Catalan Congress of Mental Health of
Childhood and Adolescence
Multidisciplinary, community, and collaborative debates
The Catalan Congress of Child and Adolescent Mental Health organizes triennial congresses in Barcelona on child and adolescent mental health. It was born from annual meetings initiated in 1990, replacing the conference format with that of a congress.
The Catalan Congress of Mental Health for Children and Adolescents It is the institutional framework that organizes, coordinates, and carries out the congresses that are held triennially in Barcelona to address mental health issues affecting children and adolescents.
Its origin dates back to the annual meetings that various institutions in the field of child and adolescent mental health held at the Official College of Psychologists of Catalonia since 1990. However, given the progressive complexity it was acquiring, the members of the scientific and organizing committees decided to replace the workshop format with that of a congress.
The Congress's philosophy is defined by the following axes:
Multidisciplinarity.
Broad geographical representation.
• Broad representation of theoretical models.
• Emphasis on community focus.
• Creation of discussion spaces with broad participation from the audience.
All of this within a framework of respect and collaborative spirit.
The backgrounds
• First Congress / 2002 “Child.
• 2nd Congress / 2005 “Adolescence and New Needs in Mental Health.
• III Congress / 2008 “Contemporary discomforts: an analysis from the fields of Justice, Education, Health, Work, Social Action and Citizenship, and Communities.
• IV Congress / 2011 “Childhood and Adolescent Times. Discomfort and Psychopathology: Detection, Prevention, and Interdisciplinary Action.
• 5th Congress / 2014 “Mental Health Experiences: In the Care, Training, and Research Fields.
• VI Congress / 2017 “Behavioral Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence. New Times, New Strategies.
• 7th Congress / 2021 “Transitions, Exclusions, and Solitudes: Challenges and Responses”
• VIII Congress / 2024 “Community Mental Health in Childhood and Adolescence, Visions, Experiences and Challenges”