20th World IACAPAP (International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions) Congress

20th World IACAPAP (International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions) Congress "Brain, Mind and Development"

The 20^th World IACAPAP Congress from July 21^st to 25^th 2012 in Paris promises to be a very unique experience for several reasons. The very first IACAPAP Congress held in 1937 was hosted in Paris with Georges Heuyer as Congress President. In IACAPAP’s history, Paris embodies a starting point for several decades of successful congresses around the world. A return to Paris in 2012 is a reminder of a little beginning which had been built up, nurtured and sustained by the vision, passion, sacrifice, unity and friendships among so many child and adolescent professionals who held the reins of this Association through the years.

Paris is hosting the IACAPAP congress for the third time, the only city in the world to have enjoyed such attention and privilege in bringing together professionals from the multiple disciplines involved in the study of the mental health of children and caring for children with mental health problems. Furthermore, the Congress President at the second Congress hosted by Paris in 1986, Colette Chiland, is the Coordinator of the Steering Committee for Paris 2012. Colette brings into organizing this congress, strength, commitment and years of experience as a dedicated IACAPAP leader. She will work with David Cohen the President of the Organizing Committee, Claude Bursztejn, President of the Program Committee, and members of the French Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines in making the arrangements. Paris will enjoy the benefits of experience and this will be reflected in the congress.

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. The theme for the 16^th World Congress in 2004 was ‘facilitating pathways’, for the 17^th World Congress in Melbourne in 2006, ‘nurturing diversity’, and for the 18^th Congress in Istanbul in 2008, ‘Carrying Hope Between East and West for 3 C’s : Children, Cultures, Conflicts’. At the 19th Congress in Beijing in 2010, the theme was, “Improving Child Mental Health : Increasing Awareness and New Pathways for Care”. The theme for the Paris Congress represents a significant move away from ‘processes’ to ‘content’. Lest CAMH professionals in developing regions worry about their lack of tools for high-technology research involving genes and imaging techniques, an in-depth look at the theme provides opportunities for all to display their work, irrespective of region. What factors in our environments act as resilience or vulnerability factors for the developing child ? How do our diverse cultural practices impact the brain and mind of the developing child ?

Let’s gather together in Paris to celebrate IACAPAP’s history, practice and progress in child mental health worldwide. There are facilities for participants to speak in either English or French. Paris promises to provide a rich scientific programme, an assemble of participant’s from better-resourced and resource–poor settings, diverse cultures, an unbeatable social networking opportunity as the CAMH professionals the world over gather to speak about and for its children.

Seventy-five years after the first IACAPAP Congress was held in Paris, welcome to Paris 2012.

Olayinka Omigbodun, president of the congress

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