The American Neuropsychiatric Association (ANPA) is a non-profit organization of professionals in neuropsychiatry, behavioral neurology and the clinical neurosciences, with over 700 members from around the world.
[1] Established in 1988, its mission is to improve the lives of people with disorders at the interface of psychiatry and neurology, with the vision of transforming recognition, understanding and treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders.
It founded in 1988 by two academic physicians doubly certified in neurology and psychiatry, Barry S. Fogel and Randolph Schiffer.
The ANPA holds an annual scientific meeting in the early spring.
It has also established Special Interest Groups (SIGs) for its members to enhance peer discussion, education, and potential collaboration.
Some other professional organizations with similar scope include the British Neuropsychiatry Association (BNPA),[2] Royal College of Psychiatrists (UK) Section of Neuropsychiatry,[3] the International Neuropsychiatric Association,[4] and Neuropsychiatric forum (NPF).
[8] Fellows of the ANPA (FANPA) are elected from members with special achievement in neuropsychiatry, behavioral neurology, neuropsychology or the clinical neurosciences.
As of March 2018,[update] fellows include:[9] James R. Merikangas, M.D.
Laura A. Flashman, Ph.D. Paul F. Malloy, Ph.D. Richard M. Restak, M.D.
Miles G. Cunningham, M.D., Ph.D. Mario F. Mendez, M.D., Ph.D., Kenneth Bryant, M.D.
Omar Ghaffar, M.D., M.Sc., FRCPC Margo D. Lauterbach, MD Shirlene M. Sampson, M.D.