David Axelson, M.D., Receives AACAP Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation Award for Research in Depression or Suicide

For Immediate Release

Contact: Rob Grant, Communications Director
202.966.7300, Ext. 119
rgrant@aacap.org

Caitlyn Camacho, Communications & Marketing Coordinator
202.966.7300, Ext. 154
ccamacho@aacap.org

Washington, D.C., September 19, 2012 - The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) is proud to announce David Axelson, M.D., as the recipient of the Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation Award for Research in Depression or Suicide for his paper, "Course of Subthreshold Bipolar Disorder in Youth: Diagnostic Progression From Bipolar Disorder Not Otherwise Specified," published in the October 2011 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP).

AACAP's Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation Award for Research in Depression or Suicide is supported by the Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation. The award is given annually for the most significant paper by a child and adolescent psychiatrist and AACAP member published in JAACAP during the past year. The foundation also awards grants to major medical institutions for post-doctoral fellowships in child and adolescent ADHD and child and adolescent depression, and funds medical student programs in child and adolescent psychiatry at select medical institutions.

Dr. Axelson presents his paper at AACAP's Annual Meeting on October 25, 2012, in San Francisco.

For more information on this award, please contact Caitlyn Camacho, Communications Coordinator, at 202.966.7300, ext. 154 or ccamacho@aacap.org.

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