Adolescence: Contemporary issues in the clinic and beyond

This article reports on a Continuing Medical Education Programme (CME), organized by the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, in March 2019. The theme, Adolescence: contemporary issues in the clinic and beyond, aimed to cover ‘lesser understood and challenging’ areas in adolescent mental health. The CME was attended by over 200 professionals from various fields - clinicians, post-graduate students in psychiatry, psychology and psychiatric social work, school counsellors, and members of non-governmental organisations working in the areas of childcare and law. The article covers key messages from the 8 sessions in this CME.