For Fellows

While completing your C-L fellowship, consider participating in the ACLP activities listed below. Becoming involved in ACLP efforts and initiatives as a fellow helps to grow the organization while also offering an opportunity to work with others in the field, learn about active issues in C-L psychiatry, and contribute to the efforts of the organization.

ACLP Membership

ACLP welcomes new members from every country, from medical students to seasoned professionals in the field of Consultation-Liaison psychiatry. All CLP fellows are automatically offered membership to ACLP. If you have not been enrolled as a fellow, please ask your fellowship program director to notify the ACLP Executive Office of your current status and eligibility for membership.

At a glance, ACLP membership provides:

• A subscription to our journal, Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (JACLP), and online access to two additional related journals: General Hospital Psychiatry and Journal of Psychosomatic Research
• A robust annual scientific meeting with members saving at least 25% on annual meeting registration fees
• Online educational content, including guidelines and practical information
• Opportunities to contribute and participate in ACLP’s committee structure
• Special Interest Groups (SIGs) that bring together members with similar interests in C-L psychiatry to discuss issues, therapies, and training
• A distinguished Fellowship and Awards program
• ACLP’s biannual newsletter with reports and updates of ACLP projects, members, and events

Mentorship Program

The goal of the ACLP Trainee and Early Career Psychiatrist Mentorship Program is to offer guidance and additional support to fellows interested in Consultation-Liaison psychiatry.

Annual Meetings

The ACLP annual meeting is a fantastic way to learn more about the latest advancements in the field, meet other C-L psychiatrists and trainees with shared interests, and present your own work through workshops, symposia, or poster sessions.

Trainee Travel Grant

To encourage fellows to join ACLP, attend the annual meeting, and eventually become new leaders in the field and within ACLP, a limited number of travel grants are available to help offset the cost of attending the annual meeting.

Webb Fellowship

The Webb Fellowship Program is designed to foster the career development and leadership potential of advanced psychiatry residents and C-L fellows who plan to engage in an academic career in C-L psychiatry.

Special Interest Groups

Many ACLP members are especially interested in one or more subspecialty areas of C-L psychiatry. We are pleased to sponsor a range of special interest groups (SIGs), which bring together professionals to discuss clinical care, teaching, and research in subspecialty areas.

For many years, SIGs have provided vital networking, mentoring, and collaborative support to hundreds of our members. SIGs meet at the annual meeting and also throughout the year via listserv, teleconferencing, and email.

• Addiction & Toxicology
• Bioethics
• Burn & Trauma Injury
• Collaborative & Integrated Care
• Community-Based CLP Physician Practice Issues
• Early Career Psychiatrists
• Emergency Psychiatry
• Geriatric Psychiatry
• Hispano-American C-L Psychiatry
• HIV/AIDS Psychiatry
• Integrative Medicine (Complementary & Alternative Medicine)
• Medicine & Psychiatry
• Military & Veterans
• Neuropsychiatry
• Palliative Medicine & Psycho-oncology
• Pediatric C-L Psychiatry
• Psychological Considerations
• Quality & Safety
• Research
• Transplant Psychiatry
• Women's Health

Committees and Subcommittees

ACLP uses a committee structure to organize the efforts of its members in advancing its mission. Please see the full list of committees and their respective subcommittees below. Fellows are encouraged to join subcommittees and committees that interest them. Subcommittee membership is another great way to contribute to and participate in ACLP.

Applications for subcommittee and committee membership generally open in the summer. Final committee and subcommittee acceptance announcements are sent in the fall. Please see the application page for more information. 

• Annual Meeting (Standing Committee)
  • Early Career Track
  • Local Arrangements
  • Networking
  • Oral Papers & Posters
  • Preconference Courses
  • Workshops & Symposia
• Audit (Standing Committee)
• Education (Standing Committee)
  • Fellowship Education
  • Interdisciplinary Education
  • Maintenance of Certification (MOC)
  • Medical Student Education
  • Online Education
  • Residency Education
• Finance (Standing Committee)
• Governance (Standing Committee)
  • Bylaws
  • Standards and Ethics
• Membership (Standing Committee)
  • Business of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry
  • Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
  • Fellowship and Awards
  • Mentorship
• Nominating (Standing Committee)
• Research & Evidence-Based Practice (Standing Committee)
  • Guidelines & Evidence-Based Medicine
  • Research

Social Media Links

X (formerly Twitter): https://twitter.com/CL_Psychiatry

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/clpen/

Podcasts: https://clpsychiatry.org/member-resources/academy-podcast/

Webinars: https://clpsychiatry.org/member-resources/webinars/

ACLP’s Fellowship Education Subcommittee has gathered a list of helpful educational resources for fellows. Please consider utilizing the resources linked below, including a large number of ACLP-curated resources.

