Media Inquiries

2025

• Joint Statement on Federal Concerns About Psychotropic Medication Safety (March 21, 2025)
• AACAP/APA Joint Letter to HHS Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. (February 19, 2025)
• AACAP Leadership: Standing With You in Uncertain Times (February 14, 2025)
• AACAP’s Commitment to You Amidst Executive Order Changes (January 30, 2025)
• AACAP Statement on Working with New Leadership within HHS (January 23, 2025)
• A Call to Action and Reflection (January 17, 2025)

2024

• AACAP Selects Dr. Priya Punnoose as Congressional Fellow (October 3, 2024)
• AACAP Urges Administration to Safeguard Youth Access to Mental Health Care via Telemedicine (September 11, 2024)
• AACAP Applauds New Federal Regulations to Strengthen Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity (September 10, 2024)
• Honoring Juneteenth: AACAP’s Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (June 18, 2024)
• AACAP Stands Unequivocally Against Any Measures to Eliminate Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) from Medical Education (May 1, 2024)
• Severe Shortage of CAPs Illustrated in AACAP Workforce Maps (April 10, 2024)
• Toward A National Standard For Service Intensity Assessment And Planning For Mental Health Care (February 4, 2024)
• Honoring Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. – AACAP’s Dedication to Inclusivity and Mental Health (January 15, 2024)

2023

• Toward A National Standard For Service Intensity Assessment And Planning For Mental Health Care (December 13, 2023)
• AACAP Welcomes Tami Benton, MD as New Incoming President for 2023-2025 (November 8, 2023)
• AACAP Announces Groundbreaking Partnership with AACP for Development of Electronic CALOCUS-CASII Service Intensity Instrument (October 26, 2023)
• Children’s Mental Health is Paramount Amid Israel-Gaza Violence (October 13, 2023)
• AACAP Responds to the Recent Attacks and Acts of Terror in Israel (October 11, 2023)
• AACAP Honors Indigenous Peoples’ Day  (October 9, 2023)
• AACAP Statement on the Recent Racially Motivated Shooting in Jacksonville, Florida (August 28, 2023)
• Supreme Court Ruling Threatens Diversity in Future Workforce of Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists (June 30, 2023)
• AACAP Commends Administration's Efforts to Address the Harmful Effects of Social Media on Children and Adolescents (May 23, 2023)
• AACAP Calls for Immediate Action Following the Tragic Death of Child in CBP Custody (May 18, 2023)
• DEA, SAMHSA Extend COVID-19 Telemedicine Flexibilities for Prescribing Controlled Medications for Six Months While Considering Comments from the Public (May 9, 2023)
• Protecting Reproductive Health: AACAP's Statement on the Recent Ruling Banning Abortion Pills in TX (April 12, 2023)
• AACAP Celebrates AACAP Celebrates National Month of the Military Child (April 3, 2023)
• Standing in Solidarity: AACAP Condemns School Shooting in Nashville and Demands Stronger Gun Control Measures for America's Children (March 27, 2023)
• AACAP Statement - DEA Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Telemedicine Prescribing (February 27, 2023)
• AACAP Expresses Profound Sadness for everyone impacted by earthquakes in Turkey and Syria (February 13, 2023)
• AACAP Statement in Support of President Biden’s Commitment to Youth Mental Health (February 9, 2023)
• AACAP Stands in Solidarity with the Family of Mr. Tyre Nichols (February 3, 2023)
• AACAP Statement on the Consolidated Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2023 and Mental Health Reform (January 3, 2023)

