Welcome to IACAPAP

The International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions (IACAPAP) is a non-governmental organization that advocates for the promotion of mental health and development of children and adolescents through policy, practice and research. It promotes the study, treatment, care and prevention of mental and emotional disorders and disabilities involving children, adolescents and their families.

The IACAPAP emphasizes achieving its mission through collaboration among the professions of child and adolescent psychiatry, psychology, social work, pediatrics, public health, nursing, education, social sciences and other relevant disciplines.

Collaboration occurs through forums such as the World Congresses, Programs & Campaigns, Declarations & Statements, and Bulletins. The IACAPAP also has several key research and education publications.

Membership in the IACAPAP is comprised of three categories: full members (national organizations), affiliate members (other organizations) and individual members.

Next World Congress

Join professionals from the multiple disciplines involved in the study of the mental health of children and caring for children with mental health problems at the 20th World Congress, being held in Paris from July 21 to 25, 2012. The theme for this congress, ‘Brain, Mind and Development’, represents a shift in focus from ‘processes’ for child mental health advancement, which formed the basis of the themes for the last three congresses in the previous decade and the first in this one, to scientific advancement and breakthroughs that will lay the foundations for better understanding of and caring for the mental health problems of children in future.

Learn more at the IACAPAP 2012 website, including key dates for abstract submissions, registration, and the Donald J. Cohen Fellowship Program application deadlines.