California Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry | Representing California regional organizations of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry The California Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry CALACAP is the statewide umbrella organization that draws together the four regional councils of child and adolescent psychiatrists in California. Its purpose and mission is to represent the interests of the four regional organizations in Californias legislative process public policy making and clinical service administration as it finds them relevant to the mental health of Californias child adolescents and families. CALACAP is incorporated as a 501C6 compliant organization and is represented by the lobbying firm of Shaw Yoder Antwih Schmeizer Lange in Sacramento. The membership of the Academy is made of the child and adolescent psychiatrists who belong to the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry AACAP as national members and locally to their respective regional councils.