Janet R. Cummings, PhD

AACAP Annual Meeting 2026

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

• LectureTherapists ’ Perspectives on Barriers and Facilitators of Patient-Provider Communication in Child Telemental Health Services

  October 29, 2026, 10:00–12:00

  Presents therapists' views on what helps or hinders communication between patients and providers in child telemental health.

  Child & AdolescentDigital Psychiatry & AI

• SymposiumApplying Digital Health Innovations and Informatics to Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Care: Potential and Pitfalls

  October 29, 2026, 10:00–12:00

  Symposium on the opportunities and risks of using digital health tools and informatics in child and adolescent psychiatric care.

  Child & AdolescentDigital Psychiatry & AIMeasurement-Based Care & Diagnosis

• SymposiumScaling Effective Recovery From Youth Suicidal Crisis to the Population

  October 30, 2026

  Population-level symposium on scaling effective post-crisis suicide care for youth, featuring CAMS (Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality) developer David Jobes and John Constantino of Children's Healthcare of Atlanta.

  Child & AdolescentSuicide & Self-Harm

• LectureImproving Pediatric Psychiatric Crisis Recovery: From Learning Health System to Practice and Policy

  October 30, 2026, 10:00–12:00

  Describes how a learning health system approach can improve recovery after pediatric psychiatric crises and inform practice and policy.

  Child & AdolescentEmergency & Acute PsychiatryPractice, Policy & WorkforceSuicide & Self-Harm

• LectureImplementing Comprehensive, Evidence-Based Behavioral and Mental Health Services in a Children’s Healthcare System

  October 30, 2026, 14:00–16:00

  Covers implementing evidence-based behavioral and mental health services across a children's healthcare system.

  Child & AdolescentCollaborative & Integrated CarePractice, Policy & Workforce

• LectureOutpatient Crisis Services Reduce ED Revisits for Females With Suicidality

  October 30, 2026, 10:00–12:00

  Examines whether outpatient crisis services lower emergency department revisits among young females presenting with suicidality.

  Child & AdolescentEmergency & Acute PsychiatrySuicide & Self-Harm

• PosterFeasibility and Outcomes of Systematic Substance Use Screening in Pediatric Emergency Departments for Youth in Behavioral Crisis

  October 30, 2026, 10:30–12:30

  Assesses the feasibility and outcomes of routine substance use screening for youth in behavioral crisis in pediatric emergency departments.

  Child & AdolescentEmergency & Acute PsychiatrySubstance Use Disorders