ESCAP resource centres archives years of information provided by experts from around the world, in the form of article, interviews, advice, YouTube documentaries, seminars.
We have collated the documents under each disorder, which are a mix from clinical and research perspectives.
Please be aware that some articles may have some overlap and will appear in our past events. These pages are constantly being modified and information being added. If you wish to contribute, please contact our editor.
Free Online course:
A life with ADHD by the University of Geneva, 2023
Research-related articles:
European Guidelines Group. Non-pharma interventions for ADHD: no significant effect on core symptoms, 2013
ADHD and Autism: interviews with Jan Buitelaar, 2013
ADHD: the endophenotype approach by professor Susan Shur-Fen Gau
Behavioral indicators in infancy as predictors of ASD, ADHD and conduct disorder in children: Call for joint research by Halina Kadziela-Olech
Neuroimaging in ADHD by Katya Rubia, 2015
ADHD: state of research by Tobias Banaschewski, 2013
New morbidity: the switch from guilt to shame by Franz Resch, 2019
Adolescent attachment: from brain to culture by Martin Debbané, 2015
Treatment of anxiety and mood disorders by John T. Walkup, 2013
Management of anxiety disorders in children and adolescents by Cathy Cresswell, 2015
Research-related articles:
“Studies on early treatment of autism are starting to have clinical value” by Tony Charman (french and german translations available), 2017
The Autism Agenda, Symposium series at the Geneva Congress, 2017
Tracking the emergence early autism symptoms in at-risk infants: Possibilities for prodromal intervention by Tony Charman, 2017
Recent progress in the genetics and genomics of ASD by Matthew State, 2013
Autism spectrum disorders: transforming innovation into policy by Joaquin Fuentes, 2013
Translate latest findings in autism from research to clinical practice by Marie Schaer, 2017
Synapsy Autism Symposia: Understanding mechanisms of change in children with ASD who receive intervention at the Geneva Congress, 2017
Synapsy Autism Symposia: Early intervention in preschoolers with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): the Swiss experience in 5 university centers at the Geneva Congress, 2017
The rewarding work of translational projects by Camilla Bellone and Marie Schaer, 2019
Clinical-related articles:
Early ASD treatment by Sally Rogers, 2015
How malleable is autism? Outcome studies from the youngest children with ASD by Sally Rogers, 2015
ASD: supporting people to transit through science, lives and services by Joaquin Fuentes, 2017
ESCAP practice guidance paper for autism by Joaquin Fuentes, 2020
Long-term effects of Bullying "Important developmental influences have been ignored" - Diete Wolke interview (available in french and german), 2017
Peers and siblings matter for mental health: long term consequences of bullying by Dieter Wolke, 2017
Bullying victimization and response to stress in children and adolescents by Louise Arseneault, 2015
Trauma and child maltreatment: ten years of knowledge development by Marie-José van Hoof
Abuse and neglect: talk to the children by Silje Braastad and Trine Norevik, 2017
Unicef report on violence against children, 2017
Conduct disorder in female adolescents, Christine Freitag, 2017
A doctor's dilemma: cure the deafness or sign into a new language by Karen Goldberg and colleagues, 2017
Tranistion issues in the psychiatric care of deaf and hard of hearing adolescents by Karin Goldberg, 2017
Unique research on depression & conduct disorder development by Ian Goodyer, 2015
Depression in children and adolescents: a developmental perspective by Ian Goodyer, 2015
Treatment of mood problems needs to get rid of the old one size fits all by Patrick Luyten, 2017
A radical shift in the treatment of child and adolescent depression: Perhaps the time is ripe? by Patrick Luyten, 2017
'Bringing medicine to crime: disruptive behavior, its developments, psychopathology and treatment.' Interview with Hans Steiner, 2019
From the preschool child to the adult: Neural basis of developmental dyslexia by Silvia Brem, 2017
Findings in diagnostics and treatment of childhood and adolescent eating disorders,Symposium at the Dublin congress, 2013
Eating problems in childhood and the overlap with the autism spectrum disorders by Maria Rastam, 2013
Eating disorders and social communication by Elisabet Wentz, 2013
