REGIONAL HEALTH PRIORITIES AND OPPORITIES: 'EVIDENCE FOR ACTION IN THE CHANGING GLOBAL FINANCIAL SITUATION'

Three interactive workshops were conducted on the first day: “Psychopharmacological update in child psychiatry” by Dr Avinash De Souza; “Treatment planning – don’t get caught in categorical diagnoses” by Dr Gordon Harper; and “Parenting techniques in the management of oppositional-conduct disorders” by Dr Anula Nikapota. A training course on “Psychoactive medication in children: paradigm shift” was also conducted by Dr Gordon Harper. There were two theme papers: “Needs for the development of child and adolescent mental health services in Bangladesh” by Dr Md Faruq alam Associate Professor of Child, Adolescent and Family Psychiatry, NIMH, and “Pediatric-psychiatric liaison: a key element for developing child and adolescent mental health services in Bangladesh” by Professor Naila Zaman Khan, Professor of Pediatric Neurology Dhaka, Shishu Hospital....