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.
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ECAP Journal - November 2025 issue
Editorial: Research in child and adolescent mental Health – How does it relate to clinical research and practice in child and adolescent psychiatry and psychotherapy? by Christine M. Freitag
Journals focusing on mental disorders in children and youth receive and accept many articles related to general aspects of child and adolescent mental health. The current issue of ECAP similarly contains more than 50% of articles focusing on symptoms of mental health problems, which may occur in children and youth with manifest mental disorders, but which also are also frequently found in children and youth without a mental disorder. Thus, it is important to explicitly engage in a scientifically based cross-talk between mental health research and clinical research on mental disorders in children and youth, with respect to the translational value of both approaches.”
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.
