ADHD at AACAP Annual Meeting 2026

135 sessions on adhd · October 26–31, 2026, Atlanta, GA. Compare adhd at other meetings →

Monday, October 26

Tuesday, October 27

Wednesday, October 28

Posters (6)

  • Real-Time, Smartphone-Based Monitoring of Impulsivity and Affect States in Adolescents With ADHD and Nonsuicidal Self-Injury (SmartMIND): A Pilot Study — Lalita Thitiseranee et al.
  • Sequential Pharmacotherapy for ADHD and Comorbid DMDD: Open-Label Lisdexamfetamine Followed by Randomized Adjunctive Fluoxetine vs Placebo — Margaret Y. Yau et al.
  • Cumulative Incidence of ADHD and Antidepressant Medication Use: A Finnish Population-Based Birth-Cohort Study (1997–2007) — Miika Vuori et al.
  • ADHD Symptom Clusters and Eating Disorder Phenotype — Nikhil P. Rao et al.
  • Medication Experience and Adherence to Methylphenidate in Children With Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: A Qualitative Study — Michel Spodenkiewicz
  • ADHD Pharmacotherapy in the Context of Depression: Real-World Treatment Patterns and Clinical Outcomes Among Youth and Young Adults — Raman Baweja et al.

Thursday, October 29

Posters (8)

  • Attention! Attention! Is Attention More of a Problem in Autism Than ADHD? — Barry R. Bryant et al.
  • Increased Rates of Anxiety and Depression in College Students With Diagnosed ASD and ADHD — Aubrey A. Welburn et al.
  • Shifts in ADHD and Autism Co-Occurrence Following the DSM-5 ’s Release: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis — Maura O'Sullivan et al.
  • Disentangling the Impact of ADHD, Perinatal Depression, and Sleep on Maternal-Infant Attachment — Elyse G. Mark et al.
  • Validation of an Eye-Vergence–Based Diagnostic Test for ADHD in Children and Adolescents (Ages 7–17) — Paloma Varela et al.
  • Do Eye-Vergence Markers Change After ADHD Treatment? A 12-Month Longitudinal Study Using a Posner-Based Eye-Tracking Paradigm — Paloma Varela et al.
  • Prevalence of Cognitive Disengagement Syndrome (Sluggish Cognitive Tempo) in a Sample of Turkish Middle School Students — Dilara Çetinkaya Özdemir et al.
  • Effects of Stimulant Treatment on Behaviors and Brain Activation Relevant to Substance Use Disorder Risk — Iliyan Ivanov et al.

Friday, October 30

Posters (31)

