For Immediate Release

Washington, DC, November 13, 2020 –The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) is proud to announce John V. Campo, MD, Leonard and Helen R. Stulman Professor and Director in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine as the recipient of AACAP’s 2020 Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation Award for Research in Depression or Suicide.

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 the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 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. Campo presented “Association Between the Release of Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why and Suicide Rates in the United States: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis” during his Honors Presentation at AACAP’s Virtual Annual Meeting.

For more information on this award, please contact Reilly Polka, Communications Manager.

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The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry promotes the healthy development of children, adolescents, and families through advocacy, education, and research. Child and adolescent psychiatrists are the leading physician authority on children’s mental health. For more information, please visit www.aacap.org