The European Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (ESCAP) evolved from the Union of European Paedopsychiatrists which had its first meeting in October 1954 in Magglingen/Switzerland. At this meeting, Moritz Tramer (Switzerland) was elected president and Jakob Lutz (also Switzerland) managing president. Profs. Donner (Finland), Fontes (Portugal), Michaux (France), DeReuyter (Netherlands), Sanctis (Italy) and Villinger (Germany) were elected vice-presidents. Dr. Friedemann (Switzerland) was elected secretary-general. The UEP held several conferences during the following years until the official foundation of the UEP in September 1960 in Paris during the first congress of this organization which took place in Paris from September 16th - 19th, 1960. The organization changed its name twice: in 1982 into European Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and after the congress in Lausanne (1983) into European Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (ESCAP).
