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TEXAS SOCIETY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY
The Texas Society of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (TSCAP), a Regional
Council of The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, was founded
in October 1966 and Incorporated in 1967 as a nonprofit organization. The
society is dedicated to the care and treatment of mental illness specializing in
children and adolescents.
TSCAP is governed by its Executive Committee, elected by the membership.
Currently, there are 400 plus trained and licensed psychiatric physician (MD/DO)
members.
The objectives of TSCAP are as follows:
To provide a forum for the discussion of subjects related to normal growth and
development and normal emotional needs of children and adolescents.
To provide a forum for discussion of subjects related to pathological states of
children and adolescents.
To provide the means for the exchange of ideas, relative to the resources and
needs of this state and region.
To provide a discussion group for the advancement of child and adolescent
psychiatry.
To promote those professions and fields allied to child and adolescent
psychiatry which endeavor to meet the emotional needs of children and
adolescents.
To provide information, opinion, and research capacity, to advocate for the
maintenance of established resources, and to promote the establishment of
practices which contribute to the mental health of children and adolescents.
To facilitate communication with other organizations of child and adolescent
psychiatrists.
Executive Committee 2007-2008
President
Benigno J. Fernandez, MD
President-Elect
R. Andrew Harper, MD
Secretary/Treasurer
Paul Croarkin, DO
Immediate Past President
Steven R. Pliszka, MD
Councilors
Kira Carey, MD
Regina Cavanaugh, MD
James Norcross, MD
Delegates to American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Kira Carey, MD
Jerry W. Dodson, MD
Benigno Fernandez, MD
Thomas Matthews, MD
Valerie W. Robinson, MD
Lawrence A. Stone, MD
Karen D. Wagner, MD, PhD
Alternate AACAP Delegates
Alice Mao, MD
J. Byron Stone, MD
TSCAP Summer Conference 2008
The 2008 Summer Conference of the Texas Society of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry will be conducted on July 18-20, 2008 at the Westin La
Cantera Resort in San Antonio.
For additional information, please contact:
Debbie Sundberg, Assistant Director
401 West 15th Street, Suite 675
Austin, Texas 78701
Phone: (512) 478-0605
Fax: (512) 478-5223
E-mail: TSCAPofc@aol.com
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