The Federation of Texas Psychiatry was established in 2004 with the following purposes:
A. to promote the common professional interests of psychiatrists by encouraging their participation as members of state professional psychiatric associations, including the Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians and the Texas Academy of Psychiatry and state professional subspecialty psychiatric associations including organizations for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Addiction Psychiatry, Geriatric Psychiatry and Forensic Psychiatry;
B. to facilitate the coordination of and work in concert with state professional psychiatric associations and state professional subspecialty psychiatric associations, to unify programs that advance public and professional education and advocacy for psychiatry and persons with psychiatric illnesses;
C. to provide centralized services to state professional psychiatric associations and state professional subspecialty psychiatric associations;
D. to make psychiatric knowledge available to other practitioners of medicine, to scientists, and to the public; and,
E. to promote the best interests of patients and those actually or potentially making use of mental health services.
GOVERNANCE
The Federation currently represents 56,423 physicians and is governed by a Delegate Assembly composed of representatives from each member organization. Currently, the representatives to the Delegate Assembly include the following:
VOTING MEMBERS – ORGANIZATIONS:
| Category | Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians | Texas Academy of Psychiatry | Texas Society of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry |
| Officer- President | Karen Dineen Wagner, MD, PhD | Michael Arambula, MD, PharmD | Debra Atkisson, MD |
| Officer- Pres-Elect | Brigitte Bailey, MD | Melissa Eshelman, MD | Laura Stone, MD |
| Officer- Sec/Treas | Lynda Parker, MD | Phillip Balfanz, MD | Andrew Diederich, MD |
| Past President | Timothy Wolff, MD | Daryl K. Knox, MD | Philip Balfanz, MD |
| Past President | Michael Arambula, MD | Debra Atkisson, MD | Susan Wynne, MD |
| Past President | Melissa Eshelman, MD | Lynda Parker, MD | Catherine Karni, MD |
| At-Large | Esteban Gonzalez, MD | Gary L. Etter, MD | Nakia Scott, MD |
| At-large | Matthew D. Jeffreys, MD | Conway McDanald, MD | Brigitte Bailey, MD |
| At-Large | Richard Noel, MD | Martha Leatherman, MD | Dawnelle Schatte, MD |
ASSOCIATE MEMBERS:
| Texas Foundation for Psychiatric Education and Research |
Texas Medical Association | Texas Osteopathic Medical Association |
| Richard Noel, MD | Michael Darrouzet | Brent Sanderlin, DO, FACOFP |
FEDERATION OFFICERS & EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 2022-2023
| Chairman | Daniel Pearson, MD |
| Vice Chairman for Education | Karen Dineen Wagner, MD, PhD |
| Vice Chairman for Public Policy | Joseph Penn, MD |
| Secretary-Treasurer | Lynda Parker, MD |
| Delegate | Leslie H. Secrest, MD |
| Delegate | Melissa Eshelman, MD |