2009 Press Releases

AACAP Honors Nancy Harris with the 2009 Catchers in the Rye Humanitarian of the Year Award
The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) is pleased to announce Nancy Harris as this year’s recipient of the Catchers in the Rye Humanitarian of the Year Award.
October 23, 2009

AACAP Honors The New England Council of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry with the Catchers in the Rye Award to a Regional Organization
The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) is pleased to announce The New England Council of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (NECCAP), as the recipient of the 2009 Catchers in the Rye Award to a Regional Organization.
October 23, 2009

The Program Committee Receives AACAP Catchers in the Rye Award to an AACAP Component
The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) is pleased to announce the Program Committee, as the recipient of the Catchers in the Rye Award to an AACAP Component.
October 23, 2009

Joan M. Daughton, M.D., Receives AACAP Pilot Research Award for Attention Disorders Supported by the Elaine Schlosser Lewis Fund
The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) is pleased to announce Joan M. Daughton, M.D., as the recipient of AACAP’s Pilot Research Award for Attention Disorders Supported by the Elaine Schlosser Lewis Fund.
October 23, 2009

Gholson J. Lyon, M.D., Ph.D., Receives AACAP Pilot Research Award for Attention Disorders Supported by the Elaine Schlosser Lewis Fund
The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) is pleased to announce Gholson J. Lyon, M.D., Ph.D., as the recipient of AACAP’s Pilot Research Award for Attention Disorders Supported by the Elaine Schlosser Lewis Fund.
October 23, 2009

Peter Szatmari, M.D., Receives AACAP’s George Tarjan Award for Contributions in Developmental Disabilities
The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) is pleased to announce Peter Szatmari, M.D., Head of Psychiatry at McMaster University, as the recipient of AACAP’s George Tarjan Award for Contributions in Developmental Disabilities.
October 23, 2009

Daniel Wall, Receives AACAP Robert Cancro Academic Leadership Award
The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) is pleased to announce Daniel Wall, President and CEO of the Emma Pendleton Bradley Children’s Psychiatric Hospital, as the recipient of AACAP’s 2009 Robert Cancro Academic Leadership Award.
October 23, 2009

Mani Pavuluri, M.D., Ph.D., Receives AACAP’s Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation Award for Research in Depression or Suicide
The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) is pleased to announce Mani Pavuluri, M.D., Ph.D., as the recipient of the Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation Award for Research in Depression or Suicide.
October 23, 2009

Marianne Wamboldt, M.D., Receives AACAP’s Simon Wile Leadership in Consultation Award
The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) is pleased to announce Marianne Wamboldt, M.D., Director of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Colorado Denver and Chair of Psychiatry at the Denver Children’s Hospital, as the recipient of the 2009 Simon Wile Leadership in Consultation Award.
October 22, 2009

Liwei Hua, M.D. Receives AACAP 2009 Beatrix A. Hamburg Award for the Best New Research Poster By a Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Resident 
The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) is pleased to announce Liwei Hua, M.D., as the recipient of AACAP's 2009 Beatrix A. Hamburg Award for the Best New Research Poster by a Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Resident.
October 22, 2009

David R. DeMaso, M.D., Receives the AACAP's Catchers in the Rye Advocacy Award for an Individual
The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) is pleases to announce David R. DeMaso, M.D., as the recipient of AACAP’s 2009 Catchers in the Rye Advocacy Award for an Individual.
October 22, 2009

W. Peter Metz, M.D. and the Communities of Care Program at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Receives AACAP 2009 Norbert and Charlotte Rieger Service Program Award for Excellence
The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) is pleased to announce W. Peter Metz, M.D., and the Communities of Care Program at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, as the recipient of AACAP's 2009 Norbert and Charlotte Rieger Service Program Award for Excellence.
October 22, 2009

James J. McGough, M.D., Receives AACAP’s Elaine Schlosser Lewis Award for Research on Attention-Deficit Disorder
The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) is pleased to announce James J. McGough, M.D., as the recipient of the 2009 Elaine Schlosser Lewis Award for Research on Attention-Deficit Disorder.
October 22, 2009

Yuhuan Xie, M.D., Receives AACAP Pilot Research Award for Attention Disorders Supported by the Elaine Schlosser Lewis Fund
The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) is pleased to announce Yuhuan Xie, M.D., as the recipient of AACAP’s Pilot Research Award for Attention Disorders Supported by the Elaine Schlosser Lewis Fund.
October 22, 2009

Sheryl Kataoka, M.D.,M.S., Receives AACAP Sidney Berman Award for School-Based Study and Intervention for Learning Disorders and Mental Health
The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP), is pleased to announce Sheryl Kataoka, M.D., M.S., as the recipient of AACAP’s Sidney Berman Award for School-Based Study and Intervention for Learning Disorders and Mental Health.
October 22, 2009

Lenore C. Terr, M.D., Receives AACAP Norbert and Charlotte Rieger Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Award
The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) is pleased to announce Lenore C. Terr, M.D., as the recipient of AACAP’s 2009 Norbert and Charlotte Rieger Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Award for her talk on psychotherapy with children who have been traumatized.
October 22, 2009

