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| Formation | 1953 |
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| Type | professional association |
| Headquarters | 3615 Wisconsin Ave.,NW Washington, D.C., U.S. |
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| Membership | Over 10,000 |
Official language | English |
2023–present President | Tami D. Benton, MD |
Executive Director/CEO | Heidi B. Fordi, CAE |
| Website | aacap.org |
TheAmerican Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) is a501(c)(3)non-profitprofessional association in the United States dedicated to facilitatingpsychiatric care for children and adolescents.[1] The Academy is headquartered inWashington, D.C.[2][3] Various levels of membership are available tophysicians specialized inchild psychiatry orpediatrics, as well asmedical students interested in the field, in the United States and abroad.[4]
Established in 1953 as the American Academy of Child Psychiatry (AACP),[5] it became the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) in 1989.[5] The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry's mission is to promote the healthy development of children, adolescents, and families through advocacy, education, and research.
Since 1962, the AACAP has published its monthly journal,Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP).
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 onstudy 329, a clinical trial examiningparoxetine and teenagers. The trial was sponsored by, and ghostwritten on behalf of SmithKline Beecham (nowGlaxoSmithKline), and is widely regarded as having downplayed the trial's negative results.[6][7]
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