Bronx District Branch of the American Psychiatric Association

Over the years, the Bronx District Branch of the American Psychiatric Association has played a significant role in the community in relation to mental health. Its existence has helped, and continues to help, to expand psychiatric facilities and services for mental health patients in Bronx County. APA News: Institute on Psychiatric Services, October 11-14, 2007 Call for Papers, 2008 Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.
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The History of the Bronx District Branch of the American Psychiatric Association
Prior to WWII, Joshua H. Leiner, MD, Dean of the neuropsychiatrists in the Borough of the Bronx, toyed with the idea of forming a society of neurology and psychiatry in the Bronx, which he frequently discussed with Jacob H. Friedman, MD. After WWII, Drs. Leiner and Friedman obtained a listing of specialists in neurology and psychiatry from the Bronx County Medical Society and, along with legal talent, formulated a constitution and the Bronx Society of Neurology and Psychiatry was born in 1946. With the help of Miss Evelyn Reedy, attorney and Executive Director of the Bronx County Medical Society, the Bronx Society of Neurology and Psychiatry was incorporated on January 22, 1948. In May 1950, the Society officially became an affiliate Society of the American Psychiatric Association and in 1953 became an APA district branch, now known as the Bronx District Branch of the American Psychiatric Association.