Twelfth Annual Meeting AMERICAN NEUROPSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION: Sunday–Tuesday, February 25–27, 2001 Sanibel Harbour Resort and Spa Fort Myers, Florida

The 12th Annual Meeting of the American Neuropsychiatric Association will take place on February 25, 26, and 27 at the Sanibel Harbour Resort and Spa in Fort Myers, Florida. This was the venue for our meeting last year, and although at the time of this writing I cannot predict the outcome of the Presidential vote in Florida I can confidently predict an exciting meeting at a lovely site there.

The meeting is preceded by two half-day programs in the Continuing Education series organized by Dr. Robert Robinson. On Saturday afternoon, February 24, Professor Michael Trimble from the National Hospital, Queen Square, London, and I will discuss Assessment in Neuropsychiatry. The following morning, Drs. J. Michael Ryan and Michael Sateia will review pharmacological management in neuropsychiatric disorders.

The program proper begins on Sunday evening, February 25, with the CNPA-Peter Bassoe keynote lecture by Professor Patricia Goldman-Rakic of Yale. As a neuroscientist expert in frontal lobe function who has recently turned her attention to schizophrenia, she is certain to have interesting remarks to make on “The Microarchitecture of Thought: Insights from Neurobiology.” On Monday morning, the incoming ANPA president, Dr. Thomas McAllister, will present speakers in a presidential symposium, Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. The topics covered range from the molecular to the clinical. On Tuesday afternoon, our customary closing symposium, Controversies in Neuropsychiatry, will feature a case presentation raising questions about malingering, hysteria, and organic disease in a patient with amnesia. Several experts in forensic neuropsychology and neuropsychiatry join our moderator, Dr. Richard Restak, for this discussion.

The Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning panels make up a symposium on Language and Thought in Neuropsychiatry. We first experimented with this two-part format last year, and those who attended the meeting felt that it expanded the opportunity for intensive discussion and for interchange among panelists and between the panel and the audience. Dr. Barry Gordon from Johns Hopkins has brought together a range of speakers who approach the problems of thought and language from the perspectives of neuroimaging, neuropsychology, behavioral neurology, and clinical neuropsychiatry.

On Sunday and Tuesday afternoons, members will present new research in our two poster sessions. On Tuesday morning, the Research Committee of ANPA will present its findings on executive cognitive function.

But this summary includes only the science. Our Monday afternoon program has been shortened to give those attending the meeting more free time, to talk with the speakers and each other or to relax with their families. On Monday over lunch, the historian Dr. Mark Micale will offer his thoughts on the History of Hysteria. Our annual banquet is on Tuesday evening, with Dr. McAllister's presidential talk as an after-dinner highlight.

The program would not be possible without the support of the contributors listed on the program. Equally, we would not have been able to organize the meeting without the talents of Mrs. Sandy Bornstein, the ANPA administrator.

We hope you can join us for an enjoyable and informative meeting.