This year marks the 4th celebration of the World Infant, Child & Adolescent Mental Health Day (WICAMHD).
In 2022, WAIMH connected with IACAPAP (International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions), WPA-CAP (World Psychiatric Association Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Section), and ISAPP (International Society for Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology) to initiate the World Infant, Child & Adolescent Mental Health Day on 23 April annually.
The specific aims are to:
- Recognize the global importance of infant, child, and adolescent mental health, and
- Advocate for the promotion of mental health and prevention of mental illness in infants, children, and adolescents.
The theme in 2025 is Bridging Worlds: Mental Health Support for Displaced Children and Families.
This theme underscores the importance of comprehensively understanding and addressing the mental health challenges encountered by displaced children and families as a result of crises, while simultaneously promoting inclusion and fostering understanding between displaced individuals and host communities.
You can participate in many ways:
Join the WICAMHD 2025 Symposium
In previous years, WICAMHD webinars were hosted online featuring distinguished speakers addressing various themes. For 2025, the WICAMHD Committees are excited to adopt a hybrid format.
The WICAMHD 2025 Symposium will be held on April 29th as part of the Turkish Association of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (TACAP) annual national conference, the 34th National Congress of Child and Adolescent Mental Health and Illnesses. The hybrid symposium will be available both online and in-person at the Pine Bay Holiday Resort Hotel in Kusadasi, Türkiye.
| Date: | Tuesday, April 29, 2025 | |
| Time: |
2:00 PM Istanbul | 1:00 PM CEST | 11: 00 AM UTC | 7:00 AM EDT | |
| Duration: | 3 hours | |
| Format: | Hybrid |
The symposium is open to the public. Virtual participation is free with registration. Seats are limited, and registration is based on a first-come, first-served basis. In-person attendees will incur an external participation fee.
For more information and to register, please visit: https://iacapap.org/events/world-infant-child-and-adolescent-mental-health-day/wicamhd-2025.html
Invited Speakers & Panellists
- Associate Prof Campbell Paul, Past President of WAIMH; Consultant Infant Psychiatrist, Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne, the University of Melbourne; Royal, Women’s Hospital and Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Australia
- Dr Chiara Servili, MD MPH PhD, Technical officer, Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Department of Mental Health, Brain Health and Substance Use, World Health Organization
- Daniel Fung Shuen Sheng, MD, CEO, Institute of Mental Health Singapore; Adjunct Associate Professor, Lee Kong Chian Medical School, Nanyang Technological University; Yong Loo Lin Medical School and DUKE NUS Medical School, National University of Singapore, Singapore
- Dr. Füsun Çetin Çuhadaroğlu, President of ISAPP, Honorary President of the Turkish Assoc. for CAP, Founding Chair of the Policy Division of ESCAP, Turkiye
- Dr Matthew Hodes, Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Division of Psychiatry, Imperial College London; Member of IACAPAP, United Kingdom
Note: Additional invited speakers and symposium program will be announced soon.
How to Support WICAMHD
Share the WICAMHD logo widely.
Use social media to spread your message about the importance of mental health in the young.
Please involve your communications teams and do it on all websites and social media platforms you are on.
We suggest the following hashtags:
#WICAMHD
#WICAMHD2025
To download the WICAMHD logo, marketing flyer, or social media tool, please visit: https://iacapap.org/events/world-infant-child-and-adolescent-mental-health-day/wicamhd-2025.html
More information
For more information, please visit: https://iacapap.org/events/world-infant-child-and-adolescent-mental-health-day/wicamhd-2025.html