2022

• Amanda Downey, MD, Receives AACAP’s Pilot Research Award for Junior Faculty and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellows, supported by AACAP (October 23, 2022)
• Stephanie Gillson, MD, Receives AACAP’s Pilot Research Award for Junior Faculty and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellows, supported by AACAP (October 23, 2022)
• Madeline Jansen MD, MPH, Receives AACAP’s Pilot Research Award for Junior Faculty and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellows, supported by AACAP (October 23, 2022)
• Justin B. Steinfeld, MD, PhD, Receives AACAP’s Pilot Research Award for Junior Faculty and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellows, supported by AACAP (October 23, 2022)
• Halide Bilge Turkozer, MD, Receives AACAP’s Pilot Research Award for Junior Faculty and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellows, supported by AACAP (October 23, 2022)
• Gabrielle E. Hodgins, MD, Receives AACAP’s Pilot Research Award for Learning Disabilities, supported by AACAP’s Elaine Schlosser Lewis Fund (October 23, 2022)
• Joseph Aloi, MD, PhD, Receives AACAP’s Pilot Research Award for General Psychiatry Residents, supported by Industry Supporters (October 23, 2022)
• Sara Vanbronkhorst, MD Receives AACAP’s Junior Investigator Award, supported by AACAP and Industry Supporters (October 23, 2022)
• Tashalee R. Brown, MD, PhD, Receives AACAP’s Pilot Research Award for Learning Disabilities, supported by AACAP’s Elaine Schlosser Lewis Fund (October 23, 2022)
• AACAP Applauds Congress for Passing Gun Safely Legislation (June 23, 2022)
• Statement on Gun Violence Crisis from 60 National Organizations (June 6, 2022)
• How to Talk to Children About Mass Shootings (June 6, 2022)
• Severe Shortage of Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists Illustrated in AACAP Workforce Maps (May 4, 2022)
• Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay or Trans” Law Stigmatizes LGBTQ+ Youth and Families (March 18, 2022)
• AACAP Calls on Administration: Declare Children’s Mental Health Crisis a Public Health Emergency (March 1, 2022)
• AACAP Statement Opposing Actions in Texas Threatening the Health, Mental Health and Well-Being of Transgender and Gender Diverse Youth and Their Families (March 1, 2022)
• How to Talk to Children About What’s Happening in Ukraine (February 24, 2022)
• AACAP Honors Tashalee R. Brown, MD, PhD, with AACAP Council DEI Fellowship (February 22, 2022)
• AACAP Honors Amalia Londoño Tobón MD with JAACAP DEI Fellowship (February 17, 2022)
• Frances Haugen, AAP and AACAP Convene Roundtable on Adolescent Mental Health and Social Media (February 7, 2022)
• AACAP Awards Millions In Federal Funding For Child Substance Use And Addiction Research To Eight Scholars (January 4, 2022)

2021

• Sara VanBronkhorst, MD, MPH, Receives AACAP’s Pilot Research Award for Early Career Faculty and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellows, supported by AACAP (October 25, 2021)
• Ritvij Satodiya, MD, Receives AACAP’s Pilot Research Award for Attention Disorders and/or Learning Disabilities, supported by AACAP’s Elaine Schlosser Lewis Fund (October 25, 2021)
• Pooja R. Sarkar, DO, Receives NIDA-AACAP Resident Training Award in Substance Use Disorders, Supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (October 25, 2021)
• Jelena Goldoni MacLeod, MD, MHS, Receives AACAP’s Pilot Research Award for Early Career Faculty and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellows, supported by AACAP (October 25, 2021)
• German Velez, MD, Receives AACAP’s Pilot Research Award for General Psychiatry Residents, supported by Industry Sponsors (October 25, 2021)
• Ankit Chalia, MD, Receives AACAP’s Pilot Research Award for Early Career Faculty and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellows, supported by AACAP (October 25, 2021)
• Amandeep Jutla, MD, Receives AACAP’s Pilot Research Award for Early Career Faculty and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellows, supported by AACAP (October 25, 2021)
• Alissa Hemke, MD, Receives AACAP’s Pilot Research Award for Early Career Faculty and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellows, supported by AACAP (October 25, 2021)
• Aditya Sareen, MD, Receives NIDA-AACAP Resident Training Award in Substance Use Disorders, Supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (October 25, 2021)
• Pediatricians, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists and Children’s Hospitals Declare National Emergency in Children's Mental Health (October 19, 2021)
• AACAP, Along with Seventeen Organizations, Express Support for the Collaborate in an Orderly and Cohesive Manner (COCM) Act Which Would Bolster Innovative Model of Provision of Mental Health Care (September 13, 2021)
• Major Health Care Professional Organizations Call for COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates for All Health Workers (July 26, 2021)
• President's Statement Recognizing Juneteenth (June 17, 2021)
• AACAP Releases 2021 Election Results (June 14, 2021)
• AACAP Marilyn B. Benoit, MD, Child Maltreatment Mentorship Award Presented to Joshua Russell, MD (June 7, 2021)
• AACAP Stands in Solidarity with the Family of Mr. George Floyd (April 21, 2021)
• AACAP Stands Against Gun Violence, Offers Resources (March 23, 2021)
• AACAP Stands Together with Our Asian American Community (March 18, 2021)
• AACAP Applauds U.S. House of Representatives on Passing the Equality Act (March 3, 2021)
• Unprecedented Mental Health Leadership Collaboration Expands to Welcome 35 New Organizations as Key Signatories on its Unified Vision to Improve Mental Health and Substance Use Care in America (February 26, 2021)
• President's Statement on Wednesday’s Violent Protests in Washington, DC (January 8, 2021)

