Foundation Child is pleased to announce the 17th Training Course in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry for young researchers in child and adolescent psychiatry and psychiatry.
The aim of the course is to provide a high-quality, intensive training experience covering relevant elements of clinical science (e.g., diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of major childhood psychiatric disorders) and research (e.g., designing a research project, research methods, principles of statistics, and writing and presenting scientific work). In addition, the course provides individual and small-group tutorials, as well as networking opportunities and other valuable educational activities designed to enhance the training of junior investigators.
The five-day seminar will include lectures and interactive sessions led by an international panel of highly qualified faculty members with recognized expertise in their respective fields. The seminar will take place in a peaceful and stimulating environment chosen to facilitate this unique training experience.
The International Training Seminar in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Research brings together junior researchers and experts to develop skills and exchange scientific knowledge related to research and academic career development in child and adolescent psychiatry.
Since 2000, the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Training Seminar has provided an excellent training experience for junior faculty members and advanced trainees committed to pursuing academic careers. Trainees from more than 40 countries have attended the seminar to acquire new skills and begin building a collegial network to support their careers. Some trainees have subsequently returned to the seminar as faculty members.
In recent years, there has been enormous and rapid progress in child and adolescent psychiatry research and practice. This progress has been fueled by advances in developmental neuroscience and genetics. Major achievements also include the introduction of new and refined diagnostic tools, as well as new therapeutic and preventive approaches to developmental psychopathology.
The Research Training Seminar explores many of these advances through an examination of specific disorders, ranging from neurodevelopmental and eating disorders to mood and anxiety disorders, as well as urgent issues related to the complex interactions with environmental factors, including violence and trauma. Given the scale and complexity of developmental psychopathology, the International Research Training seminar curriculum takes a multidimensional and multidisciplinary approach.
From Sunday 3 March to Friday 8 March 2024, participants met in Rome at Villa Aurelia (Via Leone XIII, 459 not far from Vatican City) to study a broad range of topics related to child and adolescent psychiatry. The programme covered, on the one hand, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of major child psychiatric disorders and, on the other, research techniques.
The Training Seminar consisted of five full days of lectures and workshops. In addition to an intensive didactic curriculum, there were ample opportunities for networking, tutoring, and mentoring with a distinguished international faculty.
