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. 2020 Jan;29(1):11-27.
doi: 10.1007/s00787-019-01416-3. Epub 2019 Dec 16.

The child and adolescent psychiatry: study of training in Europe (CAP-STATE)

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The child and adolescent psychiatry: study of training in Europe (CAP-STATE)

Elizabeth Barrett et al. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2020 Jan.

Erratum in

  • Correction to: The child and adolescent psychiatry: study of training in Europe (CAP‑STATE).
    Barrett E, Jacobs B, Klasen H, Herguner S, Agnafors S, Banjac V, Bezborodovs N, Cini E, Hamann C, Huscsava MM, Kostadinova M, Kramar Y, Maravic VM, McGrath J, Molteni S, Moron-Nozaleda MG, Mudra S, Nikolova G, Vorkas KP, Prata AT, Revet A, Joseph JR, Serbak R, Tomac A, Van den Steene H, Xylouris G, Zielinska A, Hebebrand J. Barrett E, et al. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2020 Mar;29(3):409-411. doi: 10.1007/s00787-020-01473-z. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2020. PMID: 31956946

Abstract

There is great cultural diversity across Europe. This is reflected in the organisation of child and adolescent mental health (CAMH) services and the training of the respective professionals in different countries in Europe. Patients and their parents will want a high quality, knowledgeable, and skillful service from child and adolescent psychiatrists (CAPs) wherever they see them in Europe. A European comparison of training programs allows all stakeholders in different European countries to assess the diversity and to initiate discussions as to the introduction of improvements within national training programs. Major issues to be addressed in comparing child and adolescent psychiatric training programs across Europe include: (1) formal organisation and content of training programs and the relationship to adult psychiatry and paediatrics; (2) flexibility of training, given different trainee interests and that many trainees will have young families; (3) quality of governance of training systems; (4) access to research; and (5) networking. The Child and Adolescent Psychiatry-Study of Training in Europe (CAP-State) is a survey of training for child and adolescent psychiatrists (CAPs) across European countries. It aims to revisit and extend the survey carried out in 2006 by Karabekiroglu and colleagues. The current article is embedded in a special issue of European Child + Adolescent Psychiatry attempting to for the first time address training in CAP at the European and global levels. Structured information was sought from each of 38 European and neighboring countries (subsequently loosely referred to as Europe) and obtained from 31. The information was provided by a senior trainee or recently qualified specialist and their information was checked and supplemented by information from a senior child and adolescent psychiatry trainer. Results showed that there is a very wide range of provision of training in child and adolescent psychiatry in different countries in Europe. There remains very substantial diversity in training across Europe and in the degree to which it is subject to national oversight and governance. Some possible reasons for this variation are discussed and some recommendations made.

Keywords: Child psychiatry training; Competencies; Medical education; Skills.

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