Christopher Joseph Hammond, MD, PhD

AACAP Annual Meeting 2026

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

• SessionChairDisrupting the Intergenerational Transmission of Substance Use Disorders and Trauma by Targeting Family Systems

  October 27, 2026, 08:00–10:00

  Clinical perspectives session on family-focused approaches to interrupting the transmission of substance use and trauma across generations.

  Child & AdolescentPTSD & TraumaSubstance Use Disorders

• SessionOut of the Fog: Managing Cannabis Withdrawal in Youth

  October 27, 2026, 11:00–13:00

  Cannabis & CannabinoidsChild & AdolescentSubstance Use Disorders

• LectureHigh-Potency Tetrahydrocannabinol Product Use and Cannabis Withdrawal in Youth: New Clinical Challenges in a Shifting Legal Landscape

  October 27, 2026, 11:00–13:00

  Looks at clinical challenges from high-potency THC products and cannabis withdrawal in youth as cannabis laws change.

  Cannabis & CannabinoidsChild & AdolescentSubstance Use Disorders

• WorkshopChairPractical Skills for Addressing Adolescent Substance Use in Outpatient Clinical Settings

  October 29, 2026, 09:00–12:00

  A skills-based workshop teaching child psychiatrists to screen, assess, and treat adolescents with co-occurring substance use and psychiatric disorders. Covers brief intervention, motivational tools, functional analysis, and warm-handoff referral, with video demonstrations and role-play.

  Child & AdolescentCollaborative & Integrated CarePsychotherapySubstance Use Disorders

• Oral abstractChairA Data Blitz Featuring Early Career Investigators

  October 29, 2026, 14:00–17:00

  A fast-paced session where early career investigators present new child and adolescent psychiatry research and receive feedback from attendees and an expert panel.

  Child & AdolescentEducation & Training

• PosterSubstance Use Disorders and Homicide Mortality Risk in Young People: Examining the Role of Race, Sex, and Age

  October 30, 2026, 10:30–12:30

  Analyzes how substance use disorders relate to homicide mortality in young people, with attention to race, sex and age differences.

  Child & AdolescentDiverse & Underserved PopulationsSubstance Use Disorders

• PosterLongitudinal Associations Between Childhood Inhibitory Control and Adolescent Substance Use Among Adolescent Boys and Girls With and Without ADHD

  October 30, 2026, 10:30–12:30

  Follows children with and without ADHD to see whether early inhibitory control predicts substance use in adolescence, by sex.

  ADHDChild & AdolescentSubstance Use Disorders

• PosterAssociations Between Medical and Recreational Cannabis Legalization and Serious Mental Illness in Young People Living in the United States

  October 30, 2026, 10:30–12:30

  Investigates links between state cannabis legalization and serious mental illness among young people in the US.

  Cannabis & CannabinoidsChild & AdolescentSerious Mental Illness