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American
Society for Adolescent Psychiatry
2010 Conference:
PSYCHIATRIC TRAUMA IN
ADOLESCENCE
Los Angeles, California
March 6-7, 2010
Fall
2009 newsletter
is available here
Looking to be Certified in Adolescent Psychiatry?
For information on the
American Board of Adolescent Psychiatry or certification in adolescent
psychiatry, contact Frances Bell, ASAP Central Office, PO Box 570218,
Dallas, TX 75357-0218 or
Presentations from the 2009 Annual Meeting are
now available by clicking here.
Congress
Bookmark for the 8th Congress of ISAPP
"Adolescence – A Second Chance? Development -
Neurobiology - Attachment -
Psychodynamic -Ttreatment", 17 –
21 September 2011, Berlin, Germany is
available here.
PDF membership form now available
The ASAP membership form is now available as a PDF document. Visit our
membership page
or
download it directly.
(127 KB PDF)
Have You Read Our Mission Statement?
Read it
here.
Have You Read Our
By-Laws?
Read them
here.
(updated 3/31/08)
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The American Society for Adolescent Psychiatry has served the psychiatric profession since 1967. Focusing on teen, adolescence, and young adult issues, ASAP acts both as a professional network for its members and a specialized community dedicated to education development and advocacy of adolescents and the adolescent psychiatric field.
Membership in ASAP puts psychiatrists in touch with an informed cross-section of the profession from all over North America. There are currently fifteen constituent societies covering the entire continent. These include specific regional societies and a general society-at-large covering all other areas.
Please follow the links below for more information about ASAP and its members and programs.
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Adolescent Psychiatry and the Law
U.S. Supreme Court votes 5-4 in adolescent death penalty case
On March 1, 2005, the U.S. Supreme Court voted 5-4 in favor of Simmons in Roper v. Simmons, a case testing the constitutionality of administration of the death penalty to defendants who were under 18 at the time of their crime. Documents related to this case are below:
ASAP signs onto briefs for appellate court case
ASAP members recently signed onto briefs for Aid for Women v. Foulston, a case regarding sexual abuse of minors. Read the amicus brief here (375 KB PDF) and the appendix here (1.9 MB PDF).
ASAP signs onto briefs for U.S. Supreme Court case
ASAP recently signed onto briefs for the U.S. Supreme Court regarding 8th Amendment rights of defendants accused of committing crimes before reaching adulthood. Read the Supreme Court brief here. (PDF)
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Online Resources from ASAP
- Newsletters: ASAP produces a
regular newsletter for its members. Download a PDF version here.
- Book Reviews: Read reviews of selected books relevant to adolescent psychiatry and teen issues here.
- Teen Troubles: Now you can read informative new articles written by ASAP members about teen issues. Click
here for more details.
- Annals of Adolescent Psychiatry: Vol. 27 & 28 Read the contents of Volumes 27 & 28 here
- Annals of Adolescent Psychiatry: Read the contents of Volume 24 here
- By-Laws
: Read
the ASAP By-Laws here here.
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