Brooks Keeshin, MD

AACAP Annual Meeting 2026

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

• LectureTrauma and Traumatic Stress Within Primary Care

  October 27, 2026, 13:00–15:00

  Covers addressing trauma and traumatic stress in primary care settings.

  Child & AdolescentCollaborative & Integrated CarePTSD & Trauma

• SymposiumUpdates in Measurement-based Screening, Assessment, and Treatment of Maltreated Youth Across Diagnoses and Settings

  October 27, 2026, 13:00–15:00

  Updates on measurement-based screening, assessment and treatment for maltreated youth across diagnoses and care settings.

  Child & AdolescentMeasurement-Based Care & DiagnosisPTSD & Trauma

• PosterStory Behind the Symptoms: Early Recognition of Trauma in Pediatric Primary Care

  October 28, 2026, 16:00–18:00

  Looks at recognizing trauma early in children seen in pediatric primary care settings.

  Child & AdolescentCollaborative & Integrated CarePTSD & Trauma

• SessionChairChild Maltreatment and Violence Committee

  October 29, 2026, 08:00–10:00

  Child & AdolescentPTSD & Trauma

• WorkshopChairDevelopment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Leaders in Child Trauma: Core Concepts of Child Trauma Training

  October 29, 2026, 13:30–16:30

  Case-based workshop introducing the NCTSN 12 Core Concepts of Childhood Trauma and the Core Curriculum on Childhood Trauma as a framework for trauma education in child psychiatry training. Presenters describe curriculum resources, the Child Trauma Track initiative, and strategies for building trauma content into fellowship programs.

  Child & AdolescentEducation & TrainingPTSD & Trauma

• SessionChairMaster Clinician Brooks Keeshin, MD: PTSD, the Adolescent, and Their Family

  October 30, 2026, 07:00–08:30

  A clinical consultation breakfast on PTSD in older children and adolescents, especially sexual abuse and incest-related trauma. Covers family and system factors, psychosocial and medication decisions, and managing sleep problems, dissociation and suicidality with measurement-based care.

  Child & AdolescentMeasurement-Based Care & DiagnosisPTSD & TraumaSuicide & Self-Harm

• SessionChairBeyond Evidence-Based Treatments: Facilitating Healing in Maltreated Children

  October 30, 2026, 10:00–12:00

  Clinical perspectives session on supporting healing in children who have experienced maltreatment, going beyond standard evidence-based treatments.

  Child & AdolescentPsychotherapyPTSD & Trauma

• PosterSuicide Mortality Risk Associated With Youth Sexual Trauma

  October 30, 2026, 10:30–12:30

  Poster on suicide mortality risk in people with a history of sexual trauma in youth.

  Child & AdolescentPTSD & TraumaSuicide & Self-Harm

• PosterCohort Effects and Clinical Trends in Youth Who Died by Suicide From 2002-2021

  October 31, 2026, 10:00–12:00

  Poster describing cohort effects and clinical trends among youth who died by suicide over a twenty-year period.

  Child & AdolescentSuicide & Self-Harm