About the Academic Child Psychiatry Unit
What is the Academic Child Psychiatry Unit (ACPU)?
The Academic Child Psychiatry Unit is a clinical research unit operating through the Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne and is located at The Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville (Melbourne).
The ACPU is able to provide a comprehensive assessment of the following types of difficulties in children and adolescents: oppositional defiant problems, conduct problems, attentional problems, motor drivenness, impulsiveness, anxiety difficulties, depressive difficulties, autistic spectrum disorder problems and early-onset psychotic symptoms.
All the information collected during these assessments will be fed back to young people and their families. With the prior consent of the parent(s) this information, in number form, will be kept in our clinical research electronic record. Ongoing advice about particular medication and/or psychological treatments and the monitoring of these treatments is available.
For further information 'About ACPU' please click on the links below:
Establishment
Vision Statement
Key Elements of Assessment
Key Clinics and Standardised Assessments
Upcoming Event (2009)
Visit of Dr Declan Quinn, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Clinical symposium: Tuesday 30 June 2009 9am -12 noon, Ella Latham Lecture Theatre, 1st Floor, Main Building, RCH.
"How important are the developing brain, home and school for understanding ADHD and key comorbid disorders"
For catering purposes please RSVP by the 24 June to: acpu.mhs@rch.org.au
To download a copy of the flyer please see the folloiwng link. Clinical Symposium Flyer 30 June 2009 (PDF 70 KB)
Past Events (Symposia)
Please see the section under Training for details of past events.