OCD & Related Disorders at AACAP Annual Meeting 2026

Monday, October 26

• 15:00–17:00 · Lecture · Clinical Perspectives

  Measurement-Based Care in Everyday Practice in Residential Adolescent OCD Treatment

  Perihan Esra Guvenek-Cokol

  Describes using measurement-based care routinely in residential treatment of adolescents with OCD.

  Child & Adolescent · Measurement-Based Care & Diagnosis

Tuesday, October 27

• 10:30–12:30 · Symposium · Other Programs

  The Legacy of Judith Rapoport, MD: A Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Luminary

  Jean A. Frazier · Francisco Xavier Castellanos · Jay Giedd · Maryland Pao · Daniel S. Pine · Armin Raznahan

  A tribute to the career of Judith Rapoport, covering her research on childhood OCD, neuroimaging, stimulants in ADHD and clinical trials in refractory disorders, and her mentorship legacy.

  Child & Adolescent · Education & Training · Neuroscience & Mechanisms

• 14:00–16:00 · Session

  “Voices or Thoughts?” Overcoming Diagnostic and Treatment Challenges at the Intersection of Pediatric OCD and Psychosis

  Michelle L. Zaydlin · Jamie R. Odzer · Aisa M. Moreno-Megui · Jessica D. Leuchter

  A clinical case conference using three pediatric cases to show how obsessive-compulsive symptoms can be mistaken for psychosis, and how the two can co-occur. It covers phenomenological assessment, autism and medical comorbidity, cultural considerations, and treatment options.

  Child & Adolescent · Measurement-Based Care & Diagnosis · Schizophrenia & Psychosis

Wednesday, October 28

Posters (6)

• Rigidity and Control in Anorexia Nervosa: The Role of OCD, OCPD, and ASD — Noa Cohen-Kim et al.
• Global Severity in Mutually Exclusive OCD and Body-Focused Repetitive Behavior Groups Within Tertiary Outpatient Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Population — Sara R. Blais et al.
• Beyond Comorbidity: Analyzing the Cumulative Burden of Co-Occurring Pediatric OCD and Tic Disorders, Insights From a Large, Tertiary Care Sample — Lilian Ebner et al.
• Understanding Associative Learning and Behavioral Avoidance in Misophonia — Joseph F. McGuire
• Baseline Resting-State Brain Network Differences in Pediatric OCD With Treatment-Change Analyses — Jihoon Kimerty et al.
• Investigation Into the Family History of Misophonia — Salome Alfaro et al.

Thursday, October 29

• 07:00–08:30 · Workshop · Clinical Consultation Breakfast

  When Does Rigid Become Compulsive? ASD or OCD Case Consultation

  Andrea D. Guastello · Josh Nadeau · Jody L. Brown

  Case consultation on distinguishing repetitive behaviors in autism from compulsions in OCD, and on selecting behavioral and medical interventions for patients with both conditions.

  Autism & Neurodevelopmental Disorders · Child & Adolescent · Measurement-Based Care & Diagnosis

• 09:00–11:00 · Session

  When Insight Fades: OCD, Psychosis, and the Adolescent Brain

  Krystal L. Del Castillo · Mahta Baghoolizadeh · Cameron Carter · Michael M. Chu · Josephine Lu

  A clinical case conference on three adolescents with co-occurring obsessive-compulsive and psychotic symptoms. It covers diagnostic differentiation, bias in decision-making, and family-centered multimodal early intervention.

  Child & Adolescent · Measurement-Based Care & Diagnosis · Schizophrenia & Psychosis

• 10:00–12:00 · Lecture

  Managing Comorbidity in Tourette’s Disorder

  Erica Greenberg

  Discusses approaches to managing co-occurring conditions in patients with Tourette's disorder.

  ADHD · Autism & Neurodevelopmental Disorders · Child & Adolescent

• 15:00–16:30 · Lecture · Clinical Perspectives

  OCD vs Psychosis in an 18-Year-Old Patient

  Manal Assi

  Case-based talk on distinguishing OCD from psychosis in an 18-year-old Arab patient, with cultural considerations.

  Diverse & Underserved Populations · Schizophrenia & Psychosis

• 16:00–18:00 · Lecture

  Updates in Anxiety, OCD, and Bipolar Disorder

  Jeffrey Robert Strawn

  Updates on recent evidence in anxiety disorders, OCD, and bipolar disorder in young patients.

  Anxiety Disorders · Bipolar Disorder · Child & Adolescent

Posters (2)

• Dimensional Predictors of Maladaptive Daydreaming in Transitional-Age Youth: Role of Obsessive-Compulsive and Depressive Symptoms in Indian Medical Students — Leena Suchak et al.
• Sociocultural Influences on Appearance Anxiety and Body Dysmorphic Symptoms in Adolescent Girls: Social Media, Peers, and Parental Factors — Jinsoo Kim et al.

Friday, October 30

• 11:30–13:30 · Symposium

  Neural, Cognitive, and Biological Correlates of Transdiagnostic Compulsive Behaviors

  Dorothy E. Grice · Amy Rapp · Joseph F. McGuire · Joseph O'Neill · Iliyan Ivanov · Pablo Del Sol Calderon · Kelly N. Banneyer · Manja Lund

  Symposium on neural, cognitive and biological correlates of compulsive behaviors that cut across diagnostic categories, with a focus on youth.

  Child & Adolescent · Neuroscience & Mechanisms

• 11:30–13:30 · Lecture

  Morphometric Brain MRI Findings in Hair-Pulling and Skin-Picking Disorders in Youth

  Joseph O'Neill · Emily J. Ricketts · Tara S. Peris

  Talk presenting structural MRI findings in youth with hair-pulling and skin-picking disorders.

  Child & Adolescent · Neuroscience & Mechanisms

• 11:30–13:30 · Lecture

  The Impact of Sex on Symptom Dimension, Age of Onset, and Clinical Timelines in Pediatric OCD

  Kelly N. Banneyer · Manja Lund

  Talk on how sex relates to symptom dimensions, age of onset and clinical timelines in pediatric OCD.

  Child & Adolescent

• 14:30–16:30 · Lecture

  AACAP Clinical Practice Guideline Under Development for the Assessment and Treatment of Children and Adolescents With OCD

  Jane A. Ripperger-Suhler

  Previews the AACAP guideline in development for assessing and treating pediatric OCD.

  Child & Adolescent

• Workshop · Extended Workshop

  Exposure With Response Prevention for Psychiatrists: What Your Psychology Colleagues Want You to Know

  Andrea D. Guastello · Josh Nadeau · Robert R. Henderson

  Psychologist-led workshop training psychiatrists in exposure and response prevention for OCD — the science behind it, implementation in prescribing practices, and how to work through common stuck points.

  Psychotherapy

Posters (2)

• Reaction Time Variability and Neural Indices of Error Monitoring in Youth With ADHD and OCD — Gregory L. Hanna
• When Hair Pulling Is More Than Hair Pulling: ADHD in Pediatric Trichotillomania, A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis — Disha Tyagi et al.