PTSD & Trauma at AACAP Annual Meeting 2026

114 sessions on ptsd & trauma · October 26–31, 2026, Atlanta, GA. Compare ptsd & trauma at other meetings →

Monday, October 26

Tuesday, October 27

Wednesday, October 28

Posters (14)

  • Transgenerational Trauma as a Determinant of Eating Disorder Onset and Illness Course — Hannah Lee et al.
  • Association Between Individual Adverse Childhood Experiences and Total Adverse Childhood Experience Scores Among Justice-Involved Youth: Retrospective Cross-Sectional Analysis — Rabia Ilyas et al.
  • Risk of PTSD Following Surgery in Adolescents: The Role of Perioperative Analgesic Exposure in a Multi-Institutional Cohort — Kiran Garg et al.
  • Prevalence of Lifelong PTSD and Trauma-Related Disorders Among Children in Gaza — Abdalrahman Elaksher et al.
  • The Psychosocial Imprint of Childhood Adversity: How Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Stress Shape Life Satisfaction and Social Connectedness — Kaleigh Monét Wingate et al.
  • Pediatric Catatonia Trends Between Phases of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Comorbidity of Trauma and Drug Abuse — Gabrielle Maire et al.
  • Childhood Trauma Predicts Adult PTSD: Multivariable and Network Analyses — Roxana Jabbarinejad et al.
  • Dissociative Symptoms and Endocannabinoid Dysregulation in Adolescent PTSD — Armin Munir et al.
  • Longitudinal Associations Between Trauma-Related Nightmares and Posttraumatic Stress in Adolescents — Elizabeth E. Amadasu et al.
  • Interpersonal Whole-Brain Model of Care Trauma Support Model: Quantitative EEG Coherence Normalization and a Predictive Processing Framework for Therapeutic Relationship — Holly A. Haynes et al.
  • Story Behind the Symptoms: Early Recognition of Trauma in Pediatric Primary Care — Katherine A. Amano et al.
  • Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Emergency Department Visits for Suicide Attempts and Intentional Self-Harm — Kassidy Kanja et al.
  • Impact of Childhood Trauma on Emotion Reactivity and Resilience in Youth at Clinical High-Risk for Psychosis — Maria Iorini et al.
  • Documenting Trauma Without PTSD Assessment During Pregnancy: Missed Opportunities for Early Childhood Psychiatric Intervention — Anton D. Livshin et al.

Thursday, October 29

Posters (4)

  • Trauma-Focused CBT in Children Leads to Reduction in Parental Stress — Rachel M. Hines et al.
  • Evidence for Relationships Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Sensation Seeking in Transition-Age Youth — Cynthia M. Ghannoum et al.
  • The Influence of Childhood Emotional Abuse on Depression and Anxiety Outcomes for Adolescents Seeking Residential Treatment — Michelle D. Tobar et al.
  • Adverse Childhood Experiences and Long COVID: Integrating Psychosocial Risk Into Pediatric Mental Health Care — Austin D. Le et al.

Friday, October 30

Posters (3)

  • Childhood Adversity and Emotion Regulation Difficulties in Adolescents With Dissociative Disorders: A Cross-Sectional Study From India — Shristi Gupta et al.
  • Wearable-Derived Sleep and Heart Rate Variability Metrics With Anxiety in Pregnant and Postpartum Youth With PTSD — Megan Lean et al.
  • Suicide Mortality Risk Associated With Youth Sexual Trauma — Behzad Sorouri Khorashad et al.

Saturday, October 31

Posters (5)

  • Family Resilience and Cumulative Adversity in US Children’s Psychiatric Impairment — Thalia Danae Adrian et al.
  • Adversity Profiles and Suicidality Among US High School Students: Latent Class Analysis of the 2023 Youth Risk Behavior Survey — Parth Modi et al.
  • Racial and Ethnic Differences in Adverse Childhood Experiences and Mental Health Disorders Identified Using ICD-10 Codes in Electronic Health Records — Wenna Xi et al.
  • Adverse Childhood Experiences and High-Risk Clinical Phenotypes: Evidence From Offspring of Patients With Severe Mental Illness — Maria A. Amaya-Farfan et al.
  • Child Maltreatment and Subsequent Medically Documented Suicide Attempts in Victims and Siblings — Christin M. Ogle 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 124Suicide & Self-Harm 110Collaborative & Integrated Care 102

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