Depression at AACAP Annual Meeting 2026

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

Monday, October 26

Tuesday, October 27

Wednesday, October 28

Posters (9)

  • Cumulative Incidence of ADHD and Antidepressant Medication Use: A Finnish Population-Based Birth-Cohort Study (1997–2007) — Miika Vuori et al.
  • Sexual Side Effects Associated With Child and Adolescent SSRI Use: A Systematic Review — Jonathan S. Shaw et al.
  • Medication-Induced Emotional Blunting in Adolescents: A Neglected Dimension of Psychopharmacology—A Scoping Review — Marcos Rocha et al.
  • ADHD Pharmacotherapy in the Context of Depression: Real-World Treatment Patterns and Clinical Outcomes Among Youth and Young Adults — Raman Baweja et al.
  • Closing the Gap After Depression Screening: Proactive Registry-Based Outreach to Support Management of Depression in Pediatric Primary Care — Kasey Han et al.
  • Evaluating the Safety Profiles of Over-the-Counter Melatonin and Trazodone for 180-Day Suicidality Outcomes in Pediatric MDD and Insomnia — Hely Patel et al.
  • Avoidance Coping and Internalizing Symptoms in Adolescents: Convergence Across Self-Reported, Behavioral, and Neural Indicators — Iseli Irizarry et al.
  • Perceived Stress as a Mechanism Linking Insomnia Severity and Prenatal Depression Symptoms in African American Pregnant Women — Sandra Campos
  • Inflammatory Mediation of the Relationship Between Early Adversity and Later Depression: An Updated Meta-Analysis — Lawrence Maayan

Thursday, October 29

Posters (17)

  • Dimensional Predictors of Maladaptive Daydreaming in Transitional-Age Youth: Role of Obsessive-Compulsive and Depressive Symptoms in Indian Medical Students — Leena Suchak et al.
  • Increased Rates of Anxiety and Depression in College Students With Diagnosed ASD and ADHD — Aubrey A. Welburn et al.
  • Optimizing Treatment for Depressed Parents of Children With Emotional and Behavioral Disorders: A Feasibility Trial — Mishika Mehrotra et al.
  • Executive Function Improvement and Rumination Reduction in a Randomized Controlled Trial in Teens With a History of Depression — Scott A. Langenecker
  • Disentangling the Impact of ADHD, Perinatal Depression, and Sleep on Maternal-Infant Attachment — Elyse G. Mark et al.
  • The Influence of Childhood Emotional Abuse on Depression and Anxiety Outcomes for Adolescents Seeking Residential Treatment — Michelle D. Tobar et al.
  • Online Gaming and Mental Health: Impact on Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Among High School and Intermediate Students — Yuthika Yadav
  • From Risk Scores to Brain Markers: Enhancing Prediction of Adolescent Depression — Fernanda Rohrsetzer Cunegatto et al.
  • Prevalence of Perceived Child Sadness by Caregivers in Punjab, Pakistan: Sex, Age, and Frequency Patterns — Muhammad Bilal Shakir et al.
  • The Number of Endorsed Social Determinants of Health Is Associated With Poor Depression Outcomes Among Adolescents Seeking Psychiatric Treatment — Raneeka DeMoss et al.
  • Temporal Sequencing of Sleep Diagnoses, Depression, and Suicidal Behavior — Katherine Xing et al.
  • Depressive Symptom Variability Linked to Disrupted Brain Maturation in Children: A Longitudinal Whole-Brain Dynamics Study — Harim Jeong et al.
  • Sleep Disturbance Predicts Depressive Symptoms and Suicidal Ideation Among Psychiatrically Hospitalized Adolescents — Abhishek Reddy et al.
  • COVID-19 Pandemic’s Association With Anxiety, Depression, and Other Mood Disorders at a County Safety-Net Hospital — Mark Pintea et al.
  • Altered Resting-State Properties of Reward Expectancy and Reward Attainment Networks in Adolescent Cannabis Use and Depression — Tram N. Nguyen et al.
  • Age, Symptom Profile, and Neural Reward Circuit Activity Influence Improvement in Youth Depression With Frontostriatal Neuromodulation: Targeting Early Intervention — Kalyan Tripathy et al.
  • Effectiveness of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Youth With Mood Disorders: A Naturalistic Study — Naok Kang et al.

Friday, October 30

Posters (8)

  • Ketamine for Depression in Adolescents: Exploring Metabolites as Predictors of Treatment Response in a Randomized Midazolam-Controlled Study — Jacob Lister et al.
  • Diagnostic Accuracy of Depression Measures in Children and Adolescents: Preliminary Findings From a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis — Cristian Alcaino et al.
  • Mental Health Disparities in Major Depressive and Anxiety Disorders Among Sexual- and Gender-Minority Young Adults Across Racial Groups — Jessica A. Xu et al.
  • Ovulation-Suppressing Contraceptive Use Is Not Associated With Differences in Depression in Treatment-Seeking Adolescent Females — Noah Marchuck et al.
  • Increasing Cannabis Use Among Adolescents With Depression Despite Stable National Trends, 2021-2024 — Tanner Bommersbach et al.
  • Predicting Risk of Depression in Publicly Funded Youth in the NIH ABCD Study — Tracy Luks et al.
  • Investigating the Impact of Depression Symptoms on Confidence to Play in Injured Adolescent Athletes — Andrew Weiss et al.
  • Comparison of Parent- and Child-Reported Family Functioning: The Impact of Depression — Vanessa Sevilla et al.

Saturday, October 31

Posters (3)

  • Factors Associated With Medication Adherence in Pediatric Mood Disorders and Suicidality: A Retrospective Analysis — Caitlin Trottier et al.
  • Measurement-Based Care Outcomes: Evaluating Depressive Symptoms in Children and Adolescents in a Partial Hospitalization Treatment Setting — Kimberly Senko et al.
  • Amygdala Resting-State Functional Connectivity in Adolescent Depression With Suicidal Ideation — Kyung Hwa Lee 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 145ADHD 135Neuroscience & Mechanisms 124PTSD & Trauma 114Suicide & Self-Harm 110

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