American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Formation1953
Typeprofessional association
HeadquartersWashington, D.C.
Location
Membership
8,000
Official language
English
2019–present President
Gabrielle "Gaye" Carlson, M.D.[1]
Websiteaacap.org

The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit professional association in the United States dedicated to facilitating psychiatric care for children and adolescents.[2] The Academy is headquartered in Washington, D.C.[3][4] Various levels of membership are available to physicians specialized in child psychiatry or pediatrics, as well as medical students interested in the field, in the United States and abroad.[5]

Established in 1953 as the American Academy of Child Psychiatry (AACP),[6] it became the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) in 1989.[6]

  1. ^ AACAP Annual Report, retrieved May 12, at AACAP.org
  2. ^ "American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - National Organization for Rare Disorders". rarediseases.org. 11 August 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
  3. ^ "About Us". AACAP. Archived from the original on 21 April 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
  4. ^ "Contact Us". Archived from the original on 21 April 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
  5. ^ "Who can become a member?". AACAP. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
  6. ^ a b Barthel, RP (2007), "The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry", Academic Psychiatry, 31 (2): 119–121, doi:10.1176/appi.ap.31.2.119, PMID 17344448, S2CID 26573825.

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