The Maine Association of Psychiatric Physicians (MAPP) is the Maine District Branch of the American Psychiatric Association (APA), and the only professional organization of psychiatry and psychiatrists dedicated to the state of Maine.
OUR MISSION is to improve the treatment, rehabilitation and care of persons with mental disorders, to provide leadership and to promote and advocate for the professional interests of its members and patient care.

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Resources for CPT coding changes in 2013

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Upcoming, TBA - Event - Physicians’ Day at the Legislature - Originally scheduled for March 19th, postponed due to weather. Come join MAPP members, Maine psychiatrists, and other Maine physicians to meet our legislators and discuss and present issues about mental healthcare and healthcare in Maine!

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STOP CPT CODING ABUSES - ACHIEVE MENTAL HEALTH PARITY NOW  Report your experiences and concerns to the APA and to regulatory agencies. More information also here, and here.

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May 18-22, 2013 - APA 2013 Annual Meeting, San Francisco CA. Download the 2013 Annual Meeting mobile App.

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April 7, 2013 - April APA News posted

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March 14, 2013 - APA Calls for Anthem to Stop Discriminating Against Mental Health Patients

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February 2013 - Dr. Benjamin Crocker has recently filled the vacant position of MAPP Ethics Committee Chair (see more about MAPP's leadership here)

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February 10, 2013 - MAPP member Dr. Stevan Gressitt submits concerns and final comments to the DEA on its proposed regulations concerning medication takeback

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February 01, 2013 - MAPP member Dr. Anthony Ng's work in Newtown, CT in the aftermath of the December shootings highlighted in the February 01 issue of Psychatric News

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October 4-6, 2013 - This year MAPP will hold their Fall General Membership Meeting in conjunction with Maine Medical Association's 160th Annual Session, at the Holiday Inn by the Bay in Portland.   If you have suggestions for CME topics, please forward them to Dr. David Moltz, Program Committee Chair. 

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 MAPP Voices: Articles, essays, fiction and poetry written by MAPP psychiatrists

January 20, 2013 - Another View: Guns in the household present a risk for family members MAPP member and forensic psychiatrist Dr. Diane Schetky speaks out. Read more....

 News Items of Interest...

 

March 14, 2013 - APA Calls for Anthem to Stop Discriminating Against Mental Health Patients

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January 27, 2013 - New rules could hurt Maine drug takeback programs 

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November 27, 2012 - Our View: Drug addiction not just a supply-side problem 

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Summer 2012 - The Wilson Quarterly, "Beyond the Brain" by Tanya Marie Luhrmann, author of Of Two minds: an Anthropologist Looks at American Psychiatry. A thoughtful and articulate summary of the new (and not so new) thinking within psychiatry today. 

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 Event Announcements

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Upcoming, TBA - Physicians’ Day at the Legislature - Originally scheduled for March 19th, postponed due to weather. Come join MAPP members, Maine psychiatrists, and other Maine physicians to meet our legislators and discuss and present issues about mental healthcare and healthcare in Maine!

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Tuesday, June 11, 2013 - Enhancing Healthcare for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities Forum for Healthcare Providers, Portland ME, 9 AM - 4 PM

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Tuesday, June 11, 2013 - Spirituality in End-of-Life Care - the 27th Annual Thomas Nevola MD Symposium, Colby College, Waterville, Maine, 7:15 AM - 4 PM

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Ongoing - APA members, Free CPT Webinars Find more information regarding 2013 CPT changes and related events here

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Ongoing - MeHAF Integrated Care Learning Community Meetings - The Maine Health Access Foundation (MeHAF) - a series of conferences involving organizations that are piloting behavioral and primary care integration (MeHAF Integrated Care Learning Community) in preparation for the coming of ACOs.  More information....

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Ongoing - FREE monthly webinars for physicians who have waivers to treat opioid dependence in office-based settings and other interested clinicians the second Tuesday of each month at noon Eastern, Noon - 1 p.m. EST.

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 Latest APA Psychiatric News and News Alerts

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 President's Corner

Jeffrey_S_Barkin.jpgJeffrey S. Barkin, MD, DFAPA

February 2013 -

All of us psychiatrists have had the experience of a raging borderline patient threatening to kill themselves unless they are admitted to the inpatient unit. They have a history of repeated, manipulative suicide attempts by cutting their wrists, and overdosing on small quantities of Tylenol, which once led to a prolonged ICU admission for liver failure. They also have a history of assaulting staff during prior admissions. One fellow psychiatrist sustained a disabling concussion during a particularly violent restraint which ultimately involved the state police. It was talked about for years by the staff psychiatrists. I am sure such a patient engenders many feelings in all of us who have gone through psychiatric training, including annoyance, anger, and possibly downright hatred. Some of us might be immobilized with fear, contemplating the thought of a successful lawsuit against them. Few of us would be able to respect and embrace such a patient. This provides an opportunity to assess our responses to such a patient.

In this case, the name of the patient is the US Government. We now face the “Sequester”, another one of those sequels to the first horror film, “The Debt Crisis”, released the summer of 2011 which resulted in a nomination for the “Borderline Prize of the Year” at the Insane Film Festival, held in a dysfunctional dystopia where the central players are unable to meet together and as a result seriously damage the environment for the townspeople.  
 
 
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MAPP supports

NAMI Maine

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Safe Space Radio with Dr. Anne Hallward  Anne Hallward, MD

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Safe Medicine Disposal for ME program logo 

Safe Medicine Disposal for ME Program

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Benjamin Crocker, MD
Information about dual Medicaid/Medicare D eligibility and Medicare D Prescription Drug Plans for dual  eligibles from Benjamin Crocker, MD

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