University hospital of Montpellier
France
History
The Network was established within ECNP as a Europe-wide collaboration of expert child and adolescent psychiatry centres to coordinate research and clinical trials in paediatric psychopharmacology. It has been active at least since 2016, expanding to 40+ centres and formal governance (chair/co-chair, steering committee, external ethical/safety board). It engages with EMA/Enpr-EMA and runs regular meetings, training and joint projects with allied initiatives.
As chair and co-chair, we’re proud that our Network connects leading European centres to deliver rigorous trials, pragmatic guidance and real-world impact for young patients. Our next chapter will deepen collaboration with regulators and partners, accelerate innovative trial designs, and mentor the next generation through our Early Career members—so evidence translates faster to safer, more effective treatments.
Goals
1
Map unmet needs in paediatric psychopharmacology across disorders.
2
Design and run multi-centre clinical trials and collaborative studies.
3
Produce and implement evidence-based prescribing and clinical guidelines.
4
Train clinicians/researchers; deliver webinars and mentorship.
5
Advise regulators; align with EMA/Enpr-EMA priorities.
6
Build partnerships (e.g., c4c) and pursue EU funding.
Core members
Member name | Institution | City | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
Immaculada Baeza Pertegaz | FCRB-IDIBAPS-CIBERSAM | Barcelona | Spain |
Tobias Banaschewski | Heidelberg University | Mannheim | Germany |
Hilgo Buining | Amsterdam UMC | Amsterdam | The Netherlands |
Sara Carucci | Università degli Studi di Cagliari | Cagliari | Italy |
David Cohen | Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital | Paris | France |
Christoph U. Correll | Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin | Berlin | Germany |
Samuele Cortese | University of Southampton | Southampton | United Kingdom |
Edna Grünblatt | University of Zürich | Zürich | Switzerland |
Pieter Hoekstra | University Medical Center Groningen | Groningen | The Netherlands |
Renaud Jardi | University of Lille | Lille | France |
Carmen Moreno | Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañon | Madrid | Spain |
Maria Nobile | IRCCS Istituto Scientifico 'E.Medea' | Bosisio Parini | Italy |
Antonio Persico | University of Messina | Messina | Italy |
Veit Roessner | Carl Gustav Carus University Hospital | Dresden | Germany |
Dejan Stevanovic | Clinic for Neurology and Psychiatry for Children and Youth | Belgrade | Serbia |
Shell members
| Member name | Institution | City | Country |
| Alan Apter | Schneider Children's Medical Center Of Israel | Petah Tikva | Israel |
| Celso Arango | Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañon | Madrid | Spain |
| Jan Buitelaar | Radboud University Nijmegen | Nijmegen | The Netherlands |
| Josefina Castro-Fornieles | Hospital Clínic de Barcelona | Barcelona | Spain |
| David Coghill | University of Melbourne | Melbourne | Australia |
| Anthony James | University of Oxford | Oxford | United Kingdom |
| Pia Jeppesen | Child and Adolescent Mental Health Centre (CAMHC) | Copenhagen | Denmark |
| Peter Nagy | Vadaskert Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Hospital | Budapest | Hungary |
| Anne Katrine Pagsberg | Child and Adolescent Mental Health Centre (CAMHC) | Copenhagen | Denmark |
| Mara Parellada | Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañon | Madrid | Spain |
| Gonzalo Salazar de Pablo | King´s College London | London | United Kingdom |
| Paramala Santosh | Centre of Interventional Paediatric Psychopharmacology | London | United Kingdom |
| Emily Simonoff | King's College London | London | United Kingdom |
| Argyris Stringaris | NIMH | Bethesda | USA |
| Benedetto Vitiello | University of Torino | Torino | Italy |
| Susanne Walitza | University of Zürich | Zürich | Switzerland |
| Abraham Weizman | Geha Mental Health Center | Petah Tikva | Israel |
| Tamar Wohlfarth | CBG-MEB | Utrecht | The Netherlands |
| Ian Chi Kei Wong | University of Hong Kong - Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine | Hong Kong | Hong Kong |
Early Career Academy members
| Member name | Institution | City | Country |
| Naomi Ciano Albanese | Istituto Superiore di Sanità | Rome | Italy |
| Asilay Seker | Institute of Psychiatry- Psychology & Neuroscience | London | United Kingdom |
Courses
Access the ECNP Knowledge Hub where you can find online courses with high-quality lectures from expert speakers, organised by the Networks.
Child & adolescent psychiatry: evidence-based treatments and new perspectives
The Child and Adolescent Neuropsychopharmacology Network organised this ECNP Course in order to provide up-to-date knowledge of evidence-based assessment and treatment in child and adolescent psychiatry, while exploring precision psychiatry approaches.
Publications
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2024Cortese et al.
Psychopharmacology in children and adolescents: unmet needs and opportunities
Lancet Psychiatry -
2023Cortese et al.
The future of child and adolescent clinical psychopharmacology: A systematic review of phase 2, 3, or 4 randomized controlled trials of pharmacologic agents without regulatory approval or for unapproved indications.
Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews -
2015Persico et al.
Unmet needs in paediatric psychopharmacology: present scenario and future perspectives
European Neuropsychopharmacology