Statement from the President of the International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions

For many years the Acta Paedopsychiatrica (founded by Professor Tramer in Switzerland and published as the 'Zeitschrift fur Kinderpsychiatrie' 1934–1952 and then as 'Acta Paedopsychiatrica', 1953–1994) was the Publishing Organ for the Official Bulletin of the IACAPAP, the International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions. As an official organ, the Acta Paedopsychiatrica served many purposes. It was a multilingual journal where papers in English, French and German were published. The abstracts were written in four languages including Spanish. The information from IACAPAP included proceedings from the Association's international congresses and other news as well. Thematic issues covering topics of special interests were published on a regular basis. One of these, the Acta Paedopsychiatrica vol 35. Fasc. 4–8 p. 97–248 from 1968, presented an overview of the research and current opinions on Autism Infantum in those days. Of special interest is that Leo Kanner was the author of the first chapter presenting the Kanner Syndrome while Hans Asperger was the author of the second chapter describing his syndrome.