The Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry (GAP) is an American professional organization of psychiatrists dedicated to shaping psychiatric thinking, public programs and clinical practice in mental health.
They explore issues and ideas on the frontiers of psychiatry and in applying psychiatric insights into general medical, social, and interpersonal problems.
[2] GAP was formed under the leadership of Dr. William C. Menninger[3] and the "young turks" in American psychiatry who were eager to professionalize the field.
[7] GAP continued to produce position statements on relevant and controversial psychiatric issues such as abortion,[8] drug use,[9] sex crimes,[10] school desegregation,[11] loyalty oaths,[12] nuclear energy,[13] and euthanasia.
GAP has researchers recognized nationally and internationally in the areas of addiction, geriatrics, child and adolescent psychiatry, terrorism and academics.