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 ACLP.Editor@gmail.com.

2025

• May

• • Patients Seldom Receive Medications for Opioid Use Disorder in Hospital
    But consultation significantly increases treatment and outpatient follow-up
  • Make Your Choice for ACLP Award Nominations
    There’s still time for ACLP members to get involved
  • How to Transform the Biopsychosocial Model
    Early bird registration for EAPM conference open till May 15
  • Benefits of Proactive Consultation
    For patients with respiratory depression after parenteral olanzapine and lorazepam
    
  • Dilemmas in Cancer Care for Patients with SMI
    ‘Less aggressive treatment is offered because of ethical issues’
  • A&E Abstracts and Extracts
    Selection from the latest research impacting C-L Psychiatry

• April

• • Journal Urges Validating and Monitoring of AI Systems
    ‘Research and quality improvement projects are critical to refine AI in C-L Psychiatry and address its limitations’
    
  • Academy Appoints New Management Company
    
  • Emergency Medicine Certification Offers New Pathways to Entry
    Recognition to be offered to physicians at different levels in their career
  • Next Session of the ACLP Virtual Journal Club
    Director’s Forum leader takes the chair
    
  • Downloads and Users for How To Guides
    Delirium heads list with more than 2,000 downloads
  • A&E Abstracts and Extracts
    Selection from the latest research impacting C-L Psychiatry

• March

  • Promises and Pitfalls of New Advances in C-L Psychiatry
    This year’s meeting starts earlier!
    
  • Check Out What the ACLP Committees are Doing
    3rd APP skills course…20 How-To guides…Instagram take-up results…3rd Developing Scholarship and Research Colloquium…Webb fellowships expand from six to eight… and more!
    
  • Check Out What the SIGs are Doing
    … And how to join another group that interests you
    
  • Medical Aid in Dying/Physician Assisted Suicide: Informing C-L Psychiatry Practice
    Committee and SIG join forces to produce resource document
    
  • Risks of Using Exogenous Thyroid Hormone
    Note the date now for March webinar
  • Emergency Behavioral Certification Given the Go-Ahead
    C-L psychiatrists identified as one of the eligible professions

• February

  • Fellowship MATCH Results Remain High
    ‘It is heartening to know that the future of our subspecialty will be sustained by the incoming generation of trainees’
  • Promise and Pitfalls of Innovation
    Theme for this year’s Annual Meeting
    
  • Virtual Journal Club on Non-Cardiac Chest Pain
    Note the date now!
    
  • Vast Resource of Information From Last Year’s Annual Meeting
    Full list for reference
    
  • AI is better at Discharge Summaries than Clinic Staff
    ‘Superior in logic and structure, particularly for acute conditions’
    
  • A&E Abstracts and Extracts
    Selection from the latest research impacting C-L Psychiatry

• January

  • New Recommendations for Training Residents in C-L Psychiatry
    Aimed at optimizing training for all residents, including those who will pursue a C-L Psychiatry fellowship
  • Join the January webinar
    Case conference on catatonia
    
  • Voting at APA Elections Gets Under Way
    ACLP member bids to be trustee
    
  • Transforming the Biopsychosocial Model
    Book the dates now!
    
  • New Releases on Podcast Channel
    Twelve episodes now available
    
  • A&E Abstracts and Extracts
    Selection from the latest research impacting C-L Psychiatry