Upcoming Events

Legislative Update

We are starting to receive bill titles for the 2026 Legislative session. Like last year, the NHPS is working closely with the Dupont group and NH medical society to identify important bills to support and oppose. Keep your eyes out for emails requesting calls to action on legislative items that need more support. If you would like to get involved with the advocacy efforts of the NHPS, please reach out to Catrina Watson at Catrina.Watson@nhms.org. The legislative committee meets regularly during the legislative season to discuss what bills we plan to take action on as a society.

NHPS Regular Business Meetings

Mark your calendar for the upcoming NHPS Regular Business meetings. These are held the first Wednesday of the month at 6pm and meet every other month. The next meeting will be Wednesday, January 7th at 6pm. The Zoom link will be emailed to you closer to the date. All members are welcome to join.

NHPS annual meeting

Please save the date for March 27th, 2026 and join us for the NHPS annual meeting. We will have wonderful talks, an update on our advocacy and legislative efforts, as well as a poster competition. CME credits will be available. Breakfast and lunch will be provided at this all day event. More details to follow.

NHPS sponsored events

We would like to encourage members to host NHPS sponsored events that will benefit the psychiatrists or patients whom we serve in New Hampshire. If you would like to host a NHPS sponsored event, please fill out this form and submit to Catrina Watson at catrina.watson@nhms.org for consideration among the board.

Recent Events

2025 Annual Cruise

We had wonderful company and weather for the annual Cruise, held in the beautiful town of Portsmouth. NHPS members from all over the state joined on a sunny, fall day. Next fall the cruise will return to the Sunapee, NH area. We hope you will join!

2025 Advocacy Day

We had a great turn out for our annual advocacy day, with a number of PGY4 Dartmouth and Portsmouth psychiatry residents joining, as well as fellows from the Dartmouth Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship and Leadership and Preventative Medicine Residency Program. Several Dartmouth Hitchcock attending psychiatrists also joined. New Futures led a fun and educational day that included a legislative breakfast, several sessions about the legislative process and ways to effectively advocate, and a tour of the New Hampshire State House. Attendees also had the opportunity to interact with several legislators, including Senator Sue Prentiss, Senator Tim McGough, and Representative David Nagel. We look forward already to next year’s Advocacy Day.

Ronald Shellow Award

This May, Dr. Robert Feder stepped down from his post as NH Representative to the APA Assembly, which he has held for the past 29 years! He was recognized on the last day of the May 2025 APA Assembly meeting with the Ronald A. Shellow Award. Thank you, Bob for representing New Hampshire at the Assembly and for your significant contributions over the years

Prior Events

2025 NHPS Annual Meeting

We were treated to a number of wonderful talks at the NHPS annual meeting on April 11th 2025, including talks on geriatric psychiatry and dementia, effective treatments for obesity, and recent advances in the treatment of Schizophrenia, including the role of the muscarinic cholinergic system. Judge Barbara Maloney and Judge David D. King were awarded the NHPS Leadership Award for their decades of service addressing the mental health needs of New Hampshire citizens. We thanked Bob Feder for his decades of service as our assembly representative, and Kathleen Duemling for her tireless work organizing our CME and other events over many years. Brian Rosen and Madeline Schneider, respectively, will take their helms going forward. We look forward to having many of you join us again for this educational opportunity next year. CME is available.

NHPS events

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In the News

NHPR offers news updates related to mental health within New Hampshire. The views expressed by NHPR do not necessarily reflect those of NHPS.

APA advocacy updates

Like the NHPS district branch, the APA is committed to advocacy. Updates on the advocacy efforts of the APA can be found on the APA website. You can also sign up for the APA’s monthly advocacy newsletter.