Track: Child and Adolescent Mental Health
This session provides a comprehensive exploration of mental health disorders affecting children and adolescents, emphasizing early identification, evidence-based interventions, and multidisciplinary care approaches. It highlights the growing global burden of psychiatric and behavioral conditions in young populations and underscores the importance of integrating mental health services into pediatric care systems. The session is designed for clinicians, psychologists, researchers, and healthcare professionals committed to improving emotional well-being, cognitive development, and social functioning in children and adolescents.
Childhood Anxiety and Mood Disorders: Examines the presentation, diagnosis, and management of anxiety disorders, depression, and mood dysregulation in children and adolescents. Discusses risk factors such as genetics, trauma, and environmental stressors, along with therapeutic approaches including cognitive behavioral therapy and pharmacological interventions.
Behavioral and Conduct Disorders: Covers oppositional defiant disorder, conduct disorder, and disruptive behavioral patterns in pediatric populations. Emphasizes early behavioral interventions, family therapy, and school-based support systems to manage symptoms and improve long-term outcomes.
Adolescent Mental Health and Risk Behaviors: Addresses mental health challenges unique to adolescents, including self-harm, substance use, eating disorders, and suicidal ideation. Highlights prevention strategies, counseling approaches, and the role of peer and family support systems.
Childhood Trauma, Abuse, and Stress-Related Disorders: Explores the psychological impact of abuse, neglect, and adverse childhood experiences. Discusses trauma-informed care models, resilience-building strategies, and therapeutic interventions for post-traumatic stress disorder in children.
School Mental Health and Learning Difficulties: Examines the relationship between mental health and academic performance, including learning disabilities and school refusal behaviors. Focuses on collaborative care involving educators, parents, and mental health professionals.
Early Intervention and Preventive Psychiatry: Highlights the importance of early screening, preventive mental health programs, and community-based interventions. Emphasizes reducing stigma, improving access to care, and promoting mental wellness from early childhood through adolescence.
Family-Centered and Integrated Mental Health Care: Focuses on the role of families in supporting mental health treatment. Discusses caregiver involvement, psychoeducation, and integrated care models that combine pediatric, psychological, and social services for holistic treatment.
Scientific Highlights
- Neonatology, Perinatology and Advances in Neonatal Care
- Genetics and Genomic Medicine in Pediatrics
- Developmental and Behavioural Pediatrics
- Childhood Nutrition and Obesity
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health
- Adolescent Medicine
- Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
- Pediatric Infectious Diseases
- Pediatric Pulmonology
- Pediatric Cardiology
- Pediatric Gastroenterology
- Pediatric Nephrology & Urology
- Pediatric Neurology
- Pediatric Surgery
- Pediatric Dermatology
- Pediatric Oncology and Hematology
- Pediatric Dentistry
- Innovations in Pediatric Health Care
- pediatric endocrinology and diabetes
- Pediatric Emergency and Critical Care Medicine
- Global Child Health and Public Health Pediatrics