ESCAP's purpose is to promote the mental health and wellbeing of children, adolescents and their families throughout Europe. To do so, we are constantly working on initiatives based on research, clinical and policy, as well as organising events and educational programs to nurture child and adolescent psychiatry at all levels. Also check out our News Section.
Aims
Accoring to its status, ESCAP pursues the following aims:
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Goals
The goals of ESCAP are:
11/09/24 - ESCAP held the first of a series of Webinars for healthcare professionals in Ukraine. More than 370 participants joined us online – not only child and adolescent psychiatrists, but also family doctors, paediatricians, adult psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers - a very broad, mixed field of participants. The series of webinars is organized in collaboration with the Mental Health Coordination Center of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and UNICEF. Presentations are simultaenously translated into Ukrainian.
For more information and the recording
Our 21st International Congress under the theme of "Beyond nature & nurture" will take place from 29 June to 1 July 2025 in Strasbourg, France. Abstract submission is now open and we are calling for
The European Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (ESCAP) is a not-for-profit association whose purpose is to promote the mental health and wellbeing of children, adolescents and their families. As well as to improve the quality of their lives and to ensure children’s right for support to healthy mental development and for appropriate preventive and therapeutic mental health services and interventions.
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