Digital Psychiatry & AI at AACAP Annual Meeting 2026

149 sessions on digital psychiatry & ai · October 26–31, 2026, Atlanta, GA. Compare digital psychiatry & ai at other meetings →

Monday, October 26

  • 13:00–15:00 · Lecture · Institute

    Large Language Models: An Introduction for Clinicians and Application to Childhood Onset Psychosis

    Anthony Joseph Deo

    Introduces large language models to clinicians and illustrates their application to childhood-onset psychosis.

    Child & Adolescent · Schizophrenia & Psychosis

Tuesday, October 27

Wednesday, October 28

Posters (10)

  • 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.
  • Comparing Youth Treatment Engagement Between Virtual and In-Person Visits in Mount Sinai's Outpatient Eating Disorder Clinic — Daniel Hammer Vaccaro et al.
  • Extended Reality-Based Interventions for Adolescent Eating Disorders — Tala Barias et al.
  • Natural Language Processing of CDC Narratives for Youth Suicide Surveillance — Sola O. Adeyiga et al.
  • Burnout and Time to Chart Closure: Understanding How Ambient AI Scribes Affect Clinician Practices at Texas Children’s Hospital — Laura D. Valderrábano et al.
  • Integrating Objective and Subjective Sleep Measures for Autism Prediction and Phenotyping: Cross-Study Machine Learning Validation — Jinhee Lee et al.
  • AI and Inequities in Child and Adolescent Mental Health: A Scoping Review of Differential Impacts on Vulnerable Youth — Ozge Ceren Amuk Williams et al.
  • Therapeutic Outcomes and Engagement of AI-Based Mental Health Chatbots in Adolescents: A Systematic Review — Hooria Sarwar et al.
  • Preliminary Design, Feasibility, and Acceptability of a Digital Tool to Augment Parent Management Training for Youth With Disruptive Behavior Disorders — Anna Groszkowski et al.
  • CHATogether in the Digital Era: Pilot Family-Centered Outcomes With a Transgender Youth Clinical Illustration — Kapil Chauhan et al.

Thursday, October 29

Posters (25)

  • Efficacy of a Guided Internet-Based Mental Health Program for Parents of Children With ASD: A Randomized Controlled Trial — Bengi Basar et al.
  • Listening for Mania: Interpretable Speech Clusters Track Symptom Severity in Pediatric Bipolar Disorder — Aaron Elkins et al.
  • AI-Associated Psychosis in Youth: A Case Series of Ten Individuals Age 21 and Younger — Utku Nazim Igcioglu et al.
  • Digital Disadvantage Outside the Classroom: Comparative Profiles of Problematic Smartphone Use, Stress, and Psychopathology in Out-of-School Youth — Hyeyoon Jeong et al.
  • Prismatic Adaptation Combined With Serious Game Cognitive Training in Adolescents: A Randomized Controlled Trial — Lilian Zotti et al.
  • AI Usage for Academic Purposes Among Adolescents in Acute Psychiatric Treatment Programs — Morikeoluwa E. Ayodeji et al.
  • Youth Perspectives on Mental Health, Social Media, and Intergenerational Messaging: Insights From Chicago’s West Side Crisis and Referral Entry Services (CARES) Initiative — Antoniya K. Zheleva et al.
  • Digital Antecedents and Temporal Patterns of Adolescent Overdose Attempts — Abhishek Reddy
  • Problematic Media Use in Pediatric Care: Barriers and Opportunities — Theodore C. Brisimitzakis et al.
  • “Looksmaxxing”: Rapid Content Analysis of an Online Subculture With Implications for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry — Nicholas J. An et al.
  • Where Do Kids Learn to Cut Themselves: Social Media Use and Self-Injurious Behavior Among Children and Adolescents — Roxanne Abella et al.
  • Characteristics of Responses Generated by a Large Language Model Chatbot Product Popular Among Adolescents to Psychotic-Like Content — Fadi J. Hamati et al.
  • Crisis-Related Digital Media Exposure and Youth Mental Health: A Dose-Response Meta-Analysis — Emmanuel Annor et al.
  • Impact of Generative AI Chatbots on Mental Health and Psychosocial Outcomes: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis — Stephanie V. Ng et al.
  • Beyond AI Psychosis and Sycophancy: Structural Drift as a System-Level Safety Failure — Jasmine E. Kim et al.
  • Make Up Your Mind(set): Comparative Analysis of Generative AI Responses to Mental Health Crises — Audrey D. Nguyen et al.
  • What Goes Viral Isn’t What Helps: Disorder-Specific Mental Health Narratives in the Age of TikTok — Ananya Roy et al.
  • Pediatric Social Media Use: Addressing a Gap in Modern Health Care — Ryan Murphy et al.
  • Is Screen Time Associated With Body Image Concern, Bullying, and Friendship Difficulty? Findings From National Survey of Children’s Health, 2024 — Muhammad Yusuf et al.
  • Beyond the Screen: Clinical Impact of Social Media Exposure on Mental Health in a Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Clinic Population — Cade C. Lewis et al.
  • Smartphone Acquisition as an Inflection Point in Early Adolescence: Relevance to Mental Health — Ronald Clinton et al.
  • Benchmarking AI Safety Guardrails for High-Risk Pediatric Psychiatric Presentations Using the Child and Adolescent Service Intensity Instrument (CASII) — Rahul Tyagi et al.
  • The Emerging Risks of “AI Psychosis” in Children and Adolescents: A Synthesis of the Literature and Reported Cases — Maria Bower et al.
  • Digital Danger Zones: Violence Risk in Youth-Accessible “Incel” Spaces — Melissa Chen et al.
  • Interrupting the Pathway: Social Media Use and Modifiable Risk Factors for Youth Suicidality — Ngozi Adaralegbe et al.

