ASAP's Presidential Educational Initiative

Under the leadership of Aaron Krasner, M.D., ASAP's President 2023-2024, ASAP created a transformational opportunity within the field of Adolescent and Young Adult Psychiatry. Our goal through this educational initiative is to create a vibrant hub for expertise capable of incisively responding to the youth mental health epidemic. Our Goal is to develop a specialized set of training opportunities for psychiatrists, with a separate set of opportunities for primary care providers working with teens and young adults.

This initiative consists of two components completed sequentially:

1. Establishment of the American Institute for Adolescent Psychiatry (AIAP), a non-profit organization separate from ASAP whose sole purpose is to develop research and training in Adolescent & Young Adult Psychiatry. AIAP will solicit grant and philanthropic funding to support this goal and was established in July, 2024.

2. Curriculum Development. ASAP has assembled an assortment of Subject Matter Experts (SME's) to work with AIAP and other partners to develop an on-demand set of online programs to provide needed training to psychiatrists and separate ones more specific for primary care providers. ASAP expects to launch these curricula in 2025.

The need for Psychiatrists Trained in Adolescent/Young Adult Psychiatry couldn't be greater,
and it is increasing daily.

Our goal is to train/certify 100-150 psychiatrists and 500 primary care providers by 2027 -
and this is only a fraction of what is needed

We need your help to accomplish this major initiative! Funds are needed now to develop a Learning Management Platform, Retain top speakers, and secure accreditation for our programs.

Interested in learning more or helping us to develop this initiative? Please contact the ASAP Executive Office at: asapadolpsych@gmail.com

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The American Institute for Adolescent Psychiatry has applied for and expects to receive IRS certification as a 501(c)3 organization. Once received, any donations received by AIAP after July 1, 2024 will be retroactively processed for tax deduction purposes.