The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP), convenes its 53rd Annual Meeting in San Diego, California on October 24-29, 2006, with special participation of the Asociación Mexicana de Psiquitría Infantil, A.C. (AMPI). Experts will present on topics that include addiction, bipolar disorder, attentional disorders, autism, bullying, and prevention.
Contact:
Denise Espie, Director, Development and Communications, ext. 120, despie@aacap.org
Erin Baker, Communication Manager, ext. 119, ebaker@aacap.org
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry's 2006 Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA
October 24-29, 2006
Washington, D.C.—The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP), convenes its 53rd Annual Meeting in San Diego, California on October 24-29, 2006, with special participation of the Asociación Mexicana de Psiquitría Infantil, A.C. (AMPI). Experts will present on topics that include addiction, bipolar disorder, attentional disorders, autism, bullying, and prevention.
The AACAP Annual Meeting, which will assemble at the San Diego Marriott Hotel and Marina this year is the world's largest gathering of child and adolescent psychiatrists. Eight institutes, 47 symposia, 29 workshops, and more than 300 new research posters will represent the latest in the art and science of child and adolescent psychiatry. Journalists will have access to the world's foremost researchers and clinicians and their latest work on topics including:
- Adolescent Substance Use Disorders: Evidence- Based Management
- The Psychiatric Assessment of Preschoolers
- New Advances in Treating Traumatized Children
- Protective and Risk Factors in Pediatric Bipolar Disorder
- The Neurobiology of ADHD, Learning Disorders, and Executive Function Problems
- The Application of Human Genetics to Child Psychiatric Disorders
- Systems of Care: The Road Ahead for Policy and Practice.
Journalists are encouraged to pre-register for the AACAP Annual Meeting by contacting Erin H. Baker: ebaker@aacap.org, 202.966.7300, ext. 119. Registration is free for credentialed journalists.
The AACAP Annual Meeting Press Room will be located in the Chicago Room of the San Diego Marriott Hotel and Marina. Press Room hours are Tuesday, October 24-Friday, October 27, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Saturday, October 28, 8:00 a.m. to noon. The meeting is open to members of the media and credentialed public relations staff of nonprofit, allied mental health organizations.
Representing over 7,500 child and adolescent psychiatrists nationwide, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) is the leading authority on children’s mental health. AACAP members actively research, diagnose, and treat psychiatric disorders affecting children, adolescents, and their families.
The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) is the leading authority on children’s mental health. AACAP members actively research, diagnose, and treat psychiatric disorders affecting children, adolescents, and their families.
Our Facts for Families, available free of charge on the AACAP website, provide concise and up-to-date information on a wide array of issues relating to children’s mental health. Written in a simple, straightforward manner, these 88 one-page fact sheets are valuable to anyone raising or working with children. In addition, the AACAP routinely refers the media to expert spokespeople on child and adolescent issues, and sponsors The Campaign for America’s Kids – an initiative designed to fund an Advocacy Institute for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, with the goal of mental health for all children.
AACAP Mission: The Mission of the AACAP is the promotion of mentally healthy children, adolescents and families through research, training, advocacy, prevention, comprehensive diagnosis and treatment, peer support and collaboration.