Friday, October 30

  • 09:00–11:00 · Lecture · Clinical Perspectives

    Boys, Bots, and Belonging: Mental Health in the Era of Algorithmic Masculinity

    Anton D. Livshin

    Looks at how algorithm-driven online content and media influence boys' mental health and sense of belonging.

    Child & Adolescent

  • 09:00–11:00 · Lecture · Clinical Perspectives

    All I Need Is My Protein Powder and My Phone: Young Men in the Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist’s Clinic

    Saurabh Gupta

    Discusses clinical presentations and considerations for young men seen in child and adolescent psychiatry practice.

    Child & Adolescent

  • 09:00–11:00 · Lecture · Institute

    Welcome and The Current AI Landscape in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

    Rabindra Tambyraja

    Introduces the institute and surveys the current state of AI in child and adolescent psychiatry.

    Child & Adolescent

  • 09:00–11:00 · Lecture · Institute

    How Large Language Models Work: A Non-Technical Primer for Clinicians

    Kunmi Sobowale

    Gives clinicians a non-technical explanation of how large language models function.

    Education & Training

  • 09:00–11:00 · Lecture · Institute

    AI in Pediatric Mental Health—Evidence, Gaps, and Opportunities

    Joel Stoddard

    Reviews the evidence base, knowledge gaps and opportunities for AI in pediatric mental health.

    Child & Adolescent

  • 09:00–11:00 · Lecture · Institute

    Workflow Superpowers: Practical Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tools for Clinical Efficiency

    Pamela E. Hoffman

    Presents practical AI tools that can improve efficiency in clinical workflows.

    Practice, Policy & Workforce

  • 09:00–11:00 · Lecture · Institute

    Guardrails—Ethics, Risk, and Pediatric-Specific Concerns

    Alexandra Ewenczyk · Takahiro Soda

    Addresses ethical issues, risks and pediatric-specific safeguards when using AI in clinical care.

    Child & Adolescent · Practice, Policy & Workforce

  • 09:00–11:00 · Lecture · Institute

    Invisible Artificial Intelligence (AI) Algorithms That Impact Your Practice

    Niranjan S. Karnik · Nicholas Carson

    Describes behind-the-scenes AI algorithms that affect clinical practice.

    Practice, Policy & Workforce

  • 09:00–11:00 · Lecture · Institute

    AI in Psychiatric Education and Organizations: Integrating AI Into Training, Supervision, and Clinical Skill Development

    Karam Radwan

    Covers how AI can be incorporated into psychiatric training, supervision and skill development.

    Education & Training

  • 12:00–13:30 · Symposium

    Advances in Emerging Research on Media Exposure and Youth Mental Health

    Ailyn D. Diaz · Lalita Thitiseranee · Krysti Lan Chi Vo · Mengyao Li · Soyeon Kim · Kenneth P. Fung · Kevin H. Bao

    A symposium on emerging research about how media exposure relates to youth mental health.

