european psychiatric association

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Section committee

BALAZS Judit , Chair
BRAMBILLA Paolo, Co-Chair
SHAH Kaushal, Councillor


Section mission

This Section's mission is to:

Promote child initiatives, scientific efforts and cooperation – building networks of interest for developmental aspects of psychiatry

Section objectives

  1. To promote child initiatives, scientific efforts and cooperation – building networks of interest for developmental aspects of psychiatry.
  2. To facilitate scientific discussion and mutual education in child psychiatry during EPA meetings.
  3. To promote a public discussion on topics of Child Psychiatry such as: SSRI’s in minors, over or under treatment with stimulants, forensic child psychiatry and the law, etc.
  4. To represent the specific professional needs of child psychiatrists that are members of the EPA.
  5. To improve the communication between adult and child psychiatrists.

Annual reports