Importance & Scope:
According to NIH mental disorders are common among children in the United States, Just over 20% (or 1 in 5) children, either currently or at some point during their life, have had a seriously exhaust mental disorder .4 million children and adolescents in USA suffer from a serious mental disorder that causes significant functional impairments at home, at school and with peers. Biological, psychological and emotional changes that occur in human beings between birth and the end of adolescence. Encourage the development and advancement of clinical child and adolescent psychology through integration of its scientific and professional aspects.
Child development periods

Mainly, the researchers focused on:
The brain’s capacity for change decreases with age.
Cognitive, emotional, and social capacities are totally intertwine throughout the life.
Motivation for physical activity in children.
Child development is starting point for community development and economic development, as capable children become the foundation of a prosperous and sustainable society.
Why Philadelphia, USA?
Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the fifth-most-populous city in the United, and the core of the sixth-largest metropolitan area in the country. Located in the Northeastern United States at the confluence of the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. Philadelphia is known for its arts and culture. The city has more outdoor sculptures and murals than any other American city, and Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park is the largest landscaped urban park in the world. The birthplace of America is Philadelphia, the city where the founding fathers lived and the Declaration of Independence was signed. Today that history echoes in the original buildings and museums of the area often called “Historic Philadelphia.” Lacking defined boundaries, Historic Philadelphia covers parts of the Old City and Center City neighborhoods and includes the Independence National Historic Park. Some of the top Historic Philadelphia attractions is not exhaustive, but it does include some of the most popular, interesting and informative places to visit in the area. Center, Independence, Art, Rittenhouse, Reading, Eastern, Please, Masonic, Philadelphia, Franklin, Mutter.
Child Psychology conferences having high reputation in USA, Global distribution and marketing having a strong international presence and sales reach deeply into markets in the US, and the rest of the world. Psychology is not only a profession; it is a mega industry that takes us to the economic heart of modern society. The United States, when this phenomenon was still in its infancy, in 2010, an aggregate cost of US $148 billion for all mental disorders was calculated. Psychiatric drug makers had overall sales in the US of $14.6 billion from antipsychotics, $9.6 billion off antidepressants, $11.3 billion from antiseizure drugs and $4.8 billion in sales of ADHD drugs, for a grand total of $40.3 billion.
Conference Highlights:
- Child & Adolescent Development
- Behavioral Psychology
- Prenatal Psychology
- Pediatrics
- Social psychology
- Parental psychology and personality development
- Cognitive and physical development
- Mental and emotional development
- Temperamental qualities in child
- Spiritual and moral development
- Brain Development
- Early Childhood Education
- Sexual development in children
- Autism spectrum disorder
Why to attend???
Child psychology- 2015 will provide an opportunity for all working on child & adolescent issues to talk about their work. Child psychology- 2015 will congregate renowned speakers, principal investigators, experts, psychologists and researchers from both academia and health care industry will join together to discuss their views and research. The conference will be comprised of sessions by world class experts in the field of child psychology. In Child psychology 2015, international symposiums, B2B meetings, international workshops will also be organized to discuss the specific topics in the field of Child & Adolescent psychology.
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Societies and Associations in Philadelphia
American Psychological Association
Pennsylvania Psychological Association
Society for Occupational Health Psychology
Major Psychology Associations and Societies in USA
There are approximately 50 psychology associations in USA. Few of them are:
California Psychological Association
Alaska Psychological Association
New York State Psychological Association
Washington State Psychological Association
Societies Associated around the Globe:
There are nearly 200 psychology associations globally. Mainly:
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Australian Psychological Society
German Psychological Association
Society for Research in Child Development
European Federation of Psychologists Associations
Canadian Psychological Association 1 2 3
Statistical Analysis of Associations