2020

• AACAP & AACP Partner to Unify CALOCUS and CASII Assessment Instruments (December 15, 2020)
• James F. Leckman, MD, PhD, Receives AACAP’s 2020 Norbert and Charlotte Rieger Award for Scientific Achievement (November 13, 2020)
• Jennifer Dwyer, MD, PhD, Receives AACAP Junior Investigator Award, Supported by AACAP and Industry Supporters (November 13, 2020)
• Dr. Cindy Chou Receives AACAP Pilot Research Award for Junior Faculty and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellows, Supported by AACAP (November 13, 2020)
• Jacqueline Clauss, MD, Receives AACAP Pilot Research Award for Junior Faculty and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellows, Supported by AACAP (November 13, 2020)
• Alison Duncan, MD, Receives AACAP’s Pilot Research Award for Attention Disorders, supported by AACAP’s Elaine Schlosser Lewis Fund (November 13, 2020)
• Alexandra Bey, MD, PhD, Receives AACAP Pilot Research Award for General Psychiatry Residents, Supported by Pharmaceutical Industry Supporters (November 13, 2020)
• Emily A. Troyer, MD, Receives AACAP Pilot Research Award for Junior Faculty and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellows, Supported by AACAP (November 13, 2020)
• Gaby Ritfeld, MD, PhD, Receives AACAP Pilot Research Award for Junior Faculty and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellows, Supported by AACAP (November 13, 2020)
• Kunmi Sobowale, MD, Receives AACAP Pilot Research Award for Junior Faculty and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellows, Supported by AACAP (November 13, 2020)
• Rana Elmaghraby, MD, Receives AACAP’s Pilot Research Award for Attention Disorders, supported by AACAP’s Elaine Schlosser Lewis Fund (November 13, 2020)
• John V. Campo, MD, Receives AACAP Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation Award for Research in Depression or Suicide (November 13, 2020)
• APA and AACAP Deeply Concerned Over Reports that Parents of Children Separated from Families at U.S. Border Cannot be Found (October 22, 2020)
• H.R. 1109 Passes House - Mental Health Services for Students Act (September 29, 2020)
• AACAP Statement on President’s Executive Order - “Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping (September 15, 2020)
• AACAP Responds to Police Shooting of Mr. Jacob Blake, Kenosha, Wisconsin (August 26, 2020)
• AACAP Reaffirms Commitment to Advance Diversity, Inclusion, and Health Equity (August 11, 2020)
• AACAP and APA Detail Steps Necessary for Safely Reopening Schools This Fall  (July 15, 2020)
• AACAP Announces the Leatherman-Ritvo Endowment Fund for the Advancement of Psychodynamic Understanding and Psychodynamically Informed Child Therapies (June 26, 2020)
• President's Statement Recognizing Juneteenth (June 19, 2020)
• AACAP Condemns Racism and Calls for End to Police Violence (June 2, 2020)
• AACAP Releases Letter Responding to ORR, ICE, for use of Confidential Therapy Notes in Cases Against Immigrant Minors (February 21, 2020)
• AACAP Natural Disaster Resources (January 2020)
  Natural disasters can have devastating effects on the mental health of the communities they uproot. AACAP offers resources for talking to children about disasters, as well as resources for clinicians, volunteers, and organizations.

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