ACLP Resources

Quarterly Annotations

Each quarter since mid-2013, the Academy has posted commentary on journal articles relevant to important subspecialty areas in C-L psychiatry. Experts in the subspecialties select and review the most significant articles of the quarter.

C-L “How To” Guides

Concise educational materials related to common C-L topics, created by the ACLP Residency Education Subcommittee.  Specific guides include:

• Doing a consult
• Acute Agitation
• Alcohol Withdrawal
• Buprenorphine microinduction
• Catatonia
• Clozapine
• Creating a Behavioral Plan
• Death and Dying
• Delirium
• Demoralization
• Depression
• Medication Syndromes
• Microaggressions
• Opioid Use Disorder
• Perinatal Psychiatry
• Psychopharmacology after Bariatric Surgery
• QTc Prolongation
• Suicide Risk Assessment
• Transplantation

ACLP Podcasts

Episodes covering C-L clinical updates, new research, and interviews with leaders in the field.

Guidelines for Scientific Writing

We offer guidelines and advice to those preparing scientific papers for journal publication: we are eager to encourage submissions to the Academy’s official journal, Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry. Included are notes from Theodore Stern, MD, FACLP, past editor-in-chief of our journal.

ACLP Webinars (Members Only)

Case conferences providing trainees an opportunity to learn more about C-L psychiatry through interesting case presentations, moderated by leaders in the field.

 

Journals 

Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (JACLP)
The official journal of the ACLP with a new issue published every two months. Access is free to ACLP members.

General Hospital Psychiatry Journal
General Hospital Psychiatry is bimonthly peer-reviewed journal that explores the many linkages among psychiatry, medicine, and primary care. ACLP members have access to online content.

Psychosomatic Medicine
Psychosomatic Medicine is the official peer-reviewed journal of the American Psychosomatic Society. The journal publishes experimental, clinical, and epidemiological studies on the role of psychological and social factors in the biological and behavioral processes relevant to health and disease. ACLP members have access to online content.

Textbooks

Textbook of Psychosomatic Medicine and Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry

Study Guide to Textbook of Psychosomatic Medicine and Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry

Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of General Hospital Psychiatry

Fundamentals in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry

Handbook of Career Development in Academic Psychiatry

The Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines in Psychiatry textbook

Textbook of Women's Reproductive Mental Health

Psycho-Oncology

Handbook of Psychiatry in Palliative Medicine

Psycho-Oncology: A Quick Reference on the Psychosocial Dimensions of Cancer Symptom Management 

Transplant Psychiatry: A Case-Based Approach to Clinical Challenges

Additional Resources

Collaborative Care Resources

• University of Washington AIMS Center for Adult Collaborative Care

Women’s Mental Health Resources

• National Curriculum in Reproductive Psychiatry
• MGH Center for Women’s Mental Health

Critical Care Resources

• PULMCrit (EMCrit)
  • Evidence-based information from the fields of critical care, resuscitation, and trauma, translated for bedside use in the Emergency Department (ED) and the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).

Other Resources

• University of Rochester Catatonia Assessment Resources
  • Joshua Wortzel, MD, and Mark Oldham, MD, FACLP, from University of Rochester have developed this educational resource on how to assess for catatonia using the Bush-Francis Catatonia Rating Scale (BFCRS).
• Psychiatry Boot Camp Podcast
  • Hosted by Mark Mullen, MD, current faculty at Loma Linda University, this podcast covers need-to-know topics for anyone interested in learning the nuts and bolts of psychiatry.
• University of California, San Franciso, Transgender Care Guidelines
  • Madeline B. Deutsch, MD, MPH is the editor of the comprehensive Guidelines for the Primary Care of Transgender and Gender Nonbinary People, Second Edition

Choosing your first job after completing fellowship can be incredibly exciting but also stressful. The video below was created by ACLP members to help fellows navigate the process of finding a C-L job: