Methodology & treatment techniques

In this section, we have grouped together previously published ESCAP documents on methodology and treatment techniques, which have both research and clinical aspects. 

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Comorbidities 

Breaking down the boundaries: comorbidity of mental and physical disorders by Kathleen Merikangas, 2013

Developmental psychopathology

Synapsy Symposium: Electro-physiological brain correlates of developmental psychopathology and the early adverse experience that poses risk for it, Geneva 2017

E-learning

Computerized learning for children with developmental delay by Bronwyn Glaser

Epidemiology

The importance of epidemiology by Frank Verhulst, 2009

Evidence-based practices

Evidence-based practices in children's mental health in the USA, 2015

Guidelines

Towards ESCAP uniform guidelines for diagnostics and treatment by Brendan Doody

Mentalization

Adaptive Mentalization-Based Integrative Treatment (AMBIT) program for reaching 'hard to reach' youth by Dickon Bevington

Also see Peter Fonagy lecture series on personality disorders and mentalization

Neuroimaging

Synapsy Symposium: Neuroimaging markers of risk for severe mental disorders, Geneva 2017

Nursing

Transition to adulthood in a frightening world, the nursing angle, by Eva Lindgren

Parent-infant joint therapies

Parent/infant joint therapies and interactive guidance by Bernard Golse, 2017

Parental mental health and early childhood Development: why should we assess withdrawal behaviour in infants? Or: What does what to whom, under which circumstances? by Antoine Guedeney, 2015

Psychoanalysis

Where is the future going for psychoanalysis? by Otto Hernberg, 2019

Psychotherapy

Psychotherapy: core business for psychiatrists by Franz Resch

Screening

Towards a focused approach to screening for mental disorders by Johannes Hebebrand

Pre- and postnatal Screening: Implications for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry by Johannes Hebebrand

Therapy innovations

Experimental analysis is the starting point for science driven therapeutic innovation by Edmund Sonuga-Barke, 2009

Virtual reality

Embracing virtual reality as a future technology for mental health by Lucia Valmaggia, 2019