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Save the Date for AAGP 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting on March 15-19

Due to COVID-19 considerations, the 2021 AAGP Annual Meeting will be held virtually with core hours between 11:30 am and 3:30 pm Eastern time March 15-19, and education on-demand sessions, posters, and more available 24/7. Stay tuned - More details to come!

2021 AAGP Scholars Program Will Be Virtual on March 26, 2021

If you know medical students or psychiatry residents who may be interested in this unique opportunity, please pass along this information and direct them to www.aagponline.org/scholars. Applications are due by December 31, 2020.

If you would like to support the AAGP Scholars Program, please visit www.aagponline.org/donatescholars, which details how to donate and what your tax-deductible donations will be used for this year. Donations are also due by December 31, 2020.

AAGP 2021 Call for Research Posters

Deadline to submit abstracts is December 1!

New! AAGP CME/CE Educational Webinar Series

AAGP is providing online CME on a monthly basis throughout the next year starting in October 2020. A 14 session webinar series will provide 14 CME/CE credit hours for Physicians, Nurses, Psychologists, Pharmacists, and Social Workers.

Next AAGP webinar on Thursday, December 3 at 6 PM Eastern "Geriatric Psychiatry Highlights: 2019 Literature Review."

AAGP COVID-19 Online Trainee Curriculum

Educational modules aim to provide rich didactic content germane to the care of older adults. These modules were created by members of the AAGP Teaching and Training Committee: their collective educational experience is the foundation for the content in the modules, and for the selection of our topics. Click here for more information.

AJGP open access COVID articles: https://www.ajgponline.org/covid19

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About Us

Who we are

The American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry (AAGP) is the only national association that has products, activities and publications, which focus exclusively on the challenges of geriatric psychiatry. Practitioners, researchers, educators, students, the public anyone interested in improving the mental health of the elderly have relied on AAGP since 1978 as the key driver for progress for elderly mental health care.

Mission

The American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry is a national association representing and serving its members and the field of geriatric psychiatry. AAGP promotes the mental health and well-being of older people through professional education, public advocacy, and support of career development for clinicians, educators, and researchers in geriatric psychiatry and mental health.

Why choose us

Whether you want to advance your career, engage the research community, or shape how science and society treat the elderly, AAGP has the right resources to help you. Make a difference today, for yourself, for the field, and for your patients.