Potential effects of Covid-19 on training in CAP: the balance after a year

Perceived impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on child and adolescent psychiatric services after 1 year (February/March 2021): ESCAP CovCAP survey

“…As previously highlighted [ 5 ], this study is not without limitations. First, the overall response rate was significantly lower than in the first part of the survey (27% vs. 50%), and only 22 countries were eventually represented, despite sending 4 reminders in total.…”

“…In April 2020, the European Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (ESCAP) Research Academy, a network of young clinician–scientists in child and adolescent psychiatry (CAP) [ 4 ], and the ESCAP Board launched the CovCAP longitudinal survey to estimate the impact of COVID-19 on CAP services in Europe and to assess their ability to meet the new challenges brought on by the crisis. Heads of CAP university services in ESCAP member countries were contacted by email and invited to complete a self-report online questionnaire survey (detail of the methods have been published previously [ 5 ]; some questions were modified, removed or added in the second survey of the CovCAP study). The first stage of the study (i.e., March/April 2020) yielded surprisingly consistent results, showing a substantial reduction in the number of both outpatient visits and hospital admissions and a moderate effect on psychopathology.…”

“…The first stage of the study (i.e., March/April 2020) yielded surprisingly consistent results, showing a substantial reduction in the number of both outpatient visits and hospital admissions and a moderate effect on psychopathology. In contrast, the effect on the organization of CAP services appeared profound, with a clear acceleration in the adoption of new technologies, including telepsychiatry [ 5 ]. In this brief report, we briefly present the main findings from the second step of the survey, 1 year after the COVID-19 pandemic began to hit Europe (i.e., February/March 2021).…”

The 2022 ESCAP Research Academy Workshop: New Perspectives on Eating Disorders

“…We have also tried our first virtual workshop on innovative treatments during the summer of 2020. This event was successful from a pedagogical and scientific perspective, but the social aspect which are the very spirit of these meetings was very much missing [ 8 ].…”