    Child & Adolescent

  • 12:00–13:30 · Lecture

    Social Media as Mental Health Education Space: Adolescents’ and Adults’ Needs, Risks, and Clinical Perspectives

    Mengyao Li · Richard D. Ha · Eunice Y. Yuen · Elaine M. Ong · P. Thien Truong

    Examines social media as a space for mental health education, covering the needs and risks for adolescents and adults and clinical perspectives.

    Child & Adolescent

  • 12:00–13:30 · Lecture

    Longitudinal Social Media Usage and Mental Health Outcomes in Adolescents

    Kevin H. Bao · Jason M. Nagata

    Presents longitudinal findings on how adolescents' social media use relates to later mental health outcomes.

    Child & Adolescent

  • 14:00–17:00 · Session

    The Use of AI in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: Educating Yourself and Trainees About the Future of Large Language Models in Psychiatric Practice

    Alaa Elnajjar · Akanksha Dadlani · Jeffrey I. Hunt · Aaron O. Reliford · Sindhu A. Idicula

    An interactive session on responsible use of large language models by child and adolescent psychiatrists and trainees. It covers clinical applications, adolescents' own use of LLMs, role-play of a chatbot scenario, and AI in residency recruitment.

    Child & Adolescent · Education & Training

  • 14:00–16:00 · Lecture · Clinical Perspectives

    Innovating for Impact Through the Creation and Implementation of a Measurement-Based Care Platform in a Learning Health System in Child Psychiatry

    James J. Hudziak

    Describes building and rolling out a measurement-based care platform within a child psychiatry learning health system.

    Child & Adolescent · Measurement-Based Care & Diagnosis

  • Course · Institute

    Integrating AI Into Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Practice

    Rabindra Tambyraja · Pamela E. Hoffman · Kunmi Sobowale · Joel Stoddard · Alexandra Ewenczyk · Niranjan S. Karnik · Nicholas Carson · Karam Radwan

    Institute covering the fundamentals of generative and agentic AI in healthcare, practical tools for clinical workflows, and the ethical and regulatory issues raised by AI in pediatric psychiatry.

    Child & Adolescent

  • Workshop · Extended Workshop

    Create, Don’t Just Chat: A Full-Day, Hands-On AI Implementation Workshop for Child Psychiatrists

    Ernest Pedapati · McLeod F. Gwynette · Rana Elmaghraby

    Full-day hands-on follow-up to two sold-out AACAP AI workshops, moving clinicians from ephemeral chat-based AI use to structured, document-centric workflows that are auditable and practice-ready for administrative and educational tasks.

    Child & Adolescent

Posters (10)

  • ADHD Assessment Through Objective Measures: POV Glasses and Machine Learning Approach — Hakan Kayış et al.
  • Efficacy and Safety of Focus Run, a Game-Based Digital Therapeutic for Children With ADHD: A Pilot Study — Xiaoqian Li 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
  • Assessing the Safety and Accessibility of AI-Generated Responses to Caregiver Questions About Adolescent Suicidality: A Comparative Evaluation — Mahgol Hamidi et al.
  • Meaning-Making Through Digital Storytelling: A Reflexive Thematic Analysis of Youth Narratives — Elo Okah
  • Kinect-Based Self-Regulation Game Selectively Improves Auditory Attention in Children With ADHD — Bum-Sung Choi et al.
  • Race/Ethnicity, Mobile-Health Intervention Engagement, and Clinical Outcomes for Young Adults With ADHD — Debora Chrispin et al.
  • A Systematic Review of Stimulant-Prescribing Trends in Telehealth Care for Children and Adolescents — Bisma Masudi et al.
  • Trends in Telemedicine Utilization and Childhood ADHD Diagnoses: A 15-Year Retrospective Analysis — Kobi Ezenwukwa et al.

Saturday, October 31

  • 09:00–11:00 · Lecture · Clinical Perspectives

    Implementing an Electronic Patient-Reported Screening Platform for Suicide Risk and Depression in the Pediatric Emergency Department

    Rachel Cafferty

    Covers implementation of an electronic patient-reported screening tool for suicide risk and depression in a pediatric emergency department.

    Depression · Emergency & Acute Psychiatry · Suicide & Self-Harm

  • 10:00–12:00 · Lecture · Clinical Perspectives

    Matchmaker, Matchmaker: Make Me an App?

    Lauren R. Nagy

    Talk on dating apps and their use by adolescents and young adults with intellectual developmental disorder.

