Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry (GAP)
GAP is a think tank of top psychiatric minds whose thoughtful analysis and recommendations serve to influence and advance modern psychiatric theory and practice. GAP committees address timely questions facing American psychiatry. Because psychiatry is a multifaceted medical specialty, committees consider issues ranging from psychopharmacology to the ethical and moral issues inherent in the practice of a field fraught with technical and human pitfalls.
Arts and Humanities Committee
The arts and humanities open a window to the human experience. Creative endeavors, such as music, drama, visual arts, and the broader humanities, such as philosophy and history, are often overlooked in fostering well-being and as tools in mental health practice. We educate mental health practitioners and the public about psychiatric history and raise awareness of creative approaches in psychiatry. Our committee members are amateur or professional musicians, writers, and artists. We are psychiatrists interested in maintaining focus on the value of the humanities in a field that is increasingly pulled in a biomedical direction.
Current committee members (clockwise from top left): Donald Fidler, MD; Christopher Snowdy, MD; Andrew Lustbader, MD; Kenneth Weiss, MD; Anish Dube, MD, MPH; David Sasso, MD, MPH (committee chair)
Current members not pictured: Helena Winston, MD, MPhil, MS
Contributing members: John Cahill, MD, PhD; Alan Gruenberg, MD; John Tamerin, MD
Former members: Josephy Carmody, MD; Allan Peterkin, MD; Anna Skorzewska, MD; Alexander Westphal, MD, PhD, Fernando Espí Forcén, MD, PhD
Former GAP fellows: Aparna Atluru, MD, MBA; Adam Stern MD; Helena Winston, MD, MPhil, MS (current member), Christopher Magoon, MD