How to apply.

Please send your CV in addition to the fullfield application form and the recommendation letter to escapcourse@gmail.com from Feb 15th to May 31st, 2025.
NOTE: The deadline has been extended to June15 th 2025!

Please note that in the event of a technical issue, you can send your application to escapcourse@gmail.com 

Selection procedure schedule.

– Applications will be received from Feb 15th to May 31st, 2025;
– Confirmation email of acceptance: from Jun 20th to Jun 30th, 2025;
– Communication if your clinical case report or research project has been selected for the discussion during interactive sessions: from Sept 1st, 2025.

Programme Catania 5^th Residential Course in child and adolescent psychiatry, Oct 1^st -4^th, 2025

Wednesday 1 October

1:45 pm – 2:15 pm: Registration

2:30 pm – 3:00 pm: Marco Armando (Switzerland), Samuele Cortese (UK) and Luigi Mazzone (Italy) – Introduction to the 5th ESCAP Course and Welcome to Attendees

3:00 pm – 4:15 pm: Joerg Fegert (University of Ulm, Germany) – TBD (Introduction to child and adolescent psychiatry)

4:15 pm – 5:30 pm: Carlos Hoyos (University of Winchester, UK) – Diagnosis and formulation in child and adolescent psychiatry

5:30-5:45 pm: Break

5:45 pm – 7:00 pm: Samuele Cortese (University of Southampton, UK)–  Update on ADHD

8:00 pm | Welcome Happy Hour

Thursday 2 October

9:00 am- 10:45 am:  Suyog Dhakras (Hampshire and of Wight NHS Foundation Trust, UK) – Forensic aspects in child and adolescent psychiatry

10:45 am – 11:00 am: Break

11:00 am -12:45 am: Carmen Morcillo (Hampshire and of Wight NHS Foundation Trust, UK) – Management of anorexia nervosa in adolescents

1:30 – 2:30 pm: Lunch (Grand Hotel Baia Verde)

2:30 – 3:30 pm: Break. Recreate yourself and enjoy Grand Hotel Baia Verde pool

3:30 – 5:15 pm: Benedetto Vitiello (University of Turin, Italy) Practical considerations in child and adolescent psychopharmacology

5:15 pm – 5:30 pm: Break

5:30 – 7:30 pm | Interactive Session: Discussion of Clinical Case Reports or

Research Projects, led by Assia Riccioni, Lucrezia Arturi (University Tor Vergata, Rome Italy) & other faculty members

8:30 pm | Out for Dinner

Friday 3 October

9:00 am -10:45 am: Luigi Mazzone (Rome, Italy) Update on Autism Spectrum Disorders

(University Tor Vergata, Rome Italy)

10:45 am – 11:00 am: Break

11:00 am -12:30 am: Assia Riccioni (Rome, Italy) FOCUS ON: The intersection between neurodivergence and emerging borderline personality disorders in adolescents

11:00 am -12:30 am: Q&A

1:30 – 2:30 pm | Lunch

2:30 – 3:30 pm | Break Recreate yourself and enjoy Grand Hotel Baia Verde pool

3:30 – 5:15 pm: Kerstin Von Plessen (Lausanne, Switzerland) | Update on OCD and Tic Disorders

5:15 pm – 5:30 pm: Break

5:30 – 7:30 pm | Interactive Session: Discussion of Clinical Case Reports or Research Projects, led by Chiara Davico (University of Turin, Italy), Martina Siracusano (University Tor Vergata, Rome Italy) & other faculty members

8:30 pm | Out for Dinner

Saturday 4 October

9:00 am- 11:00 am:  Marco Armando and Paul Klauser (University of Lausanne) – Update on High Risk for Psychosis (CHR-P) to First Episode of Psychosis (FEP) in children and adolescents

11:00 am – 11:15 am: Break

11:15 am – 12:45 am: Andrea Danese (London, UK) PTSD– part I

1:30 – 2:30 pm: Lunch (Grand Hotel Baia Verde)

2:30 – 3:30 pm: Break. Recreate yourself and enjoy Grand Hotel Baia Verde pool

3:30 – 4:30 pm: Andrea Danese (London, UK) PTSD– part II

4:30 pm – 4:45 pm: Break

4:45 – 6:30 pm | Interactive Session: Discussion of Clinical Case Reports or Research Projects, led by our faculty members

Scientific Organizing Committee

Marco Armando (University of Lausanne)
Samuele Cortese (University of Southampton, UK and University of Bari, Italy)
Luigi Mazzone (University of Tor Vergata, Rome)

Faculty

Marco Armando (University of Geneva)

Samuele Cortese (University of Southampton, UK, and University of Bari, Italy)

Andrea Danese (London, UK)

Chiara Davico (University of Turin, Italy)

Suyog Dhakras (Hampshire and of Wight NHS Foundation Trust, UK)

Joerg Fegert (University of Ulm, Germany)

Carlos Hoyos (University of Winchester, UK)

Paul Klauser (University of Lausanne)

Luigi Mazzone (University of Tor Vergata, Rome)

Carmen Morcillo (Hampshire and of Wight NHS Foundation Trust)

Kerstin von Plessen (University Hospital of Lausanne, Switzerland)

Assia Riccioni (University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy)

Martina Siracusano (University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy)

Benedetto Vitiello (University of Torino, Italy)TBD

Local Organizing Committee

Assia Riccioni (University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy)
Martina Siracusano (University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy)
Chiara Davico (University of Turin, Italy