Check out AACAP’s expanded Depression Resource Center, that includes the newly revised Depression: Parents’ Medication Guide. 

Plus, with your member access to Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, you can read the issue on Depression in Special Populations.  Please Sign In above for member access and read the articles here.

The release of these important resources coincides with the current Presidential Initiative on Depression Awareness and Screening in Children and Adolescents of Karen Dineen Wagner, MD, PhD.

New Policy Statements

Check out AACAP's latest Policy Statements on Mental Health Screening in Primary Care, Suicide Prevention, Depression Screening , Prior Authorization for Psychopharmacology and the Use of Medical Marijuana in Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder for Core Autism Symptoms or Co-Occurring Emotional or Behavioral Problems.

New Facts For Families

Check out AACAP's latest Facts For Families on HIPAA and Medical Policy!

The Resource Group on Youth at the Border continues their efforts in collecting and compiling resources from AACAP, and other allied groups, aimed at helping the membership care for this vulnerable population.

Learn more about what AACAP has to offer at all career stages! We particularly recommend that training directors download the PowerPoint and make use of this resource as an introductory guide to AACAP for their trainees.