Welcome to the 2025 APA Annual Meeting Submission Site!

The 2025 Annual Meeting submission site is now open for New Research Posters ONLY. To view your submission, please visit the Abstract Service Center.

The theme for the 2025 APA Annual Meeting is "Lifestyle for Positive Mental and Physical Health.” The Scientific Program Committee encourages all submitters to keep this theme in mind while crafting their submissions.

IMPORTANT! The submission form will close Thursday, January 9, 2025 promptly at 5:00 p.m. ET; no submissions are allowed after this time. All presenters/co-authors must attest to their participation in the proposal A single presenter/co-author cannot be listed on more than 5 submissions of any type, including a maximum of 2 posters—additional submissions beyond this limit may be rejected This Call for New Research posters is limited to new, late breaking research. Only abstracts with new data and results will be considered. Results must be available at the time of abstract submission. This call for posters does not include case reports and literature reviews Trainee submissions will require a faculty member to review the submission and serve as a co-author. Please attest that a faculty member and co-author has reviewed the submission, and please add their name in the designated space. A poster cannot have more than 1 presenter and 4 co-authors Poster proposals must include results to be considered Resident and medical student proposals must be reviewed by a faculty mentor prior to submission All presenters attending the meeting must agree to pay the appropriate speaker registration fee NEW: All submissions, except posters, must include 1 self-assessment question—sample self-assessment questions can be found here. References are required for all submissions Please note: Your submission will not be sent to grading by the Scientific Program Committee until all co-presenters/co-authors have completed their financial disclosure forms.

You will use your my.psychiatry.org username and password to log into the submission site. If you do not yet have a my.psychiatry.org account, you can create one here. During the submission process, you will be asked to complete the following agreements:

1. Financial Disclosure
2. Presenter Release
3. Registration Acknowledgment

Any co-presenters/co-authors on your submission will also need to have an active my.psychiatry.org account before you can add them to your proposal.

Important information for a successful submission:

1. The submitted abstract(s) will be graded for the 2025 APA Annual Meeting, May 17-21, 2025, in Los Angeles, CA.
2. For guidelines and examples of abstracts, please click here.
3. Acceptable browsers: Windows and MAC PCs: Google Chrome, Safari, Mozilla Firefox, Opera. Other browsers, including Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge, may be incompatible.
4. Only the director or chair of a submission (or the poster presenter for a poster submission) will be able to submit. If you are submitting on behalf of the session director or chair, you will need to obtain his or her login credentials.
5. Email correspondence with the Office of Scientific Programs will come from program@psych.org. Please ensure that you are able to receive emails from this address before submitting your proposal.
6. We cannot accommodate requests to schedule your session at a particular date/time.

To begin, click on the submission type below.

Poster Submission