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Nationwide Children’s Hospital is proud to support the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) Annual Meeting.

Our large team of clinicians attend the event each year to connect, learn and present on the innovative research, leading programs and world-class system of care that goes far beyond our hospital walls to reach children right where they are  –  at home, in school and out in the community. 

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Behavioral Health Points of Pride

    • Home to America’s largest pediatric mental and behavioral health research hospital on a pediatric campus, the Big Lots Behavioral Health Pavilion
    • The Institute for Mental and Behavioral Health Research houses the Center for Suicide Prevention and Research, which received a $14 million P50 grant from the National Institute for Mental Health
    • More than 286,235 behavioral health outpatient visits
    • More than 46,054 total unique behavioral health patients
    • More than 7,695 visits to the Psychiatric Crisis Department, a unique emergency department for children in crisis
    • More than 1,300 behavioral health staff members, including 170 psychologists and 37 psychiatrists
    • Outpatient services offered in 20 clinic locations, including Primary Care Centers and 53 schools
    • Participants actively enrolled or studied in nearly 275 IRB-approved trials, studies, registries or databases

    Behavioral Health Specific Education & Benefits

    • Dedicated education team for Behavioral Health staff
    • Free continuing education on cutting-edge topics
    • Emotional and mental well-being, resiliency and stress management programming
    • 24/7 trauma and second victim support
    Forbes Best Employers - Large
    Forbes Best Employers - Diversity
    Forbes Best Employers - Women
    Magnet Recognized
    US News Honor Roll Behavioral Health
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View Our Presentations and Event Schedule

Monday, October 20

  • 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. - Symposium 4: Mobile Sensing in Pediatric Mood and Anxiety Disorders

Tuesday, October 21

  • 2 to 4 p.m. – Clinical Perspectives 28: Breaking the Cycle: Transforming Hospital Care for Children With Neurodevelopmental Disabilities

Wednesday, October 22

  • 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. – Clinical Perspectives 34: Keep Calm and Carry On: Overcoming Challenges in Treatment-Resistant Pediatric Schizophrenia
  • 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. - Clinical Perspectives 34.2: Catatonia Blurring Pediatric Psychosis — Overlapping Features and Outpatient Challenges
    • Musa Yilanli, MD – Presenting Author
    • Gautam Rajendran, MD – Chair
    • Apurva Bhatt, MD – Discussant
    • David Jensen, DO - Discussant
    • Perihan Esra Guvenek-Cokol, MD – Discussant
  • 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. - Workshop 11: Leading Through Uncertainty: Paving the Way Through Collaborative Partnership
  • 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. – Clinical Perspectives 37: Behavioral Interventions and Medication Management for Stabilizing Youth in Acute Psychiatric Settings: Universal Milieu Interventions, Individualized Behavior Plans, Staff Training and Considerations of Scaling, and Sustainability in a Fast-Paced Medical Environment
  • 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. - Clinical Perspectives 37.2: Behavior Management for Stabilization of High-Acuity Behaviors in Acute Care Settings
  • 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. - Clinical Perspectives 37.3: Strategies for Scaling Behavioral Interventions in Acute Care, Staff Education, Feasibility, and Sustainability
  • 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. – Clinical Perspectives 37.4: Medication Management to Promote Behavioral Control in Acute Care
  • 1 to 3 p.m. – Indirect Care, Direct Impact: Benefits of School-Base Psychiatry Integration
  • 1 to 3 p.m. - Tracing the Trajectory: A Scoping Review of Longitudinal Studies on Pediatric Bipolar Disorder and Offspring of Bipolar Parents
  • 1 to 3 p.m. - Classification Accuracy of the Parent General Behavior Inventory 10-Item Mania Scale for K-SADS-Defined Bipolar Disorders in the ABCD Study at Multiple Waves
  • 1 to 3 p.m. - Assessment of Pediatric Bipolar Spectrum Disorder Symptoms: Differential Item Functioning Based on Sex
    • Phoebe Rodda, BS – Presenting Author
    • Moira Wendel, PhD – Author
  • 1 to 3 p.m. - Content Overlap Analysis of Common Mania Scales for Children and Adolescents
    • Yinuo Xu, BA – Presenting Author
    • Phoebe Rodda, BS – Author
    • Charles Sabgir – Author
    • Eric A. Youngstrom, PhD - Author
  • 2:30 to 5 p.m. – Inpatient, Residential, and Partial Hospitalization Committee
  • 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. – Member Services Forum 7: Critical Conversations on Catatonia: Advancing Clinical Understanding, Promoting Research, and Informing Advocacy Within a Collaborative Working Group
  • 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. - Clinical Perspectives 46: Bridging Faith, Ethics, and Science: Clinical and Spiritual Perspectives on Youth Suicide Across Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
  • 4 to 6 p.m. – Associations Between Substance Use Disorders of Different Types and 10-Year Suicide-Related Mortality Among US Adolescents and Young Adults
  • 4 to 6 p.m. - Finding the Right Scale: Analyzing Symptom Coverage in Psychosis Assessments
  • 4 to 6 p.m. - Mind and Body Balance: Mitigating Weight Gain Related to Antipsychotic Medications
    • Colton Olexa, BS – Presenting Author
    • Musa Yilanli, MD – Presenting Author
    • Kimberly N. Lowder, MD – Author
    • Ian McKay, PhD – Author
    • Eileen Chaves, MSc, PhD – Author
    • Emily Sullivan, RD – Author
    • Laura E. Ryzenman, LPC – Author
    • Katherine Binns, RN – Author
    • Amber Moore, LSSGB, MPH - Author
  • 4 to 6 p.m. - Evaluating ADHD Rating Scales: A Comprehensive Analysis of Clinical Utility for Evidence-Based Assessment
  • 4 to 6 p.m. – Neuromelanin-Sensitive MRI in Adolescents in Coordinated Specialty Care for New-Onset Psychosis

