March 16-19, 2027
Boston, MA
Boston Hilton Park Plaza

For this year’s theme, we will draw inspiration from the great psychologist William James whose work inspired the creation of APPA and who wrote:
“The backache, the long hours, the danger, are patiently endured-for what? To gain a quid
of tobacco, a glass of beer, a cup of coffee, a meal, and a bed, and to begin again the next
day and shirk as much as one can. This really is why we raise no monument to the
laborers in the subway, even though they be out conscripts, and even though after a
fashion our city is indeed based upon their patient hearts and enduring backs and
shoulders. And this is why we do raise monuments to our soldiers, whose outward
conditions were even brutaller still. The soldiers are supposed to have followed an ideal,
and the laborers are supposed to have followed none.”
The topic of work and mental health has not been covered in the APPA meetings of the recent
past. The 2027 conference theme will be “Family/Work Balance and Mental Health in the 21st Century.” We will cover important advances in patient-centered research and in population health studies. There will be a specific focus on preventive interventions when we must balance family care for those who depend upon us to be of help, from the youngest young to the oldest old.

James C. (Jim) Anthony
MSU/JHU/UPCH