GWAS and eating disorders: "Genetic screening is all about numbers" by Anke Hinney, 2019
New developments in the diagnostics and treatment of adolescent eating disorders by Beate Herpertz-Dahlmann, 2015
Anorexia nervosa
Anorexia nervosa: more agreeable treatment, more effective and less expensive by Beate Herpertz-Dahlmann, 2015
Towards a stepped care model for child and adolescent AN: the role of early intervention by Dasha Nicholls, 2013
Day patient treatment of anorexia nervosa may be as effective as hospitalization by RWTH Aachen University research team, 2014
Entering the post-GWAS era in anorexia nervosa by Johannes Hebebrand, 2013
“Sensitive children thrive in supportive environments” interview with Michael Pluess, 2019
Potential mechanisms underlying the association between obesity and mental disorders and therapeutic implications by Johannes Hebebrand, 2015
Behavioural weight-loss treatment in children and adolescents: potentials and limitations by Yvonne Mülig, 2015
Bariatric surgery in severe adolescent obesity: a retrospective study of 35 clinical observations by Elise Riquin, 2015
OCD: “Under-detected, under-diagnosed, under-treated” by David Mataix-Cols, 2015
Obsessive compulsive and related disorders in children and adolescents: innovation and consolidation by David Mataix-Cols, 2015
Paediatric aggression in 6-12 year olds: identifying the guidelines, practices and opinions by the ACTION programme
Undermining of old ideas on personality disorder by Peter Fonagy, 2015
ESCAP Expert Article: Borderline personality disorder in adolescence: An expert research review with implications for clinical practice, ECAP article, 2015
Psychotherapy for emerging borderline personality disorder by Peter Fonagy, 2015
Developing a personality disorder: "The need for developmentally adapted criteria and treatment for adolescents" by Michael Kaess, 2019
Focusing on the dynamic picture: Celso Arango’s ambition to prevent psychosis and schizophrenia by Celso Arango, 2017
Early course and intervention in youth at-risk for psychosis: results from longitudinal studies by Raquel E. Gur, 2017
First-episode psychosis in children and adolescents: research advances and opportunities for intervention by Carmen Moreno, 2017
Identification of clinical high risk of psychoses: special requirements in children and adolescents by Frauke Schultze-Lutter, 2017
Developmental trajectories in early-onset psychoses: a window for prevention? by Celso Arango, 2015
Psychosis, diagnostics and stigma by Patrick McGorry, 2017
Early detection and treatment of selective mutism: “Drop your assumptions and talk to the parents” by Beate Ørbeck
Swedish ESCAP member develops mood and sleep diary App by the SFBUP
Intervention and prevention of cannabis use in adolescents by Fabrizio Faggiano, 2015
Psychiatric and cognitive effects of synthetic cannabinoids in adolescence by Özhan Yalçin, 2019
Challenging the male stereotype in suicidal boys: “Make them ask for help” by Alan Apter
Suicide behaviour in young people by Alan Apter, 2013
Suicidal behaviour among Arab adolescents at risk in Israel and it’s perception as a mean of expressing distress and as a help seeking technique by Nomi Scheffler, Dana Feldman and Alan Apter, 2013
The interpersonal theory of suicide and adolescent suicidal behavior by Shira Barzilay, Dana Feldman, Avigal Snir and Alan Apter, 2013
A cost effectiveness analysis of four arms of a school-based mental health intervention in Europe by Lee-Ann Burke et al., 2013
Care of traumatized children in youth welfare systems by Jörg M. Fegert, 2017
Traumatized women and children: repairing shattered lives by Jan Ilhan Kizilhan
The impact of disaster on the mental health of children and adolescents by ENIPIA
“Tic research doesn't stand a chance without international cooperation” interview with Pieter Hoekstra, 2017
Tourette syndrome: an update on newest findings on treatment and pathophysiology by Pieter Hoekstra, 2017
Tourette syndrome: The relentless drumbeat by James Leckman, 2009
Neuroimaging markers of psychosis in 22q11DS Symposium at the Geneva congress, 2017
22q11.2 deletion syndrome: overview of the behavioral phenotype and available clinical interventions symposium at the Geneva congress, 2017
Social impairments across the psychosis continuum symposium at the Geneva congress, 2017
Education and employment trajectories from childhood to adulthood in individuals with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome by Maude Schneider, 2019
