Welcome to ACLP News, our monthly roundup of Academy activities, initiatives and programs, and developments within the larger world of consultation-liaison psychiatry. Contributions are welcomed; please write to the editor at peter.law@CLpsychiatry.org.

2018

• December

  • Coming Back Home
    A video interview with new ACLP president Rebecca Brendel
  • What We Hope to Achieve
    New ACLP Board members discuss their goals for their tenure.
  • Electronic Screening Speeds Up Identification of Patients Who May Benefit from Psychiatric Intervention
    New electronic medical record (EMR) screening tool helps with the important early identification of patients who may benefit from proactive psychiatric intervention.
    
  • “The Need of the Hour”
    New clinical pathways address the second leading cause of death worldwide—youth suicide.

• November

  • Visiting Professorship Program Helps Impact Care for High-risk Mothers with Depression
    How the state of Washington benefited from Nancy Byatt’s professorship visit
  • C-L Psychiatrists Need Better Measures for Productivity
    Third in a series by David Kroll for the better business of C-L Psychiatry
  • Posters on Show for 48 hours at Annual Meeting
    Part 2 of random poster descriptions in each track at CLP 2018
  • Cultural Humility for C-L Psychiatrists
    Enhancing the sensitivity to cultural differences in patient care
    

• October

  • CLP 2018 on Track to Match Biggest-Ever Annual Meeting
    Highlighting the symposium on mentorship
    
  • Posters Demonstrate the Breadth and Depth of Our Expertise
    A sampling of the array of posters to be displayed at CLP 2018
  • Integrated Care in C-L is “Essential to the Well-Being of Patients”
    ACLP collaboration with the APA Council on C-L Psychiatry
  • Psychosocial Effects of Complications After Bariatric Surgery
    Post-op complications and psychosocial well-being

• September

  • Physician-Assisted Death Protocol Evolves from C-L Psychiatrists’ Guidelines
    When a psychiatric evaluation is recommended for a terminally ill patient who seeks PAD.
  • Modest Increase in ACLP Membership Dues—First Increase in Ten Years
    ACLP president Rundell explains why a dues increase is in order.
  • Ideas to Recruit More C-L Psychiatrists
    ECP SIG co-chairs Alan Hsu and Stephanie Tung discuss what’s important to their members and how the Academy can support trainees and early career psychiatrists.
  • Statistical Chart Helps Manage Staffing Levels
    Using statistics to help determine staffing needs.

• August

  • Member-Needs Survey Results Lay Foundation for Evolving ACLP Strategy
    ACLP president Rundell gives examples of where our field may be headed over the next several years.
  • New Nominations Process Heralds Greater Transparency Drive
    Leadership positions will be filled with more input from the membership.
  • Med-Psych SIG Members at Forefront of Integrated Care
    Chair Thomas Heinrich highlights issues discussed by his members.
  • Risk Factors Associated with Depression
    New journal article alerts to the risk of depression in patients with MS, epilepsy, and stroke.

• July

  • ACLP Top Award Winners 2018 Are Announced
    This year’s recipients of the Academy’s highest awards
  • Drive to Integrate C-L Psychiatry into Heart Disease Treatment
    An interview with Chris Celano, chair of the Cardiovascular Psychiatry SIG
  • Early Interdisciplinary Approach Vital with FND Patients
    Assessment and management of motor functional neurologic disorders
  • Docs Call in the Cops
    And other strategies for de-escalating agitation, especially in the ER

• June

  • The Key to Getting It Right
    Challenges presented by young altruistic organ donors
  • “Integrative Medicine Should Be Part of the C-L Armory”
    Introducing the ACLP’s new Integrative Medicine SIG
  • Wealth of Expertise Awaits Delegates for Essentials Course
    Speakers & sessions at our 2018 preconference Essentials of C-L Psychiatry course
  • Academy Endorsement Process
    Developing a formal process for practice guidelines, practice monographs, and position statements
  • “We Need to Re-think How We Treat Young Women with Metastatic Breast Cancer”
    A population at risk for adverse mental health outcomes
  • APM 2017 Recordings Now Online
    Over 100 sessions from the Academy’s 2017 Annual Meeting ready to be viewed, heard, and/or read

• May

  • Love ’em or Hate ’em
    The new Quality & Safety SIG—identifying quality metrics and goals for our work
    
  • Six of the Best
    SIG-presented plenary sessions at CLP 2018
  • Telepsychiatry: “As Good as In-person Care”
    Leveraging the newest models of collaborative, stepped, and integrated primary care services with TP
    
  • Applicants Entering Fellowship Training Are Our Future
    We must do everything possible to encourage recruitment

• April

  • VSED: The Unanswered Questions
    Tackling the dilemmas and ethical controversies of this death-hastening option
  • A SIG Is Born
    The Academy’s new Military & Veterans SIG, and another new one, too, in the start-up phase
    
  • Alert Over Diabetes in People with Major Depression
    Risk factors for type 2 diabetes
    
  • Pearls of Wisdom
    Ten additional member videos from the 2017 Annual Meeting
    

• March

  • How SIG Tackles “The Great Magnifier of Maladies”
    HIV/AIDS specialists “face some of the greatest challenges in C-L psychiatry”
  • Should We Fix the System – and If So, How?
    The role of C-L psychiatrists in managing patients who want to die
  • Physicians “Over-cautious about Drug Risks”
    Greater risks come from leaving psychiatric illness untreated
  • “It’s Penny-Wise, Pound-Foolish to Ignore Behavioral Health Problems”
    ECP Mark Oldman interviews 2017 Hackett winner Greg Fricchione about behavioral health care challenges
  • Academy Joins Allied Organizations to Express “Deep Concern” Over HHS’ LGBTQ Strategy
    Our letter to HHS encouraging special focus on achieving better outcomes for minority populations

• February

  • Medical Marijuana: Effective control in epilepsy
    “But there’s a great need for more research”
  • The Psychosomatic Symptom We Don’t Recognize
    How to identify non-neurogenic language disorders
  • Priorities for a Work-Life Balance
    ECP Deanna Chaukos interviews CLP 2018 chair Christina Wichman about life priorities
  • Busy Year Ahead for Neuropsychiatry SIG
    Plans and priorities of the SIG for 2018 and beyond

• January

  • APA Presidency Candidates Petitioned on Issues Affecting APM Members
    The three candidates respond
  • Research is Everybody’s Business
    News from the Academy’s Research SIG
  • Clearing the Smoke
    Medical marijuana and opportunities and dilemmas for C-L psychiatrists
  • Remote Programs Set to Play Bigger Part in Treatment of Cardiac Patients
    New “blended” care programs set to achieve better patient results