Welcome to the ISAPP 2011

Dear members,
dear colleagues and guests,

As president elect I want to invite you together with Franz Resch, chair of the scientific committee, to the conference of the International Society of Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology (ISAPP) taking place in Berlin 2011 from Sept. 14. to 18. September 2011.

As the topic of the conference ‘Adolescence - a second chance. Development – Attachment – Neurobiology – Trauma – Psychodynamics – Treatment’ indicates,  a broad spectrum of actual scientific findings and issues concerning the care for adolescents will be presented.
Adolescence with its specific challenges has been neglected in research as well as in diagnostics and therapy for a long time. In the lights of data that half of the psychiatric disorders of adults have their onset in youth the question if adolescence may be a second chance is not only important from a developmental perspective but has implications also for therapists, supporting systems, society and policy. The conference dealing with themes between normality and pathology shall bring together well-known experts in the field and professionals working with adolescents in health care.
We would be delighted to welcome you to discuss these important topics in Berlin, a fascinating city with its history, social tensions and cultural highlights.