    Autism & Neurodevelopmental Disorders · Child & Adolescent

  • 12:30–14:30 · Session · Clinical Perspectives

    Problematic Parental Digital Media Use: Recognizing When a Caregiver’s Online Behaviors Are Impacting the Mental Health of Their Child

    Meredith Gansner · Erin L. Belfort · Elizabeth K. Englander · Jacob Kaiser

    Looks at how caregivers' problematic digital media use can affect children's mental health and how clinicians can recognize it.

    Child & Adolescent

  • 12:30–14:30 · Lecture · Clinical Perspectives

    The Washington DC Pipeline: How AI Becomes Law in Child Psychiatry and Why Should You Care?

    Sudhir Shenoy · Karen Pierce · Vishal Madaan · Jasleen Singh · Sudhakar Shenoy

    Explains how AI legislation and policy are developed in Washington and what it means for child and adolescent psychiatry practice.

    Child & Adolescent · Practice, Policy & Workforce

  • 12:30–14:30 · Lecture · Clinical Perspectives

    Learning the Cultural Formulation Interview Through Play: Enhancing e-Learning Through Custom Case Simulation and Branching Narratives

    Zilin Cui · Elizabeth Y. Li · Annabel Guo · Ashley Cheng · Elaine Shen · Eunice Y. Yuen

    Presents a game-like e-learning approach using case simulation and branching narratives to teach the Cultural Formulation Interview.

    Education & Training · Diverse & Underserved Populations

  • 12:30–14:30 · Lecture · Clinical Perspectives

    Parental Problematic Tech Use Predicts Child’s Mental Health

    Elizabeth K. Englander

    Examines how problematic technology use by parents relates to and may predict mental health outcomes in their children.

    Child & Adolescent

  • 12:30–14:30 · Lecture · Clinical Perspectives

    Waiting for Connection: Considering Parental Mobile Device Use in Attachment

    Jacob Kaiser

    Considers how parents' mobile device use can affect attachment and the parent-child relationship.

    Child & Adolescent

  • 12:30–14:30 · Lecture · Clinical Perspectives

    Munchausen by Internet, Mommy Groups, and Medical Misinformation: When Online Support for Parents Becomes Dangerous

    Meredith Gansner

    Discusses how online parent communities and medical misinformation can become harmful to children, including internet-facilitated factitious presentations.

    Child & Adolescent

  • 12:30–14:30 · Lecture · Clinical Perspectives

    Building AI Literacy in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Training

    Jasleen Singh

    Covers approaches to developing AI literacy among child and adolescent psychiatry trainees.

    Child & Adolescent · Education & Training

  • 12:30–14:30 · Lecture · Clinical Perspectives

    AI in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Private Practice: Workflow, Safety, and Ethical Considerations

    Sudhakar Shenoy

    Looks at using AI in private child and adolescent psychiatry practice, including workflow, safety and ethics.

    Child & Adolescent · Practice, Policy & Workforce

  • 12:30–14:30 · Lecture · Clinical Perspectives

    Sharenting and Kidfluencers: Developmental and Ethical Considerations When Parents Have Problematic Screen Media Use

    Erin L. Belfort

    Considers developmental and ethical issues when parents' problematic screen media use, including sharenting and child influencer content, affects children.

    Child & Adolescent

  • 13:00–15:00 · Lecture

    Influences of Social Media, Technology, and Cultural Factors on College Students’ Interest in ADHD

    Leah Jesse

    Considers how social media, technology and culture shape college students' interest in ADHD.

    ADHD

Posters (5)

  • Assessing AI Chatbots’ Ability to Recognize and Respond to Scripted Statements Mimicking Suicidal Adolescents — Lalangi Marasinghe et al.
  • Multicamera Depth Sensing to Objectively Measure Motor Activity in Young Children: Correlation With Parent-Rated Restlessness — Hamidreza Komaki et al.
  • When Nonsuicidal Self-Injury Facilitates Social Connection: Adolescent Engagement Within #shedtwt — Margaret V. Meyers 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.
  • Post–COVID-19 Trends in the Utilization of Telepsychiatry Services by Medical Students and Graduates — Sophie Criss et al.

Other topics at this meeting

Child & Adolescent 1361Autism & Neurodevelopmental Disorders 272Diverse & Underserved Populations 231Practice, Policy & Workforce 171Psychotherapy 166Education & Training 156Measurement-Based Care & Diagnosis 145ADHD 135Neuroscience & Mechanisms 124PTSD & Trauma 114Suicide & Self-Harm 110Collaborative & Integrated Care 102

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