  • Children With ADHD Are More Likely to Have Atopic Diseases: A Comparative Cross-Sectional Epidemiological Study — Sean Joseph Hollebeck et al.
  • Identifying Pediatric ADHD Using Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy– Based Prefrontal Functional Network Measures — Suin Jung et al.
  • Digital Addiction and Functional Impairment in Youth With ADHD: A Retrospective Review of 48 Patients — Gaurav Vishnoi
  • ADHD Assessment Through Objective Measures: POV Glasses and Machine Learning Approach — Hakan Kayış et al.
  • Grit as a Mediator of Functional Outcomes Among Emerging Adults With ADHD — Elijah Bautista et al.
  • Beyond the Flynn Effect: Clinical, Demographic, and Microenvironmental Predictors of Full-Scale IQ and Cognitive Subindices in a Spanish ADHD Cohort — Covadonga Canga et al.
  • ADHD Symptom Networks in Later Life: Age and Sex Differences in a Korean National Sample — Hyejin Nam et al.
  • Efficacy and Safety of Focus Run, a Game-Based Digital Therapeutic for Children With ADHD: A Pilot Study — Xiaoqian Li et al.
  • From Biology to Environment: Dual Pathways to ADHD Symptoms in Kenyan Children — Lorna Chemutai et al.
  • Connectome-Informed Graph Attention Networks for Childhood ADHD Classification and Interpretation — Ankita Saxena et al.
  • Tower of London Outperforms 3 Tasks for Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy– Based ADHD Classification: A Machine Learning Study — Soo-young Bhang
  • Psychiatric Comorbidity Tracks Wave-Specific ADHD Status Across Development — João Pedro Costa Cruz et al.
  • The Exposome Predicts ADHD Medication Use Independent of Symptom Severity — Isaac Crane et al.
  • Resting-State Functional Connectivity of Frontoparietal and Dorsal Attention Networks as Predictors of Methylphenidate Response in Children and Adolescents With ADHD — Yeeji Sung et al.
  • Surveying Common Medications and ADHD Symptoms: Potential Mimics — Douglas A. Russell et al.
  • Longitudinal Associations Between Childhood Inhibitory Control and Adolescent Substance Use Among Adolescent Boys and Girls With and Without ADHD — Keri S. Rosch et al.
  • Sleep as a Potential Therapeutic Target for ADHD Symptomatology and Executive Functioning in Preschool-Aged Children — Nadiyah S. Fisher et al.
  • Kinect-Based Self-Regulation Game Selectively Improves Auditory Attention in Children With ADHD — Bum-Sung Choi et al.
  • Characterizing Psychosocial and Physical Environmental Effects on Transdiagnostic Attention Problems — Nia Berrian et al.
  • Race/Ethnicity, Mobile-Health Intervention Engagement, and Clinical Outcomes for Young Adults With ADHD — Debora Chrispin et al.
  • A Phase 4 Safety, Tolerability, and Efficacy Study of Serdexmethylphenidate/Dexmethylphenidate in Children With ADHD — Ann C. Childress et al.
  • Reaction Time Variability and Neural Indices of Error Monitoring in Youth With ADHD and OCD — Gregory L. Hanna
  • Sleep Trajectories in Youth With and Without ADHD: A 12-Month Longitudinal Actigraphy Study — Ali Hobballah et al.
  • A Systematic Review of Stimulant-Prescribing Trends in Telehealth Care for Children and Adolescents — Bisma Masudi et al.
  • Decomposing Trends in ADHD Medication Use Among US Children, 2016–2024 — Amy Mahler et al.
  • Familial Risk and Early Emergence of ADHD: A 2-Year Longitudinal Study in Young Children — Maria Iorini et al.
  • Latent Neurocognitive Factors Can Discriminate ADHD in Inpatient Adolescents With or at Risk for Bipolar Disorder — Rasim Somer Diler et al.
  • Recommendations From the TEAM THRIVE Community Advisory Board to Address Inequities, Prevent Suicide, and Help Black Children With ADHD Thrive — Taylor E. Harris et al.
  • Trends in Telemedicine Utilization and Childhood ADHD Diagnoses: A 15-Year Retrospective Analysis — Kobi Ezenwukwa et al.
  • Most Fluctuating ADHD Trajectories Originate From Childhood Non-ADHD Controls: Evidence From a Four-Wave Community Cohort — Igor Duarte et al.
  • When Hair Pulling Is More Than Hair Pulling: ADHD in Pediatric Trichotillomania, A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis — Disha Tyagi et al.

Saturday, October 31

Posters (5)

  • Malocclusion, Sleep-Disordered Breathing, and ADHD: Is There a Causal Relationship? — Iliyan Ivanov et al.
  • Multicamera Depth Sensing to Objectively Measure Motor Activity in Young Children: Correlation With Parent-Rated Restlessness — Hamidreza Komaki et al.
  • Pharmacotherapy Prior to and Following Intentional Overdose Among Medicaid-Insured Adolescents With ADHD — Rachel E. Dew et al.
  • Examining the Relationship Between ADHD and Online Engagement With Suicide or Self-Injury–Related Content Prior to Hospital Presentations for Self-Harm — Isabel Betances et al.
  • Atomoxetine Augmentation for Nonsuicidal Self-Injury in Female Adolescents With Attention Problems: A Naturalistic Pre-Post Study — Kukju Kweon et al.

Other topics at this meeting

Child & Adolescent 1361Autism & Neurodevelopmental Disorders 272Diverse & Underserved Populations 231Practice, Policy & Workforce 171Psychotherapy 166Education & Training 156Digital Psychiatry & AI 149Measurement-Based Care & Diagnosis 145Neuroscience & Mechanisms 124PTSD & Trauma 114Suicide & Self-Harm 110Collaborative & Integrated Care 102

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