21st International ESCAP (European Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry) Congress 2025

The 21st International ESCAP (European Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry) Congress 2025 will cover a wide range of topics, including:

Clinical Disorders

• Neurodevelopmental disorders (e.g., ASD, ADHD, Tic disorders)
• Intellectual disability, learning disorders, communication disorders
• Mood and anxiety disorders
• Conduct and oppositional defiant disorder
• Obsessive-compulsive disorder
• Psychiatric emergencies, suicide, and DSH
• Adjustment disorders
• Trauma and PTSD
• Eating disorders
• Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders
• Sexual and gender identity disorders
• Behavioural disorders of early childhood
• Attachment disorders
• Substance misuse and related disorders
• Liaison child and adolescent psychiatry

Neurobiology and Genetics

• Neuropsychology
• Genetic risk factors
• Animal models
• Psychoimmunology
• Neurophysiology
• Neuroimaging
• Gene-environment interactions

Services, Treatments, and Advocacy

• Service evaluation and measuring outcomes
• Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service models
• Multidisciplinary teams
• Advocacy
• Interagency working and primary care
• Psychotherapies
• Children's rights
• Parenting programmes

Developmental Trajectories and Outcomes

• Infant psychiatry
• Risk factors and epidemiology
• Transcultural themes
• Looked after children
• Abuse, trauma, and neglect
• Children of parents with mental illness
• Migration

Professional Development and Training

• Professional development
• Child and adolescent psychiatry training
• Academic child and adolescent psychiatry
• Managing stress
• European research networks

Who Should Attend:

Child and adolescent researchers and clinicians.