Mary A. Fristad, PhD, ABPP

AACAP Annual Meeting 2026

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

• PosterParent Version of the Nationwide Quality of Life Scale (P-NQLS): National Norms and Psychometrics

  October 28, 2026, 13:00–15:00

  Presents national norms and psychometric properties of the parent-report version of a pediatric quality-of-life scale.

  Child & AdolescentMeasurement-Based Care & Diagnosis

• PosterExploring Adolescent-Reported Quality of Life in a National Administration of the Nationwide Quality of Life Scale

  October 28, 2026, 13:00–15:00

  Explores adolescent self-reported quality of life using data from a national administration of a quality-of-life scale.

  Child & AdolescentMeasurement-Based Care & Diagnosis

• LectureIntensive Crisis Intervention (ICI) for Youth With a Suicidal Crisis: Acceptability of a Novel Alternative to Psychiatric Inpatient

  October 29, 2026, 09:00–11:00

  Examines how acceptable an intensive crisis intervention program is as an alternative to inpatient hospitalization for youth in suicidal crisis.

  Child & AdolescentEmergency & Acute PsychiatrySuicide & Self-Harm

• PosterEnhancing the Behavioral Health Workforce: Longitudinal Impact on Undergraduate Career Trajectories

  October 29, 2026, 10:30–12:30

  Poster examining how a workforce program affects the long-term career paths of undergraduates entering behavioral health.

  Education & TrainingPractice, Policy & Workforce

• PosterClinical Predictors of Quality of Life and Parent-Child Rating Discrepancy in a Nationally Representative Sample

  October 29, 2026, 13:00–15:00

  Examines clinical factors linked to youth quality of life and disagreement between parent and child ratings in a nationally representative sample.

  Child & AdolescentMeasurement-Based Care & Diagnosis

• PosterPsychotherapy Access in Children and Adolescents With Behavioral Health Diagnoses: A Large, Multisite, Electronic Health Record–Based Study

  October 29, 2026, 10:30–12:30

  Multisite electronic health record study of access to psychotherapy among youth with behavioral health diagnoses.

  Child & AdolescentPractice, Policy & WorkforcePsychotherapy

• 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

• 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