Thursday, October 23

  • 10 a.m. to Noon - Clinical Perspectives 53: AI Across the Care Continuum: Bridging Training and Healing in Child Psychiatry
  • 10 a.m. to Noon - Clinical Perspectives 53.1: Leveraging Large Language and Vision Language Models in Behavioral Health: Opportunities and Challenges
  • 10 a.m. to Noon - Clinical Perspectives 53.2: Generative AI in Psychotherapy: Expanding Access, Personalization, and Engagement
  • 10 a.m. to Noon - Clinical Perspectives 53.3: Revolutionizing Workforce Training in Child Psychiatry With Generative AI
  • 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. - Characterizing Childhood Resiliency Factors' Effect on Mental Health in Black Men
  • Noon to 2 p.m. - Symposium 32: Rapid Stabilization Pathway: A Short-Term, Values-Driven, Inpatient Intervention for Adolescents
  • 1 to 3 p.m. - Immediate and Long-Term Outcomes for a Partial Hospitalization Program
  • 1 to 3 p.m. - Parent Component of an Exposure-Based Group Treatment for Adolescents With Social Anxiety: Development and Initial Outcomes
  • 2 to 5 p.m. - Behavioral and Quality of Life Challenges in Pediatric Wilson Disease: Insights From a Multisite International Registry
  • 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. - Symposium 36: Systems Approach to Aggressive Behaviors in Children
  • 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. – Clinical Perspectives 62: Beyond the Scale: New-Generation Medications and Behavioral Innovations for Obesity and Mental Health
  • 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. – Clinical Perspectives 62.3: Mind Over Munchies: Behavioral Strategies for Weight Loss
  • 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. - Clinical Perspectives 62.4: Pill Fatigue and Needle Fear: Cracking the Code on Medication Adherence

Friday, October 24

  • 9 to 11 a.m. - Clinical Perspectives 73.4: Clinicians' Fears of Emerging Psychosis in OCD
  • 10:00 a.m. to Noon – Symposium 40.3: Development and Evolution of an Outpatient Crisis Clinic for Youth
    • Meredith R. Chapman, MD – Presenting Author
    • Katherine Sarkisian, PhD – Author
    • Meredith Adams, LISW-S – Author
    • Jennifer L. Hughes, MPH, PhD - Author
  • 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. - Content Overlap Analysis of Common Sleep Quality Screening Scales for Children and Adolescents
  • 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. - Harnessing Cumulative Risk Scores to Identify Optimal Treatment Settings for Suicidal Adolescents
  • 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. - Trauma Measures Are Not Interchangeable: Item Content Analysis of Scales Used to Screen or Assess Trauma and PTSD
  • 2 to 4 p.m. - Clinical Perspectives 81.3: Collaboration With Nonphysician Practitioners in a Partial Hospitalization Program
    • Joyce Chen, PhD - Presenting Author
  • 2 to 4 p.m. - Symposium 46.4: Caring Contacts: Enhancing Postdischarge Safety for Suicidal Youth

Saturday, October 25

  • 10 a.m. to Noon – A Brief Quality of Life Scale: Further Psychometric Data for the Nationwide Quality of Life Scale
  • 10 a.m. to Noon - Brief Mental Health Screeners for Youth in Primary Care: Exploratory Content Analysis
  • 10 a.m. to Noon - Preliminary Gender-Based Differential Item Functioning of the Behavior Assessment System for Children, Third Edition Parent Rating Scale-C
  • 10 a.m. to Noon - Predicting ODD: A Comparative Study of Machine Learning and Evidence-Based Decision Methods

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