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