APA 2022

See You in Minneapolis!

APA 2022

See You in Minneapolis!

We are so excited for the APA 2022 Convention this upcoming August 4-6 in Minneapolis, MN! As always, SCCAP members have submitted high-quality, thought-provoking proposals, which the program committee has enjoyed reviewing. For the first time since 2019, we are planning for the APA Convention to be in-person, which will provide us with ample opportunities to network and reunite with friends. However, APA is monitoring the public health conditions and is preparing for modifications as needed. We will let our members know of any changes as soon as they are announced.

We have very exciting programming to entice you to APA. The theme of our programing centers around identifying drivers of disparities in mental health services and implementing solutions to promote equity. Along with symposia, skill-building sessions, and critical conversation panels on these topics, we have a line up of exceptional invited presentations. We expect continuing education credit to be offered by APA for several of these presentations.

We would like to highlight three events that we think will provide exceptional opportunities to learn about how our research and practice can address mental health disparity reduction:

Maggi Price, PhD will give an invited keynote address titled Structural Stigma Undermines Youth Psychotherapy Efficacy. Dr. Price is an Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work at Boston College. Her research focuses on the intersection between stigma, trauma, and youth mental health. Her talk will highlight spatial meta-analyses she has conducted to identify how structural discrimination, including racism and sexism, impacts the effectiveness of youth mental health interventions.

Rosaura Orengo-Aguayo, PhD is also giving an invited keynote address titled Trauma Treatment without Borders: Implementation of Trauma Focused CBT in Latin American and the Caribbean. Dr. Orengo-Aguayo is an Associate Professor and bilingual clinical psychologist at the National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center at the Medical University of South Carolina. Her research focuses on addressing mental health disparities among underserved populations through innovative implementation and dissemination methods. Her talk will highlight international implementation efforts, including work she has conducted aimed at bolstering resiliency and promoting psychological recovery among Puerto Rican youth after Hurricane Maria.

Additionally, our SCCAP president, Anna Lau, PhD, will hold a panel focused on conducting high impact translational research focused on mental health disparity reduction. Drs. Price and Orengo Aguayo will be joined by Dr. Arielle Sheftall and Dr. Cindy Liu in this panel. Dr. Sheftall, a principal investigator in the Center for Suicide Prevention and Research at the Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, will discuss her work identifying risk and protective factors and implementing interventions to prevent suicidal behaviors in Black youth. Dr. Liu, an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School, will add important insights from her work related to the impact of racism and discrimination on Asian American and Pacific Islander youth and parents during COVID-19. This panel is certain to inform and inspire!

This is just a taste of the wonderful programming for APA 2022! Our decisions will be finalized at the end of March, so please do check out the official APA and SCCAP website for all of the details.

Finally, we would like to thank the reviewers who contributed their time and expertise to evaluating all proposals for inclusion in SCCAP’s APA 2022 programming: Sara Kate Bearman, PhD, Amanda Bowling, MA, Belinda Chen, BA, Dominique Egger, MA, Spencer Evans, PhD, Meghan McBride, MA, Hanan Salem, BA, and Sylvanna Vargas, PhD. Your thoughtful reviews helped us put together a high-quality, interesting slate of presentations for this year’s convention.