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Child and adolescent psychiatry
The Child and Adolescent Faculty has a membership of around 300 psychiatrists across Scotland.
Our faculty Executive (commonly known as CAPFEC) meets four times per year. We also hold an AGM in association with our annual conference in November.
Should you wish to view previous Executive or AGM Minutes, please contact Susan Richardson.
If you are a Child and Adolescent psychiatrist and would like to raise any issue, please do not hesitate to contact the current Chair or co-Vice Chairs via RCPsych in Scotland.
Faculty Executive Officers
Chair: Dr Kandarp Joshi
Co-Vice Chairs: Dr Leonie Boeing / Dr Laura Sutherland
Meetings Secretary: Dr Graham Walker
National Training Programme Director: Dr Gordon Wilkinson
Faculty Conference 2026
This year, the Scottish Child and Adolescent and Medical Psychotherapy faculties will come together for a joint annual conference, with the principal aim of exploring complex trauma through developmental and relational perspectives. The programme will consider how developmental trauma can impact relationships, emotional development, and identity across the lifespan, and how child and adolescent psychiatry and psychotherapy can work together to support safety, relational repair, and recovery in people attending our services. Through contributions from speakers across disciplines, the conference will also reflect on how trauma is held within systems, while creating space for hope, resilience, and new ways of working together. We invite attendees from across both faculties and beyond, for what should make for a very exciting and thought-provoking conference.
Further information about the event, Call for Posters and booking online is available via our events calendar. A draft programme will be published shortly.
We hope to see you there.