Upcoming IACAPAP World Congress
2024 – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Join us at the 26th World Congress of the International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions
Congress Theme: Child development, mental health challenges and the future of nations
Congress Date: May 20 - 24, 2024
Past IACAPAP World Congresses
| Nr. | Year | Venue | Congress President | Theme |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | 1937 | Paris | Georges Heuyer | Conditioned reflexes –Pedagogics and Child Psychiatry – Juvenile Criminality |
| II | *1948 | London | J.R. Rees | Personality Development and its Individual and Social Aspects with Special Reference to Aggression. |
| III | 1954 | Toronto | Frederick H. Allen | Emotional Problems of Early Childhood |
| IV | 1958 | Lisbon | Victor Fontes | The Emotional Life of the Child – 6-12 years |
| V | 1962 | Scheweningen | Arn van Krevelen | Primary Prevention of Mental Disorders in Children |
| VI | 1966 | Edinburgh | John Bowlby | Puberty and Adolescence |
| VII | 1970 | Jerusalem | Serge Lebovici | The Child and His Family |
| VIII | 1974 | Philadelphia | E. James Anthony | Children at Risk |
| IX | 1978 | Melbourne | Albert J. Solnit | Children and Parents in a Changing World |
| X | 1982 | Dublin | Lionel Hersov | Children in Turmoil-Tomorrow’s Parents |
| XI | 1986 | Paris | Colette Chiland | New Approaches to Infant, Child, Adolescent and Family Mental Health |
| XII | 1990 | Kyoto | Reimer Jensen | Child Rearing, Education and Psychopathology |
| XIII | 1994 | San Fransisco | Donald J. Cohen ** | Violence and the Vulnerable Child |
| XIV | 1998 | Stockholm | Donald J. Cohen | Trauma and Recovery |
| XV | 2002 | New Delhi | *** | Cancelled as World Congress |
| XVI | 2004 | Berlin | Helmut Remschmidt | Facilitating Pathways – Care, Treatment and Prevention in Child and Adolescent Mental Health |
| XVII | 2006 | Melbourne | Myron L. Belfer | Nurturing Diversity |
| XVIII | 2008 | Istanbul | Per-Anders Rydelius | Carrying Hope Between East and West for 3 C’s: Children, Cultures and Commitments |
| XIX | 2010 | Beijing | Per-Anders Rydelius | Improving Child Mental Health: Increasing Awareness and New Pathways for Care |
| XX | 2012 | Paris | Olayinka Omigbodun | Brain, Mind and Development |
| XXI | 2014 | Durban | Olayinka Omigbodun | From Research to Practice: Global challenges in CAMH Care |
| XXII | 2016 | Calgary | Bruno Falissard | Fighting Stigma; Promoting Resiliency and Positive Mental Health |
| XXIII | 2018 | Prague, Czech Republic | Bruno Falissard | Understanding Diversity and Uniqueness |
| XXIV | 2020 | Singapore | Daniel Fung | Starting from the Beginning – Laying the Foundation for Lifelong Mental Health |
| XXV | 2024 | Dubai | Ammar Albanna | Child and Adolescent Mental Health: Shaping the Future! |
* A planned second international congress 1941 in Leipzig, Germany, under the leadership of Paul Schröder did not take place because of WW II.
** It should have been Irving Philips – however, Donald Cohen had to act as President because of the unfortunate death of Irving Philips in 1992.
*** The 15th World Congress was scheduled for New Delhi/India but could not take place as an IACAPAP event due to external reasons. Therefore the congress was carried out as a regional meeting with international attendance under the leadership of our colleagues in India. It was agreed to put into writing in the IACAPAP annals, that the 15th Congress could not be held as planned under the aegis of IACAPAP and that the Berlin Congress will be counted as the 16th World Congress of our Association.
