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More than a textbook

This online-textbook on mental health in childhood and adolescence is free of charge and gives an excellent overview of essential mental disorders in childhood and adolescence and associated topics. Currently, the textbook comprises 10 chapters: A comprehensive introduction is followed by chapters on risk- and resilience factors as well as developmental disorders. Externalising disorders, mood […]

World congress in Calgary

This year the world congress of the International Society of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions (IACAPAP) takes place in Calgary (Canada) between the 18th and the 22nd of September. Congress Chair is Chris Wilkes, head of the department of child and adolescent psychiatry at the Foothills Medical Centre (Alberta, Canada). Abstracts can be […]

Mission Child and Adolescent Psychiatry worldwide

One of the main aims of the International Society of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions is to improve health care for children and adolescents with mental disorders worldwide. In many countries of low to medium income, a well-grounded training for skilled personnel is not yet established. IACAPAP has started a multilevel training initiative:

New scientific platform for child and adolescent psychiatry and psychotherapy

Even though publication of scientific data in peer-reviewed journals is the aim of many child and adolescent psychiatrists and psychologists who are doing research, this form of publishing data also has some disadvantages: Only a limited group of practically working personnel has access to these journals, studies that don´t find significant results are hard to […]