The International Association for Child <span class="attribute-to-highlight medbox">and</span> Adolescent Psychiatry <span class="attribute-to-highlight medbox">and</span> Allied Professions (IACAPAP) aims to promote the mental health <span class="attribute-to-highlight medbox">and</span> development of children <span class="attribute-to-highlight medbox">and</span> adolescents worldwide. It seeks to achieve this by contributing to the training <span class="attribute-to-highlight medbox">and</span> professional development of the child <span class="attribute-to-highlight medbox">and</span> adolescent mental health professionals by disseminating up-todate <span class="attribute-to-highlight medbox">and</span> high-quality information through its publications, organization of biennial international congresses, <span class="attribute-to-highlight medbox">and</span> study groups. IACAPAP has a long tradition of publishing monographs released to coincide with the congresses, with the first one published in 1970.