Deadline – 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, 2026.
Please note that in the event of a technical issue, you can send your application to escapcourse@gmail.com
– Applications will be received from Feb 15th to May 31st, 2026;
– Confirmation email of acceptance: from Jun 20th to Jun 30th, 2026;
– Communication if your clinical case report or research project has been selected for the discussion during interactive sessions: from Sept 1st, 2026.
DAY 1
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 6th ESCAP Course and Welcome to Attendees
3:00 pm – 4:15 pm: Joerg Fegert (University of Ulm, Germany) – Child Psychiatry and Child Protection in a Digital World
4:15 pm – 5:30 pm: Carlos Hoyos (University of Winchester, UK) – Formulation in child and adolescent psychiatry
5.30 pm – 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
DAY 2
9:00 am – 10:00 am: Suyog Dhakras (Hampshire and of Wight NHS Foundation Trust, UK) – Forensic aspects in child and adolescent psychiatry
10.00 am – 11.00 am: Chiara Davico: (Turin University, Italy): Suicidal ideation and suicide
11.00 am – 11.20 am: Break
11.20 am – 12.20 pm: Carmen Morcillo (Hampshire and of Wight NHS Foundation Trust, UK) – Management of anorexia nervosa in adolescents
12.20 pm – 1.40 pm: Manon Hillegers (Erasmus MC · Department of child and adolescent psychiatry and psychology, The Netherlands) – The prodrome and treatment of bipolar disorder in youth
1:40 pm – 2:30 pm: Lunch (Grand Hotel Baia Verde)
2:30 pm – 3:30 pm: Break. Recreate yourself and enjoy Grand Hotel Baia Verde pool
3:30 pm – 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 pm – 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
DAY 3
9:00 am – 10.00 am: Luigi Mazzone (University Tor Vergata Rome, Italy) Update on Autism Spectrum Disorder
10:00 am – 11.00 am: Svenja Taubner (Heidelberg University, Germany): Psychotherapies in children and adolescents
10:45 am – 11.00 am: Break
11:30 am – 12.30 pm: Assia Riccioni (University Tor Vergata Rome, Italy): The intersection between neurodivergence and emerging borderline personality disorders in adolescents
12.30 pm – 12.45 pm Q&A
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm | Lunch
2:30 pm – 3:30 pm | Break Recreate yourself and enjoy Grand Hotel Baia Verde pool
3:30 pm – 4:45 pm: Kerstin Von Plessen (Lausanne, Switzerland): Update on OCD and Tic Disorders
5.00 pm – 5.00 pm: Break
5:00 pm – 7:00 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
DAY 4
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 pm: Andrea Danese (King’s College London, UK): PTSD
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm: Lunch (Grand Hotel Baia Verde)
2:30 pm – 3:30 pm: Break. Recreate yourself and enjoy Grand Hotel Baia Verde pool
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm: Mario Speranza (Versailles University, France): emerging personality disorders
4.30 pm – 4.45 pm: Break
4.45 pm – 6.30 pm | Interactive Session: Discussion of Clinical Case Reports or Research Projects, led by our faculty members
Marco Armando (University of Lausanne) Samuele Cortese (University of Southampton, UK and University of Bari, Italy) Luigi Mazzone (University of Tor Vergata, Rome)
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)
Manon Hillegers (Erasmus MC Netherlands)
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)
Mario Speranza (Versailles University, France)
Svenja Taubner (Heidelberg University, Germany)
Benedetto Vitiello (University of Torino, Italy)TBD
Assia Riccioni (University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy) Martina Siracusano (University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy) Chiara Davico (University of Turin, Italy)
It includes accommodation in twin rooms at Grand Hotel Baia Verde, daily breakfast, lunches and dinners, social events and access to all education activities. Only the flight is not included.
To: Aita project
Association:
Unicredit Bank, Via Giacinto Carini, 58/B, 00152 Roma RM, Italy
IBAN: IT 83 J 02008 05031 000300389963
BIC UNCRITM1015
Please ensure that the name of the meeting and of the participant is stated on the bank transfer.
Important: Proceed with the bank transfer only after receiving the confirmation of acceptance by email.