The ESCAP international congress has been held every two years since 2007. The Budapest congress in 2009 was the first of its kind to be jointly organised by a host ESCAP member country and the ESCAP board.
The first congress that founded the society took place in 1960 in Paris. Since then, ESCAP has hosted more than 20 international congresses in various countries throughout Europe.
Explore what happened during these meetings and find relevant documents by clicking on each congress in the table below.
Online meetings
ESCAP Expert Day: 25th June 2021
ESCAP, UEMS-CAP, EFPT Training Day: 24th June 2021
Webinars
Special webinar: Impact of war and forced displacement on children's mental health: 29th March 2021
Location, year |
Theme and Host National Society |
| Strasbourg 2025 |
Beyond nature & nurture, 29 June - 1 July 2025 |
| Copenhagen 2023 |
Next Generation Europe - a balancing act between clinical, research, clinical and political demands, 29 June - 1 July 2023 |
| Maastricht 2022 | Networks in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 19-21 June 2022 Dutch Association for Psychiatry, Faculty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (NVvP) |
| Vienna, 2019 | Developmental Psychiatry in a Globalized World, 30 June - 2 July 2019 Austrian Society of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy (ÖGKJP) |
| Geneva, 2017 | Transition – Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in a World of Change, 9-11 July 2017 Swiss Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (SSPPEA/SGKJPP) |
| Madrid, 2015 | From Research to Clinical Practice – Linking the Expertise, 20-24 June 2015 Spanish Society of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AEPNYA) |
| Dublin, 2013 | Optimising Outcomes in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, 6-10 July 2013 College of Psychiatrists of Ireland, Faculty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry |
| Helsinki, 2011 | Hope for Bright Futures, 11-15 June 2011 Finnish Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry |
| Budapest, 2009 | Quality of Life in Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 22-26 August 2009 Hungarian Association for Child Neurology-Neurosurgery and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry |
| Florence, 2007 | Bridging the Gaps – Integrating Perspectives in Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 25-29 August 2007 ESCAP |
| Paris, 2003 | Developmental Psychopathology: Transmission and Change. Influence of transmission models on understanding development, diagnosis, and treatment of psychiatric disorders of children and adolescents, 28 September - 1 October 2003 ESCAP |
| Hamburg, 1999 | New Challenges, New Solutions, 15-19 September 1999 ESCAP |
| Utrecht, 1995 | ESCAP |
| Varna, 1987 | ESCAP |
| Lausanne, 1983 | ESCAP |
| Madrid, 1979 | ESCAP |
| Vienna, 1975 | ESCAP |
| Stockholm, 1971 | ESCAP |
| Wiesbaden, 1967 | ESCAP |
| Rome, 1963 | ESCAP |
| Paris, 1960 | ESCAP |
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