1st IACAPAP Regional Webinar
Webinar Detail
| Date: | October 15th, 2024, Tuesday |
| Time: | 8:00 PM India Standard Time (IST) | 4:30 PM CEST | 2:30 PM UTC | 10:30 AM EDT |
| Duration: | 45 minutes |
| Region: | Asia |
| Topic: | Paediatric psycho-oncology: Managing anxiety and depression in children with cancer Children with cancer and their parents are anxious about the disease, treatment outcome and its impact on life in general. This talk by a consultant paediatric liaison psychiatrist will cover procedural anxiety, depression and other common mental health issues that need to be addressed in a children’s cancer center by mental health professionals. The talk will be of interest to mental health professionals, paediatric staff and teachers. |
Chairperson
Dr Devashish Konar
Consultant Psychiatrist and Director, Mental Health Care Centre, Burdwan and Kolkata, India
IACAPAP Vice President
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Co-Chairperson
Yewande Oshodi, MD, MPH, Mphil
Associate Professor of Psychiatry / Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist
Department of Psychiatry
College of Medicine University of Lagos & Lagos University Teaching Hospital Idiaraba, Lagos, Nigeria
IACAPAP Secretary-General
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Dr Soumitra Shankar Datta
Consultant Psychiatrist
Tata Medical Center, Kolkata and Visiting Researcher at the Institute of Clinical Trials and Methodology, University College London
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Participating member organisation (co-host)
Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (IACAM)
The Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, conceptualized in 1988 and registered in 1991, is a non-profitable scientific body comprising of mental health professionals and allied disciplines. Its’ vision is to promote research, training, clinical care, and prevention for infants, children, and adolescents besides dissemination of awareness for positive mental health for better adulthood and future society. The association has now around 900 members from all over the country and holds regular Biennial National conference along with Mid-term CMEs. The association publishes quarterly journal. The capacity building program of IACAM Academy is unique to the association and runs a 10 months certificate course (online) for psychiatrists. Other milestones include webinars to commemorate `World Infant Child & Adolescent Mental health Day’ on 23 April since 2022 and publication of position statement for Smartphone & Screen media use. IACAM in 2023, became one of the founding signatory to South Asia Regional Network for Child & Adolescent Mental Health.
Website: https://childindia.org/
Terms & conditions
1. The webinar is open to the public.
2. This webinar will be conducted virtually via Zoom.
3. There is no cost to attend, but registration is required in advance. Seats are limited, and it's based on a first-come, first-served. After registration, a copy of the webinar registration confirmation email will be sent. By registering for a webinar, consent is given for application details to be provided to IACAPAP for webinar preparation.
4. No certificate of attendance will be provided.
5. IACAPAP reserves the right at all times to change, amend, add or remove any of the terms without prior notice.
6. IACAPAP reserves the right to make alternations to the webinar program at any time.
For information or query, please contact us at info@iacapap.org.
