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Care and Prevention
To promote the study, treatment, care and prevention of mental and emotional disorders and deficiencies of infants, children, adolescents and their families.
To promote national and international collaboration among professionals in the fields related to child and adolescent mental health.
Focus on practice and research team
To focus on practice and research in child and adolescent mental health and to make the knowledge available to the professionals and public through various scientific activities.
Welcome to IACAM
The Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (IACAM) is a National association of mental health and allied health care professionals immersed and working in the field of child and adolescent mental health. This multidisciplinary association comprising of psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, special educators, paediatricians, and so forth, is committed to the advancement of knowledge, clinical skills, research and training in the field of child and adolescent mental health.
Welcome to IACAM
The Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (IACAM) is a national association of health professionals in India, who are interested in the area of the mental health problems of children and adolescents.

What's New

Poster Competition: 3rd National Mid-term CME of IACAM | Skit Competition: 3rd National Mid-term CME of IACAM | Short Video Competition: 3rd National Mid-term CME of IACAM | Second announcement: 3rd National Mid-term CME of IACAM: New Delhi, 8-9th Feb, 2025 | Invitation to submit nominations for the 2025 Helmut Remschmidt Research Seminar (HRRS2025) | 3rd National Mid-term CME of IACAM: New Delhi, 8-9th Feb, 2025 | Special Issue of JIACAM on Psychotherapy (Guest Editors: Andres Pumareiga & Eugenio Rothe from USA) | SAGE platform for JIACAM is functional again!!!

What's New

IACAMCON 2023 November 16-18, 2023 17th Biennial National Conference of the Indian Association of Child & Adolescent Mental Health | Submit your nominations for the Helmut Remschmidt Research Seminar 2023 | SECOND NATIONAL IACAM MID-TERM CME

Welcome to IACAM

The Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (IACAM) is a national association of health professionals in India, who are interested in the area of the mental health problems of children and adolescents.

IACAM Objectives

  1. To promote the study, treatment, care and prevention of mental and emotional disorders and deficiencies in infants, children, adolescents and their families.
  2. To promote national and international collaboration among professionals working in the fields related to child and adolescent mental health.
  3. To focus on the practice and research in child and adolescent mental health, and to make the knowledge available to the professionals and public through various scientific activities.
  4. To promote positive mental health in children and adolescents with concern for laying the foundation for better adulthood and future society.
  5. To take up charitable work and all such matters that are incidental and conducive to the attainment of above objectives.

IACAM Objectives

1. To promote the study, treatment, care and prevention of mental and emotional disorders and deficiencies in infants, children, adolescents and their families.

2. To promote national and international collaboration among professionals working in the fields related to child and adolescent mental health.

3. To focus on the practice and research in child and adolescent mental health, and to make the knowledge available to the professionals and public through various scientific activities.

4. To promote positive mental health in children and adolescents with concern for laying the foundation for better adulthood and future society.

5. To take up charitable work and all such matters that are incidental and conducive to the attainment of above objectives.

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Conference/ CME

IACAM Academy

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IACAM Objectives

1. To promote the study, treatment, care and prevention of mental and emotional disorders and deficiencies in infants, children, adolescents and their families.

2. To promote national and international collaboration among professionals working in the fields related to child and adolescent mental health.

3. To focus on the practice and research in child and adolescent mental health, and to make the knowledge available to the professionals and public through various scientific activities.

4. To promote positive mental health in children and adolescents with concern for laying the foundation for better adulthood and future society.

5. To take up charitable work and all such matters that are incidental and conducive to the attainment of above objectives.

President

Dr. Shekhar Seshadri

Vice President

Dr Vivek Aggarwal

Secretary General

Dr. Rachna Bhargava

Treasurer

Dr. Henal Shah

Editor

Dr Nitin Gupta

  • News and Notices

3rd National Mid-term CME of IACAM: New Delhi, 8-9th Feb, 2025

 

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Importance of child and adolescent mental health

The period of childhood and adolescence is critical for ensuring proper development of both physical and mental faculties. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines ‘Adolescence’ as the phase of life between childhood and adulthood, and ranges from 10 to 19 years.The importance of this period is underlined by research findings showing onset of the first […]

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SECOND NATIONAL IACAM MID-TERM CME

Date: 7th & 8th January 2023Venue: Jio World Centre, BKC, Mumbai

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  • IACAM ACADEMY’S Batch V Admissions start
  • Poster Competition: 3rd National Mid-term CME of IACAM
  • Skit Competition: 3rd National Mid-term CME of IACAM
  • Short Video Competition: 3rd National Mid-term CME of IACAM
  • Second announcement: 3rd National Mid-term CME of IACAM: New Delhi, 8-9th Feb, 2025
  • Invitation to submit nominations for the 2025 Helmut Remschmidt Research Seminar (HRRS2025)
  • 3rd National Mid-term CME of IACAM: New Delhi, 8-9th Feb, 2025
  • Online webinar on the occasion of World Infant Child and Adolescent Mental Health Day - “In their own words: Bridges to Understanding Mental Health” 22nd April, 2024, 6-7 pm
  • IACAMCON 2023 - Final Announcement Brochure
  • IACAMCON 2023 November 16-18, 2023 17th Biennial National Conference of the Indian Association for Child & Adolescent Mental Health
  • 17th Biennial National Conference of the Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health is upcoming - Block your dates from November 16 to November 18, 2023 !!!
  • October issue of Journal of Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health is live now !!!

    The October issue of JIACAM is online now !!! Editorial on Issues related to Disability Certification in Learning Disability ! Special Communication on IACAM Academy ! Interesting Case reports !!! Original Articles on intriguing topics, some of which include : Effect of screen time, Nomophobia and Loneliness in Turkish Adolescents, Impulsivity and Aggression among male delinquent adolescents, Socio-constuctive perspective on Family functioning and health of Generation Z, Parent’s awareness levels on Child Sexual Abuse, And much more!!! For further details, please visit:https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/IAM/current Regards, Editorial Team, JIACAM

  • Submit your nominations for the Helmut Remschmidt Research Seminar 2023
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SAGE platform for JIACAM is functional again!!!

Dear all,

We are pleased to inform you that the Sage system is back and is up and running. You may now start uploading your manuscript as well as do the peer review through SAGE platform itself.

Thanking you,
JIACAM Editorial Team

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Dr. Rachna Bhargava
Additional Professor (Clinical Psychology)
Department of Psychiatry & National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi

Email: rachnabhargava@gmail.com

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President : Dr. Devashish Konar
Vice President : Dr. Shekhar Seshadri
Secretary General : Dr. Rachna Bhargava
Treasurer : Dr. Henal Shah
Editor : Dr. Nitin Gupta

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