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American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

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]

Formation

1953

8,000

English

Gabrielle "Gaye" Carlson, M.D.[1]

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]

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry