IACAM Academy

 An initiative of the

 Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health  (IACAM)

 Certificate Course in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry for General Psychiatrists

 Batch 6: February 2026-December 2026

Digital Curriculum and Terms and Conditions: Please read carefully 
(Note: The word “child” includes infants, toddlers, children, adolescents) 
 Please read the terms and conditions and course requirements given below and give consent by checking “I agree”. Only then you will be  sent the link for entering into the class room. 

 Aim
         1. To empower and enhance the knowledge and skills of practicing psychiatrists to assess children and adolescents with psychiatric disorders commonly seen in their routine clinical practice.
         2. To increase the manpower resource in the country to take care of child mental health.
         3. To expand and improve the services and mental health care for children in India.

Eligibility Criteria 

 Must have completed postgraduate qualification in psychiatry namely MD, DPM, DNB, MRCPsych.
 You are required to submit your certificates of MBBS, MD/DPM/DNB/MRCPsych and  Medical Council Registration
 For Indian citizens, they must be a Life Ordinary Member/ Life Fellow of the Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (IACAM). You are required to mention your membership number at the appropriate place in the registration form.
For those who are not members of IACAM, one can apply for the same by visiting the IACAM website (https://childindia.org/membership/) and share the receipt of the payment made towards the membership fee.
IACAM Membership is not mandatory for those who are working in and applying from  South Asian Region Countries (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka).
Link for fee payment will be sent to only those candidates who fulfil the eligibility criteria. Candidates are advised to pay the fee only on receiving the fee payment link.

Learning Objectives of the Course

         1. To know about the common psychiatric disorders seen in children and adolescents in India
         2. To learn the clinical method and approach of assessment of children and families.
         3. To understand developmental perspective in child mental health and its implications.
         4. To learn about the common treatment methods and its use.
         5. To learn about the judicious use of pharmacotherapy, psychotherapies and somatic therapies in children with psychiatric disorders.
         6. To learn about supporting children with mental disorders and families in various situations including liaison with schools, child protection agencies etc.

Instructional Design and Duration

1. Entire course will be completed in approximately 25 teaching sessions, of two hours each, on biweekly basis, over a period of approximately one year. 

2. Teaching methods will comprise of didactic teaching, case-based discussions, active-participative learning, work assignments, group discussions. 

3. The sessions will be recorded by the IACAM Academy. You are highly encouraged to keep the video-camera on and actively participate in the discussions. 

4. Recorded videos of the sessions will not be available. If you miss a session, the pdf of the power point will be made available along with other reading material if any for specified duration.
   
   

Eligibility for accreditation certificate (please read carefully) 

1. Participants are expected to attend at least 80% of the sessions, where more than 90 mins video screen presence is mandatory and measured by the software and zoom recording. 

2. The IACAM Academy examination series consists of 4 tests, one for each module. Each test consists of 50 MCQs and is marked from 0 to 100%.  To pass the course, each candidate has to obtain : (1) an aggregate score of 60% on the 4 tests, (2) a score of 60% on at least 3 out of 4 tests; and (3) a minimum score of 50% in the remaining (1 out of 4) test. 

3. A test can be repeated (once) if the candidate scores less than 60% in any (or all 4) test. The higher score of the two tests (original and repeated) would be counted towards the final calculation of scores. 

4. Assessment will be done at the end of each of the four instructional modules given on the website. (In case a participant is not able to secure >60% in the first attempt, can utilize the second attempt to ramp up the score within a time frame of 48hrs. Post 48hrs, participants can no longer give the test as the software will close.) 

Approval

 Course is approved by the Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (IACAM).

 This certificate course is meant for professional enhancement and not for any employability. 

Disclaimer

 This course is purely for professional enhancement and upgrading professional knowledge and skills. However, it is not a recognised prerequisite for any specific job profile in any organization.

  Charges

 Total Charges: Rs 30,000 which are divided into:
[a] Rs 5000/- have been levied to meet the administrative and logistic charges to meet the expenses on infrastructure, content development, website, cloud access, learning management system and administrative support etc. This is non-refundable.
[b] Rs 25,000 will be charged as the Course fee.
Fee for citizens of South Asian Region Countries- USD 400 (out of this, USD 50 will be non-refundable administrative fees)

Certificate of Completion

Course will provide a “Certificate of Completion” which is provided after fulfilling the Eligibility for Accreditation. 

NO  CERTIFICATE OF PARTICIPATION/ ATTENDANCE will be given. 

 No certificate of partial completion will be given. 

Refund 

Only Course fee is refundable; which is possible only in cases of ineligibility or inability to join prior to commencement of the Course.
No refund requests will be processed or entertained after the Course has commenced.
No refund will be given for not attending the session(s) for any reason.
The Course fees will not be carried over to the next Batch in case of missing out on attending the Course due to any reason.

Team

The Course is planned and run by a team of senior psychiatrists who are experts in their respective fields. 

Core Team comprises of :
Director: Dr Savita Malhotra
Coordinator: Dr Nitin Gupta
Co-Coordinator: Dr Nidhi Chauhan
Asstt. Co-ordinators: Dr Anurag Varma, Dr Nidhi Malhotra, Dr Prajakta Patkar, Dr Shivangi Mehta
Course Consultants: Dr Devashish Konar, Dr Henal Shah, Dr Pratap Sharan, Dr Rachna Bhargava, Dr Shekhar Seshadri, Dr Vivek Agarwal.
Tech Support: Mr Amit Singh

Confidentiality and Intellectual property rights

1. All the ppts, lectures, question banks, videos are the intellectual property of the speakers and IACAM Academy. You are not permitted to record the sessions in your device or system or further dissemination on any other platform  for individual or commercial purpose. 

2. Kindly do not take screenshots and pictures of speakers, moderators, co-participants and further dissemination on any other platform without official permission of the IACAM Academy.