Diverse & Underserved Populations: Conference Sessions

AACAP Annual Meeting 2026

October 26–31, 2026 · Atlanta, GA

• LectureThe Intersection of Neurodiversity and Gender Variance: Compounding Risks for Depression and Suicide in Youth and Young Adults

  Hagar Kandel

  Discusses how neurodiversity combined with gender variance heightens risk of depression and suicide in youth and young adults.

  Child & AdolescentDepressionSuicide & Self-Harm

• SessionAccessing the Hidden Curriculum: A Guide to Thriving Across Career Stages

  Jeonghyun Shin · Vybhav Jagannath · Ronke L. Babalola · Sarah H. Arshad · Rameshwari V. Tumuluru

  An interactive session on cultural identity, psychological safety, DBT interpersonal effectiveness skills, mentorship and leadership development for child and adolescent psychiatry clinicians at different career stages.

  Education & TrainingPractice, Policy & WorkforcePsychotherapy

• SymposiumThe Complex Landscape of Depression in Neurodiverse and Gender-Variant Youth: From Chronology to Novel Interventions

  Usman Ghumman · Mohammad Ghaziuddin · Mai Uchida · Hagar Kandel · Rana Elmaghraby

  Symposium on how depression presents and is managed in neurodiverse and gender-variant youth, covering its course over time and newer intervention approaches.

  Autism & Neurodevelopmental DisordersChild & AdolescentDepression

• SessionReclaiming the Narrative! Utilizing the Power of Resilience and Tradition in Native Communities to Overcome Colonial Trauma

  Wendy Watson · Shawn Singh Sidhu · Noshene Ranjbar · Emily Si'al

  Explores how resilience and cultural tradition in Native communities can be used to address the effects of colonial trauma on youth and families.

  Child & AdolescentPTSD & Trauma

• LectureMeeting the Psychiatric Needs of Transgender and Gender-Diverse Autistic Youth: Considerations for Assessment and Care

  Amandeep Jutla

  Addresses assessment and care considerations for transgender and gender-diverse autistic youth.

  Autism & Neurodevelopmental DisordersChild & Adolescent

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APNA 40th Annual Conference

October 28–31, 2026 · Phoenix, AZ

• LectureMission-Ready to Maladaptive: Impact of Allostatic Load on Veteran Mental Health

  Brenda Mayfield · Diana Kathryn Cerice

  Presents a protocol for identifying veteran status and screening for operator syndrome using allostatic-load frameworks.

  Measurement-Based Care & DiagnosisPTSD & Trauma

NEI Fall Congress 2026

November 5–8, 2026 · Colorado Springs, CO

• SymposiumFrom Stigma to Superpower: Reframing Mental Health Disorders Through Creativity and Contribution

  Andrew J. Cutler · Roger S. McIntyre

  Explores reframing mental illness by highlighting creativity and societal contribution of people with psychiatric conditions.

  Serious Mental Illness

AAAP 37th Annual Meeting and Scientific Symposium

November 12–15, 2026 · Memphis, TN

• Oral abstractThe Overdose Crisis is Not Over: Race, Age, and Sex Disparities in Opioid-Related Acute Care, 2016–2023

  Tiffany Xie

  Analyzes racial, age and sex disparities in opioid-related acute care use.

  Opioid Use Disorder

• Oral abstractUsing Big Data to Monitor Substance-Related Morbidity in Hispanic/Latine Americans: A National Analysis, 2019–2023

  Brian Tirado

  National data analysis of substance-related morbidity among Hispanic/Latine Americans.

  Substance Use Disorders

• Oral abstractHousing Status Reporting and Pooled Prevalence of People Experiencing Housing Instability in Opioid Use Disorder Pharmacotherapy Trials: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

  David Wiercigroch

  Systematic review of how OUD medication trials report and include people with housing instability.

  Opioid Use Disorder

• PosterThe Opioid Response Networks Naloxone and Saturation Mapping Training for Tribes

  Johnna James

  Naloxone and saturation mapping training offered to tribal communities.

  Opioid Use Disorder

• PosterTrends in Buprenorphine Prescribing by Provider Type and Patient Race in a Large Academic Health System, 2020-2025

  Chaden Noureddine

  Buprenorphine prescribing trends by provider type and patient race.

  Opioid Use Disorder

Substance Use Disorders: A Comprehensive Review and Update 2027

February 15–17, 2027 · Lake Buena Vista, FL

• LectureAddressing and Overcoming Stigma & Discrimination in Clinical Settings

  David Eddie

  Covers how stigma and discrimination affect people with substance use disorders in clinical settings and ways to address them.

  Substance Use Disorders

39th ECNP Congress

October 10–13, 2026 · Munich, Germany

• PlenaryPL05 – Advancing mental health in a changing world: social context and biology

  Lukoye Atwoli

  Plenary integrating social determinants and biological research in global mental health, from an East African vantage point.

  Neuroscience & Mechanisms

WCP 2026 — 26th World Congress of Psychiatry

September 23–26, 2026 · Stockholm, Sweden

• SymposiumPresidential Symposium: Promotion of Mental Health and General Well-being Across Underserved Populations (council)
• LectureDistinguished Lectures: Culture, Identity, and the Inner World in Psychiatry

  Psychotherapy

• PlenaryPlenary Session 05: Opportunities and Challenges for Psychiatry in the African Continent

  Tarek Okasha

  Reviews workforce, service, and research opportunities and barriers for psychiatry across Africa.

  Practice, Policy & Workforce

• SymposiumState of the Art Session 05: Cultural Responsiveness in Psychiatric Practice
• LectureDistinguished Lectures: Women's Mental Health in Context: Vulnerability, Reproductive Transitions, and Social Marginalization

  Perinatal & Women's Mental Health