Washington, DC, October 16, 2018 – The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry’s (AACAP) 65th Annual Meeting takes place October 22-27, 2018, in Seattle, WA.
AACAP’s Annual Meeting is the largest gathering of child and adolescent psychiatrists in the world, offering a comprehensive schedule of events which combines cutting edge science with children’s mental health issues.
With important ongoing changes in the field regarding depression screening, excessive use of electronics, gun violence, school shootings, new challenges with children of illegal immigrants, and updated research in complementary medicine and psychopharmacology, those covering mental healthcare won’t want to miss this year’s Annual Meeting. Join fellow attendees in accessing the following:
- Working with Complex Families and Gender Dysphoria: Preventing Depression and Navigating Gender Transition
- The Multiple Faces of Deportation: Understanding the Challenges and Becoming Part of the Solution for Asylum Seekers, Mixed Status Families, and DREAMers
- Catastrophic Events in 2017: A Comparative Approach to Unique Challenges and Recovery from Disasters in the United States
- School Mental Health Services as a Safety Net for Children in Vulnerable Communities in 2018
- Violent Video Exposure and Its Impact on Youth of Color
- Online and in Treatment: Logging on to the Positive Use of Technology in Psychiatric Practice
- Treatment and Mechanisms of Child and Adolescent Depression
- Opioids from the Receptor to the Clinic
To register, complete and return AACAP’s Media/Press Guidelines to communications@aacap.org. You can also register onsite.
For additional information regarding AACAP’s 65th Annual Meeting, please contact Samantha Phillips at sphillips@aacap.org.