Penelope Knapp, M.D., Receives AACAP Irving Philips Award for Prevention
The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) is pleased to announce Penelope Knapp, M.D., as the recipient of AACAP’s Irving Philips Award for Prevention.
October 22, 2009

Hannah Stevens, M.D., Ph.D., Receives AACAP Robinson Cunningham Award for the Best Paper by a Resident
The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) is pleased to announce Hannah Stevens, M.D., Ph.D., as the recipient of the Robinson Cunningham Award for the Best Paper by a Resident.
October 22, 2009

Deborah Deas, M.D., Receives AACAP Jeanne Spurlock Lecture and Award for Diversity and Culture
The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) is pleased to announce Deborah Deas, M.D., as the recipient of the 2009 Jeanne Spurlock Lecture and Award for Diversity and Culture.
October 22, 2009

John T. Walkup, M.D., Receives AACAP Norbert and Charlotte Rieger Award for Scientific Achievement 
Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) is pleased to announce that John T. Walkup, M.D., is the recipient of the 2009 AACAP Norbert and Charlotte Rieger Award for Scientific Achievement for his paper “Randomized Controlled Trial of a Paraprofessional-Delivered In-Home Intervention for Young Reservation-Based American Indian Mothers.”
October 16, 2009

AACAP Chosen as a Mental Health Charity to Receive Grants
The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry is proud to be selected by the Mental Health, Addition and Retardation Organization of America (MHAROA) as one of 31 national charities admitted into the Combined Federal Campaign's (CFC) 2009 workplace giving campaign.
September 24, 2009

AACAP Applauds AMA's Support for Universal Vaccinations
The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) applauds the American Medical Association (AMA) for reaffirming its policy in support for universal vaccination.
June 17, 2009

Representative George Miller Honored by American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry With Friends of Children’s Mental Health Award
The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry is proud to honor Congressman George Miller, chairman of the Committee on Education and Labor, for championing the rights of children and adolescents placed in residential treatment centers and foster care settings, nationwide.
April 28, 2009

Former Senator Gordon Smith and Mrs. Sharon Smith Honored by the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry is proud to honor former Senator Gordon H. Smith and his wife, Mrs. Sharon Smith with its Friends of Children’s Mental Health Award in recognition of their public leadership after the loss of their son, Garrett Smith, to suicide in September 2003.
April 28, 2009

AACAP Lauds Senators Leahy, Specter and Kohl for Supporting Access to Mental Health Treatment for Children and Adolescents in Juvenile Justice System
The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) commends Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Ranking Member Arlen Specter (R-PA), and Senator Herb Kohl (D-WI) for reintroducing the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act (JJDPA).
April 8, 2009

Congress Introduces Legislation to Address Access to Children and Adolescents’ Mental Health Services
The shortage of child and adolescent psychiatrists in the United States has reached the crisis level with 7418 practicing in a country with 73,675,600 children and adolescents. 
April 2, 2009

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Urges Parents Not to Discontinue ADHD Treatment Abruptly
In a statement on the homepage of its Web site, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry urges families not to stop treatment for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) without physician consultation. This statement on the AACAP’s home page addresses the Multimodal Treatment Study of Children with ADHD, published on the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry’s Web site on March 26, 2009.
March 31, 2009

AACAP and AAP Advocate Removal of Financial Barriers to Children’s Mental Health Services
The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) are proud to introduce the position paper, “Improving Mental Health Services in Primary Care: Reducing Administrative and Financial Barriers to Access and Collaboration.”
March 31, 2009

Resource on Oppositional Defiant Disorder Created for Families by the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) is proud to introduce, Oppositional Defiant Disorder: A Guide for Families, a resource that may be downloaded for free on the eAACAP Resource section of the AACAP Web site. Oppositional Defiant Disorder: A Guide for Families is part of the AACAP’s eAACAP Resource Center on oppositional defiant disorder.
March 24, 2009

AACAP 2009 34th Annual Review Course:
The AACAP's 2009 34th Annual Review Course in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Training Session for the Oral Exams , chaired by Jean A. Frazier, M.D., Timothy E. Wilens, M.D., and Sharon R. Weinstein, M.D., will take place April 29-May 2, 2009 at the Radisson Hotel Boston in Boston, MA.
February 19, 2009

AACAP 2009 Life Long Learning Institute Clinical Practice Update and Maintenance of Certification Module 5:
The AACAP's 2009 Life Long Learning Institute Clinical Practice Update and Maintenance of Certification Module 5: Mood Disorders, OCD, Suicide, Tourette's Disorder and Updates on Relevant Topics for Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists , chaired by Sandra B. Sexson, M.D. and Andrew T. Russell, M.D., will take place March 27-28 at the Westin Gaslamp Quarter in San Diego, California.
February 19, 2009

AACAP 2009 January Psychopharmacology Update Institute: Evidence-Based Treatments in Child Psychiatry
The AACAP's 2009 Psychopharmacology Update Institute, Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology: Evidence-Based Treatments and Beyond, chaired by Gabrielle Carlson, M.D., will take place January 23-24 at the Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers in New York, New York. The goal of the 2009 Psychopharmacology Update Institute is to update the latest evidence-based treatments for major child psychiatric disorders and discuss current thinking about effectiveness and possibilities for treatment when there is no evidence base.
January 15, 2009