Welcome to ESCAP 2011

Dear colleagues,

It is our great pleasure to invite you to attend the 14th ESCAP Congress which will take place at Finlandia Hall in Helsinki, Finland on 11-15 June 2011. The congress will be organised by the Finnish Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and the ESCAP. The theme of the congress is HOPE FOR BRIGHT FUTURES – Mental Health for Children, Adolescents and Families in Society.

We are delighted to have the President of the Republic of Finland as the patron of the congress. This support to the congress on the highest possible level underlines the importance of activities done in child and adolescent psychiatry.

We are also glad to inform that all preparations of the forthcoming ESCAP2011 congress are going ahead as planned and scheduled. By the end of January, 700 abstracts have been submitted to the congress confirming that there will be new research results and ideas to hear and discuss.

The scientific program will include a broad range of various themes relevant to child and adolescent psychiatry and allied disciplines. The congress intends to cover both medical, psychological, sociological, nursing and educational perspectives on a high level. The joint challenge of professionals working with children who have special needs is to be informed about recent research and how to integrate research into policy and practice.

The ESCAP 2011 will be the opportunity to learn and share the most recent knowledge and to meet colleagues from various countries – the possibility to learn, debate and develop.  

You are cordially invited to Helsinki in June 2011!

Patron of the ESCAP 2011 Congress
 

President of the Republic of Finland
Tarja Halonen
 

14th International Congress of ESCAP
European Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
11-15 June 2011, Finlandia Hall, Helsinki, Finland

Organised by Finnish Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry