2022 AACAP Annual Meeting

The Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry had a successful American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) Annual Meeting in Toronto this past week. Several of the faculty and fellows presented or taught workshops.

Second year fellow, Dr. Young Jo received the NIDA-AACAP Award and first year fellow, Dr. Andrew Silverman received the AACAP Education Outreach Award.

See a full list of presentations and photos from the meeting below.

Workshop 10: Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT): The Evidence Base and Applications to New Populations. Melanie M. Nelson, PhD, Psychiatry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL and Regina Bussing, MD, Psychiatry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Workshop 7: Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) for ASD and PCIT-T for Toddlers: Know-How of Important Therapy Adaptations for Pressing Mental Health Issues. Magdalena Romanowicz, MD, Cheryl McNeil, PhD and Emma Girard, PsyD

Symposium 29: The COVID-19 Pandemic: Impacts on Child Mental Health, Service Use, and Delivery. Daphne J. Korczak, FRCPC, MD, MSC, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), Toronto, ON, Canada and Regina Bussing, MD, Psychiatry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

New Research Poster 2.126: Developing a Model Curriculum to Improve De-Escalation Skills of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Physicians in Training. Sydney Cabana, BS1, Mariam Rahmani, MD2 and Valentine Anyiam, MD2, (1)College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, (2)University of Florida Health, Gainesville, FL

New Research Poster 1.101: Familiarity With Substances of Abuse and Adolescent Substance Use. Devika Bhatia, MD1, Ben Lewis, PhD2, Hugh Farrior Jr. 2 and Sara Jo Nixon, PhD2, (1)Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, (2)University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Workshop 25: A Workshop on Inclusive Leadership
Isheeta Zalpuri, MD, Stanford University, Redwood City, CA, Lisa Hutchison, MD, Psychiatry, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, Afifa Adiba, MD, Sheppard Pratt, Baltimore, MD, Alicia Barnes, DO, St. Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, Mirjana Domakonda, MD, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Hartford HealthCare Institute of Living, Hartford, CT, Petronella T. Mbu, MD, Psychiatry, Private Practice, Dublin, OH, Lisa M. Cullins, MD, National Institute of Mental Health, Silver Spring, MD, Paramjit Toor Joshi, MD, University of California Irvine, Laguna Beach, CA, Andres J. Pumariega, MD, Psychiatry, University of Florida Health, Gainesville, FL and Eraka Bath, MD, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

New Research Poster 2.87: Implementing Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) for Substance Use Disorders in School Setting
Young Jo, MD, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Reading Between the Lines: The AACAP Book Club Presents The Little Prince
Pamela E. Hoffman, MD, Yale Child Study Center, Yale New Haven Health/Yale School of Medicine, Delray Beach, FL, Arya Soman, DFAACAP, MD, Psychiatry – Education, Zucker Hillside Hospital, Glen Oaks, NY, Destiny Pegram, MD, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Boston, MA, Fareesh Hobbs Kanga, MD, Psychiatry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, Stephen Mateka, MD, Rowan University, Merchantville, NJ, Brian P. Kurtz, MD, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH and Michael Adam Shapiro, MD, Psychiatry, University of Florida Health, Gainesville, FL

Clinical Perspectives 53.3: Barriers to Screening and Social Determinants of Health Considerations in Special Populations
Stephanie A. Garayalde, MD, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

New Research Poster 2.121: A Needs Assessment of Cyberbullying Curricula in Psychiatry Residency Training
Caroline McCool, MD, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, Soe Thein, MD, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, Stephanie A. Garayalde, MD, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, Mandar Jadhav, MD, United States Senate, Washington, DC, Rana Elmaghraby, MD, University of Washington and Sea Mar Community Health Centers, Vancouver, WA, Adrian Jacques Ambrose, MD, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, Gabrielle L. Shapiro, MD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, Anish Ranjan Dube, MD, MPH, Psychiatry, Charles R. Drew University, Los Angeles, CA and Caitlin Costello, MD, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

Clinical Perspectives 82.2: I Sent the Recommended Fragile X Test and Chromosomal Microarray: Now What?
Takahiro Soda, MD, PhD, Psychiatry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Clinical Perspectives 76: Humor in the Psychiatric Treatment of Children and Adolescents
Mariam Rahmani, MD, University of Florida Health, Gainesville, FL, Janie Cao, MD, MPH, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, Mali A. Mann, MD, Stanford University, Los Altos, CA and Martin J. Drell, MD, Psychiatry, Louisiana State University Health New Orleans, New Orleans, LA

Clinical Case Conference 8: Sharing and Caring: Balancing Privacy and Transparency in the Electronic Health Record for Special Populations
Pamela E. Hoffman, MD, Yale Child Study Center, Yale New Haven Health/Yale School of Medicine, Delray Beach, FL, Jess Levy, MD, A+ Psychiatry, LLC, Cleveland, OH, Jordan Greenbaum, MD, Child protection, International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children, Alexandria, VA, Scott Leibowitz, MD, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH, Karen Pierce, MD, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, Alyssa Shaffner, MD, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas, Arlington, TX, Megan Single, MD, Psychiatry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL and Jessica Thai, MD, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

New Research Poster 1.6: Gender Differences in Clinician-Rated Prototype Ratings of Psychopathology
Andrew L. Silverman, MD1, Cassandra M. Nicotra, DO2, Robert Wilson, MD2 and Gregory Haggerty, PhD3, (1)University of Florida, Gainsville, FL, (2)Psychiatry, Mather Hospital Northwell Health, Port Jefferson, NY, (3)Graduate Medical Education, Mather Hospital Northwell Health, Port Jefferson, NY

New Research Poster 1.7: Does Treatment Alliance or Readiness for Psychotherapy Better Predict Treatment Outcome?
Robert Wilson, MD1, Cassandra M. Nicotra, DO1, Andrew L. Silverman, MD1 and Gregory Haggerty, PhD2, (1)Psychiatry, Mather Hospital Northwell Health, Port Jefferson, NY, (2)Graduate Medical Education, Mather Hospital Northwell Health, Port Jefferson, NY