for trainee members opens July 15 2026.
The New Distinguished Community Psychiatry Trainee Program (DCPTP) and Community Psychiatry Ambassador Program (CPAP)
These programs are designed to recognize, mentor, and empower psychiatry residents, fellows, and medical students who are dedicated to:
Improving care for individuals with serious mental illness
Advancing mental health equity
Serving underserved and marginalized communities
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This pilot cohort is open only to active AACP trainee and medical student members for the 2025–2026 academic year.
Key Dates:
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Gerald Caplan & Clifford W. Beers Distinguished Trainee of the Year Award – $1,000
Altha J. Stewart Award for Excellence in Health Equity & Community Mental Health – $500 (two recipients)
Founding President Emerging Leader Merit Award – $300 (three recipients)
For more award information click HERE
Apply now and become part of a growing national community committed to strengthening public and community psychiatry.
VIRTUAL, MONTHLY
Policy and Advocacy Forum:
A Conversation about the Difficult Topics
Join if: you have questions, want to get your voice heard, or want to make a change in the mental health system, but don’t know where to start
Led by AACP board members Drs. Rob Gadomski and Ann Hackman
First Wednesday of every month, 6:00PM EST
Login to your member profile to access the Zoom link to join!
VIRTUAL, MONTHLY
Communications and Collaboration Plank
Join if: you have ideas on how to connect our members, want to be involved in the Instagram page, podcast, newsletter or membership meetings
Led by C&C plank lead Dr. Mira Bodic
Fourth Wednesday of every month, 6:10PM EST
LOGIN to your AACP Member Account to zoom meeting details
VIRTUAL, MONTHLY
Education & Mentorship Plank
Led by Dr. Anna Costakis
Join if: you have ideas about ways to develop educational resources and programs for the field of community psychiatry and are interested in promoting ongoing learning and growth
Second Tuesday of every month, 7pm EST
Login to your AACP Member Account to access the zoom link
Keystone Programs
LOCUS
With LOCUS, clinicians and managers of healthcare resources have an instrument that is simple, easy to understand and use, but is also meaningful and sufficiently sensitive to distinguish appropriate needs and services.
SMART tool
The Self-Assessment for Measuring and Addressing Racism Tool (SMART) is intended for use by organizations interested in self-directed, sustained anti-racism work.
AACP Board Certification
The AACP Board Certification in Community and Public Psychiatry is awarded to individuals who meet the educational, experiential and exam requirements to be certified in community and public psychiatry.
Model Curriculum
An outline of resources contained in the curriculum, along with links to access presentations, facilitator handouts and participant handouts follows.
LOCUS Family of Tools White Paper
A new report from the Medical Director Institute (MDI) at the National Council for Mental Wellbeing highlights the need to move the behavioral health field toward greater standardization in determinations of service intensity or levels of care, both for acute crises like the patient above, as well as for ongoing service needs.
To accomplish the goal of having a “national standard” for service intensity assessment for individuals and families seeking MH care, the MDI Report recommends the LOCUS Family of Tools (LOCUS FT), developed by AACP and AACAP. Read:
Toward A National Standard For Service Intensity Assessment And Planning For Mental Health Care
Medicaid Advocacy
Listen to The Community Psychiatry Podcast
This monthly podcast for medical students, residents, fellows, and early career professionals will include interviews with community psychiatrists to learn about their career trajectories, conversations about recent articles from the Community Mental Health Journal, discussions of key concepts from the Textbook of Community Psychiatry, and more.
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The book is a timely update of this notable work that comprehensively presents the state of the art in this field. Along with continuously evolving scientific advances and principles of clinical care, community psychiatry must respond to shifts in public policy as well as economic climate. The past decade has witnessed significant political and social changes, including climate change, immigration levels, technological advancement, the influence of social media and the rise of political unrest. This new edition reflects these wider changes, incorporating new chapters and enhancing previous ones. It remains the standard text for certification of those working in healthcare and social welfare systems design and delivery of services.
Readers will gain knowledge of:
Basic pillars of the field
Evidence based interventions
Telepsychiatry and technological aids
Trauma informed services
Integrated health systems
Social determinants of health
Structural discrimination
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Wesley E. Sowers, MD is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and is the Director of the Center for Public Service Psychiatry and its associated Fellowship Program at Western Psychiatric Hospital.
Hunter L. McQuistion, MD is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at New York University (NYU) Grossman School of Medicine and Senior Attending Psychiatrist at NYU Langone Health.
Jules M. Ranz, MD is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia.
Jacqueline Maus Feldman, MD is a Professor Emerita with the School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).
Patrick S. Runnels, MD, MBA serves as both Chief Medical Officer of Population Health and Vice Chair of Psychiatry for University Hospitals in Cleveland.
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Publisher: Springer; 2nd ed. 2022 edition (October 18, 2022)
Language: English
Hardcover: 931 pages
ISBN-10: 303110238X
ISBN-13 : 978-3031102387
Item Weight: 4.25 pounds
Dimensions: 7.25 x 2.25 x 10.25 inches
AACP is pleased to announce the Second Edition of the Textbook of Community Psychiatry
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