Alicia Koplowitz Foundation funded the specialization of Psychiatrists and Psychologists in the care of children and adolescents.

* Alicia Koplowitz Foundation Announces New Call for Scholarships and Grants for 2009, which includes scholarships for advanced training in the U.S. and UK, Short Stay Fellowships in International Centers and Financial Aid for Research in Child Psychiatry and Diseases neurodegenerative. * The aim of this call is to promote the expertise of psychiatrists and psychologists in the care of children and adolescents to improve diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric disorders in this population, and prevent them persist during adult life. * It is estimated that the total cost of the Program of Fellowships and Grants from the Foundation Alicia Koplowitz for 2009 is around € 2 million. Alicia Koplowitz Foundation recently announced the Call for Aid and Scholarships for 2009. This year, scholarships are offered advanced training course for two years to track MIR Psychiatrists and Psychologists via RIP or to specialize in the care of children and adolescents in hospitals in the U.S. and UK. They also offer scholarships for short stays of one to six months for Psychiatrists, Psychologists and Doctors of Science are to expand their knowledge in international centers of recognized prestige. Finally, the Alicia Koplowitz Foundation provides financial support for research projects on autism, schizophrenia, depression, hyperactivity and attention disorders, anorexia and bulimia, as well as neurodegenerative diseases such as early multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ataxias. For the proper development of these projects, the Alicia Koplowitz Foundation has established partnerships with some of the most important international centers in the field of Psychiatry for Children and Adolescents. Specifically, there are agreements with Columbia University Medical Center in New York, the Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic Pittsburgh, St. Mary's Hospital in London, the Bellevue Hospital Center in New York and Psychiatry at the Maudsley, King ' s College London. In this regard, Dr. Margaret Lawrence, Coordinator of Medical Programs Science Alicia Koplowitz Foundation, commented: "Spain, along with Latvia and Romania, is one of the few EU countries that lack the expertise Medical Child Psychiatry. This fact implies a shortage of professionals specializing in the care of specific psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents. " He added, "The Alicia Koplowitz Foundation takes five years to fund the expertise and psychiatrists or psychologists in the care of children and adolescents. We do this because today we know that if these abnormalities are not diagnosed and treated properly, more than half of cases will persist during adult life. " It is estimated that the total cost of the program through grants and fellowships from the Alicia Koplowitz Foundation for 2009 is around € 2 million. About the Alicia Koplowitz Foundation Alicia Koplowitz Foundation was created in 2003 with the aim of supporting research and training of health professionals specialized in the field of Psychiatry and Psychology for Children and Adolescents. In 2005 joined the social group from the Life and Hope Foundation, founded and sponsored by Mrs. Alicia Koplowitz in 1995 with an inspired basically Care, Protection and Advocacy for Children. At present, the Alicia Koplowitz Foundation has two distinct lines of work. On the one hand, the Social Action Program, which supports four residential centers for children and adolescents deprived of family environment, and establishing the Center for Multiple Sclerosis "Alicia Koplowitz," which is donated to the Community of Madrid. Furthermore, through the Program for Support of Mental Health of Children and Adolescents, promotes the expertise of professionals in psychology and psychiatry in childhood and adolescence, and promotes research in this area as well as the Neurosciences. For more information about the Alicia Koplowitz Foundation http://www.fundacionaliciakoplowitz.org visit. About the Support Program for the Mental Health of Children and Adolescents Within the Program of Support to the Mental Health of Children and Adolescents, the Alicia Koplowitz Foundation finances the "Advanced Training Fellowship in Psychiatry and Child & Adolescent Psychology" for long-term (two years) and the "Scholarship Training and Research for short (one to six months) in foreign centers of research and assistance of recognized prestige. In addition, the Alicia Koplowitz Foundation awards the "Aid for Research Projects in the Areas of Psychiatry for Children and Adolescents, Early and Neurodegenerative Diseases." The "Aid for Research in Psychiatry and Neuroscience Alicia Koplowitz Foundation are intended primarily to foster the development of knowledge in this field by supporting original research projects that are developed in the hospital, university or research in Spain . These grants are awarded through a committee of experts that advises the Alicia Koplowitz Foundation, which evaluates projects based on priority lines of inquiry were established as autism, schizophrenia, depression, attention disorders and hyperactivity , eating disorders and neuropharmacology in childhood and adolescence. The duration of the projects have a maximum duration of two years.