Substance Use Disorders at AACAP Annual Meeting 2026

85 sessions on substance use disorders · October 26–31, 2026, Atlanta, GA. Compare substance use disorders at other meetings →

Monday, October 26

Tuesday, October 27

Wednesday, October 28

Posters (5)

  • A Missed Diagnosis? Emerging Concerns in Adolescent and Young Adult Nitrous Oxide Misuse — Tanha Shah et al.
  • Acceptability and Preliminary Effects of a Breathwork and Meditation Program for Youth With Substance Use Disorders: A Mixed-Methods Pilot Study — Tanusha S. Tholla et al.
  • Problematic Gaming, Help-Seeking, and Family Factors Among Asian American and Pacific Islander Youth: A Scoping Review and Community-Informed Webinar Initiative — Alejandro De Los Angeles et al.
  • Pediatric Catatonia Trends Between Phases of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Comorbidity of Trauma and Drug Abuse — Gabrielle Maire et al.
  • Impact of State-Level Regulation on Tobacco Use Among Adolescents in Urban Psychiatric Programs: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis — Ella Burguera-Couce et al.

Thursday, October 29

Posters (5)

  • Rising Substance Abstinence and Declining Cannabis Use Across Adolescence: National Trends, 2017–2024 — Sanobar Jaka et al.
  • Online Gaming and Mental Health: Impact on Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Among High School and Intermediate Students — Yuthika Yadav
  • Digital Disadvantage Outside the Classroom: Comparative Profiles of Problematic Smartphone Use, Stress, and Psychopathology in Out-of-School Youth — Hyeyoon Jeong et al.
  • Sleeping Off Adversity? Adverse-Positive Childhood Experience Profiles, Sleep Health, and Alcohol-Cannabis Co-Use Among Adolescents During the COVID-19 Pandemic — Austin D. Le 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 (18)

  • Digital Addiction and Functional Impairment in Youth With ADHD: A Retrospective Review of 48 Patients — Gaurav Vishnoi
  • Substance Use Disorders and Homicide Mortality Risk in Young People: Examining the Role of Race, Sex, and Age — Andrea S. Young et al.
  • Is Nic Making Children Sick? Nicotine Use, Anxiety Severity, and Screening Gaps Among US Adolescents — Natasha Reddy et al.
  • Neurologic and Neurobehavioral Outcomes Associated With Adolescent Substance Use in a National Survey — Zion Kang 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.
  • Substance Use Short-Term Clinical Outcomes in Early Psychosis in an Urban Adolescent and Young Adults Cohort — Chaden Noureddine et al.
  • Examining the Relationship Between Childhood-Onset Anxiety and Later Adolescent Substance Use — Kristina M. Johnson et al.
  • Prenatal Co-Use of Cannabis and Tobacco and Placental Complication — Ajinkya Rai et al.
  • Distinct Patterns of Substance Use and Associated Socioeconomic, Emotional, and Behavioral Factors Among US Adolescents — Christopher A. Chamanadjian et al.
  • Secondhand Smoke Exposure and Early Behavioral Symptom Trajectories: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Baby Pediatric Symptom Checklist Domains — Vaishnavi Siripurapu et al.
  • Predictors of Initial Substance Experimentation: A Longitudinal Study — Mohamed Elhosary et al.
  • Trends of Youth Tobacco Use Among Filipino Students From 2000-2019 Using Results From the Global Youth Tobacco Survey — Jasmin G. Lagman et al.
  • Prevalence of Substance Use Disorders Among Adolescents With Mental Health Diagnoses Treated in a National Sample of Inpatient Psychiatric Hospitals — Glorimar Ortiz et al.
  • Sex Differences in the Dimensional Psychopathology Correlates of Substance Use Among Mexican Adolescents — Regina Avila Bretherton et al.
  • Investigating the Causal Relationship Between Substance Familiarity and Early Adolescent Substance Use — Devika Bhatia et al.
  • Conversations Around Personal Experiences With Substance Use: Parental Perspectives — Jeffrey Heithmar et al.
  • GLP-1 Receptor Agonists and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Adolescent Mood Disorders, Obesity, and Substance-Use Vulnerability: A Focused Review — Darius M. Hardie et al.
  • Feasibility and Outcomes of Systematic Substance Use Screening in Pediatric Emergency Departments for Youth in Behavioral Crisis — Katharine R. Torrey et al.

Saturday, October 31

  • 13:00–15:00 · Lecture

    ADHD and Cannabis Use: Challenges in Diagnosis and Treatment

    Susan Morine

    Discusses diagnostic and treatment difficulties when ADHD co-occurs with cannabis use.

    ADHD · Cannabis & Cannabinoids

Posters (1)

  • Suicide Deaths and Substance Use Among Young People in the United States: A Retrospective National Violent Death Reporting System Analysis — Ciera N. Fankhauser 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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