Figure 1: Statistical Analysis of psychological Associations & Societies
Target Audience:
Deans/Directors, Psychologists, Neuropsychiatrist, Brand Manufacturers, Professors, Assistant professors, Lecturers and Students from Academia in the study of Child Psychology.
Target Audience:
Industry 20%
Academia 70%
Others 10%
Universities in Philadelphia:
There are nearly 40 universities in Pennsylvania. Mainly:
University of Pennsylvania
Drexel University
Temple University
University of Pittsburgh
Lehigh University
Pennsylvania State University
Universities in USA:
There are nearly 175 universities in USA. Mainly:
Harvard University
University of Cambridge
Stanford University
University of Oxford
University of California, Berkeley
Universities associated around the Globe:
There are nearly 500 universities around the globe. Mainly:
The University of Sydney
University College London
University of Pennsylvania
Australian National University
National University of Singapore 4 5 6 7 8

Figure 2: Statistical Analysis of number of universities related to child psychology.
Source: 8

Figure 3: Statistical Analysis of Highly Ranked U.S. Child Psychology Graduate Schools.
Source: 9
Companies Associated with Psychology in Philadelphia & USA are:
There are three major companies in Philadelphia & USA which produces antipsychotic drugs they are:
AstraZeneca
GlaxoSmithKline
Teva Pharmaceuticals
Antipsychotic drug producing companies in the world are:
Astrazeneca,
Universal Health Services Inc.
Johnson & Johnson
GlaxoSmithKline
Pfizer
Eli Lilly
Bristol-Meyer Squibb
Wyeth 10

Figure 4: Statistical Analysis of number of companies related to psychology.
Source: 10
Companies producing drugs

11 12 13
Hospitals in Philadelphia:
List of Psychiatric Hospitals in Pennsylvania:
The Children’s hospital of Philadelphia
Allentown State Hospital
Haverford State Hospital
Philadelphia State Hospital at Byberry
Danville State Hospital
Institute of the Pennsylvania Hospital
Torrance State Hospital
Dixmont State Hospital
Lawrence Frick State Hospital
Friends Hospital
Mayview State Hospital
Harrisburg State Hospital
Norristown State Hospital
Western Center
Hospitals in USA are:
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
New-York Presbyterian University Hospital and Columbia and Cornell.
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore.
Hospitals associated with psychology around the globe:
Royal Children's Hospital, Herston
Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick, NSW
Princess Margaret Hospital for Children
Hospital San Juan de Dios
Center for Psychology and Psychiatry Passeig de Gràcia 14 15

Figure 5: Statistical Analysis of number of universities related to Psychology.
Glance at Market of Child Psychology:
Child Psychology conferences having high reputation in USA. Global distribution and marketing having a strong international presence and sales reach deeply into markets in the US, and the rest of the world. Psychology is not only a profession; it is a mega industry that takes us to the economic heart of modern society
The United States, when this phenomenon was still in its infancy, in 2010, an aggregate cost of US $148 billion for all mental disorders was calculated. Psychiatric drug makers had overall sales in the US of $14.6 billion from antipsychotics, $9.6 billion off antidepressants, $11.3 billion from ant seizure drugs and $4.8 billion in sales of ADHD drugs, for a grand total of $40.3 billion. 16
Antidepressants Market Share by Revenue

In the last five decades, more than 20 antipsychotics and 30 antidepressants have been marketed with over $25 billion in sales in the U.S. in 2011.
Pfizer came to around 48.4 billion U.S. dollars of revenue.
Worldwide revenue was around 390.2 billion U.S. dollars. 17 18 19
Revenue of Global Top ten Psychiatric Drugs

Figure 6: Global revenue of top ten psychiatric drugs.
Source: 20
Members Associated with Child Psychology- 2015 in Philadelphia, USA:
The total number of psychiatrists could be between 3,500 and 5,000 which translate to one psychiatrist to 200,000 to 300,000 people.
In Philadelphia there are more than 100 people who are working in the field of child psychology
About 320 psychiatrists, 50 clinical psychologists and 185 mental health nurses per year.
This suggests that the current figure of psychiatrists should double in next 10 years
In USA, nearly 1000 people are working on child psychology
Throughout the world there are more than 5000 people who are working on psychology. 21 22
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