American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Formation | 1953 |
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Type | professional association |
Headquarters | Washington, D.C. |
Location | |
Membership | 8,000 |
Official language | English |
2019–present President | Gabrielle "Gaye" Carlson, M.D.[1] |
Website | aacap.org |
The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) is a
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]
Publications
Since 1962, the AACAP has published its monthly journal, Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP).
Controversy
There have been concerns about industry-sponsored clinical trials published in the journal. JAACAP editors have repeatedly declined to retract the journal's 2001 article on
References
- ^ AACAP Annual Report, retrieved May 12, at AACAP.org
- ^ "American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - National Organization for Rare Disorders". rarediseases.org. 11 August 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ^ "About Us". AACAP. Archived from the original on 21 April 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
- ^ "Contact Us". Archived from the original on 21 April 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
- ^ "Who can become a member?". AACAP. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
- ^ S2CID 26573825.
- ^ Isabel Heck, "Controversial Paxil paper still under fire 13 years later", The Brown Daily Herald, 2 April 2014.
- PMID 21138994.