APA Council on Children, Adolescents, and Their Families Prepare for Exciting Sessions at 2023 Annual Meeting
Hear from experts in the field of child and adolescent psychiatry on the latest information on clinical topics and emerging issues important to this population.
The APA Council on Children, Adolescents, and Their Families (CCAF) consists of leading child and adolescent psychiatrists and trainees with diverse areas of expertise from all over the United States. The CCAF has been busy advocating, collaborating, and discussing important topics that impact mental health. Some of these topics include suicide prevention, the influence of climate change on mental health, migrant mental health and rights, asylum evaluations, school-based mental health care, behavioral and threat assessments, disparities in LGBTQ mental health, and advances in digital medicine.
Through its subcommittees, interest groups, and collaborations with other APA components, the CCAF develops position statements, action papers, policy recommendations, articles, and abstracts with the goal of advancing the mental health and well-being of all individuals, especially of children and adolescents. In addition to its work throughout the year, members of the council are facilitating sessions on a number of exciting topics at the 2023 APA Annual Meeting.
The theme of this year’s Annual Meeting is “Innovate, Collaborate, Motivate: Charting the Future of Mental Health.” The CCAF is proud of the breadth and relevance of the presentations in which its members are involved and the collaborations fostered for these sessions. Here is a list of some of the presentations that current and recent members of the CCAF are involved in:
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Tips, Tactics, and Training to Improve Youth Mental Health in Your Community
Chair: Anish Ranjan Dube, M.D.
Discussants: Gabrielle Shapiro, M.D., Latoya Frolov, M.D., Christopher Seeley
May 20, 3:45 p.m.-5:15 p.m.
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No Wrong Door: Ushering in Collaborative Solutions for College Mental Health
Chair: Meera Menon, M.D.
Presenters: Ludmila De Faria, M.D., Amy Alexander, M.D., Maryam Zulfiqar, M.D.
May 21, 8 a.m.-9:30 a.m.
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Here Fishy, Phishy. Catfishing and Other Cyber Crimes Across the Ages
Chair: Rana Elmaghraby, M.D.
Presenters: Gabrielle Shapiro, M.D., Caitlin Costillo, M.D., Stephanie Garayalde, M.D.
May 21, 8 a.m.-9:30 a.m.
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A Journey to Death: The Story of Migrant Children
Chair: Gabrielle Shapiro, M.D.
Presenters: German E. Velez, M.D., Balkozar Adam, M.D., Suzan Song, M.D.
May 21, 3:45 p.m.-5:15 p.m.
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Food, Music, and Novelas: A Roadmap for Psychiatry at the Intersections of Culture, Resilience, and Mental Health Equity
Chair: Lisa Fortuna, M.D., M.P.H.
Presenters: German E. Velez, M.D., Brenda Cartujano Barrera, M.D.
May 22, 8 a.m.-9:30 a.m.
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A Practical Approach to Social Determinants of Mental Health in Children and Youth
Chair: German E. Velez, M.D.
Presenters: Lisa Fortuna, M.D., M.P.H., Tresha Gibbs, M.D.
May 23, 1:30 p.m.-3 p.m.
We hope you will join us for this year’s Annual Meeting! More information on the scientific sessions. ■
Biographies
Melanie Tam, M.D., is a first-year APA/APAF SAMHSA Minority Fellow on APA’s Council on Children, Adolescents, and Their Families and a third-year psychiatry resident at George Washington University.
Stephanie Garayalde, M.D., is a corresponding member of the council and a geriatric psychiatry fellow at the University of Florida, Gainesville. She completed her APA/APAF Child and Adolescent Fellowship in 2021.
Rana Elmaghraby, M.D., is a member of the council and a clinical instructor at University of Washington, Seattle, and medical director of psychiatry at Sea Mar Community Center in Washington. Elmaghraby is also a member of the Psychiatric News editorial advisory board.
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Published online: 12 April 2023
Published in print: May 1, 2023 – May 30, 2023
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