Boris Birmaher, MD

AACAP Annual Meeting 2026

October 26–31, 2026 · Atlanta, GA · Full program

• SymposiumChairProviding Nationally Representative Norms for Pubertal Status, Mood Symptoms, and Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors

  October 27, 2026, 14:00–16:00

  Presents nationally representative normative data on pubertal status, mood symptoms, and self-injurious thoughts and behaviors in youth.

  Child & AdolescentMeasurement-Based Care & DiagnosisSuicide & Self-Harm

• SymposiumEmerging AI and Imaging Techniques for Diagnosis and Risk Stratification in Pediatric Mood Disorders

  October 28, 2026

  Symposium on AI-assisted and neuroimaging approaches to diagnosing and risk-stratifying pediatric mood disorders, with pediatric bipolar researchers Boris Birmaher, Melissa DelBello, and Manpreet Singh.

  Bipolar DisorderChild & AdolescentDigital Psychiatry & AINeuroscience & Mechanisms

• SymposiumInnovating for Impact: Participant, Clinical, Educational, and Research Lessons Learned From the Course and Outcome of Bipolar Youth (COBY) Study

  October 28, 2026, 11:00–13:00

  Presents lessons from the Course and Outcome of Bipolar Youth (COBY) study across participant, clinical, educational and research perspectives.

  Bipolar DisorderChild & AdolescentNeuroscience & Mechanisms

• LectureLinking Mood With Energy and Movement: AI Detection of Bipolar Disorder in Youth

  October 28, 2026, 14:30–16:30

  Using AI to detect pediatric bipolar disorder from energy and movement measures linked to mood.

  Bipolar DisorderChild & AdolescentDigital Psychiatry & AI

• LectureLongitudinal Findings from the COBY Study: Course, Outcomes, and Risk Predictors

  October 28, 2026, 11:00–13:00

  Summarizes longitudinal COBY findings on course, outcomes and risk predictors in bipolar youth.

  Bipolar DisorderChild & Adolescent

• WorkshopChairHelping You Know What You Don ’ t Know: A Self-Assessment Review of Psychopharmacology

  October 29, 2026, 09:00–12:00

  An interactive self-assessment workshop using audience-response questions and expert panel discussion to review pediatric psychopharmacology. Participants identify knowledge gaps and can earn self-assessment CME credit toward ABPN certification.

  Child & AdolescentEducation & TrainingMeasurement-Based Care & Diagnosis

• PosterPredictors of Initial Substance Experimentation: A Longitudinal Study

  October 30, 2026, 10:30–12:30

  Longitudinal study of factors predicting when youth first experiment with substances.

  Child & AdolescentSubstance Use Disorders

• PosterLatent Neurocognitive Factors Can Discriminate ADHD in Inpatient Adolescents With or at Risk for Bipolar Disorder

  October 30, 2026, 10:30–12:30

  Poster assessing whether latent neurocognitive factors distinguish ADHD among hospitalized adolescents with or at risk for bipolar disorder.

  ADHDBipolar DisorderChild & AdolescentMeasurement-Based Care & Diagnosis