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From 1984 to 1998 he was Honorary Director of the MRC Child Psychiatry Research Unit and from 1994 to 1998 he was also Honorary Director of the Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Research Centre, both of which he set up at the Institute of Psychiatry. Since 1998 he has held the position of Professor of Developmental Psychopathology. He has published some 38 books and over 400 scientific papers and chapters.

He was elected to the Royal Society in 1987, was knighted in 1992, and was a founder member of both the Academia Europaea and the Academy of Medical Sciences. He is a foreign member of the US Institute of Medicine, and is currently president of the Society for Research into Child Development. He won the Helmut Horten Foundation prize in 1997, the Castilla del Pino prize in 1995, and the Ruane prize in 2000. He has honorary degrees from the Universities of Leiden, Louvain, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Chicago, Minnesota, Ghent, Jyvaskyla, Warwick and East Anglia.

Dorothy Bishop
Professor, Department of Experimental Psychology, Oxford University, Oxford, England

Daniel Pine
NIMH Intramural Research Program, Bethesda, MD, USA

Steven Scott
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, London, England

Jim S Stevenson
Associate Dean, Department of Psychology, University of Southampton, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences and School of Psychology, Southampton, England

Eric Taylor
Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, MRC Social Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, London, England

Anita Thapar
Professor, Department of Psychological Medicine, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, UK

1 Developments in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Over the Last 50 Years (Michael Rutter, King’s College London and Jim Stevenson, University of Southampton).

2 Classification (Eric Taylor, King’s College London and Michael Rutter, King’s College London).

3 Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Conceptual Issues (Dorothy Bishop, University of Oxford and Michael Rutter, King’s College London).

4 Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Formulation (Michael Rutter, King’s College London and Eric Taylor, King’s College London).

5 Using Epidemiological and Longitudinal Approaches to Study Causal Hypotheses (E. Jane Costello, Duke University Medical Center).

6 Using Epidemiology to Plan Services: A Conceptual Approach (Michael Rutter, King’s College London and Jim Stevenson, University of Southampton).

7 Children’s Testimony (Maggie Bruck, John Hopkins Medical Institutions; Stephen Ceci, Cornell University; Sarah Kulkofsky, Cornell University; J. Zoe Klemfuss, Cornell University and Charlotte Sweeney, Cornell University).

8 Legal Issues in the Care and Treatment of Children with Mental Health Problems (Brenda Hale, House of Lords and Jane Fortin, University of Sussex).

9 What Clinicians Need to Know about Statistical Issues and Methods (Andrew Pickles, University of Manchester).

10 Health Economics (Martin Knapp, London School of Economics and Political Science).

11 What Can We Learn from Structural and Functional Brain Imaging? (Christopher Frith, University College London and Uta Frith, UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience).

12 Neurobiological Perspectives on Developmental Psychopathology (Charles Nelson, Harvard Medical School and Shafali Jeste, Harvard Medical School).

13 Development and Psychopathology: A Life Course Perspective (Barbara Maughan, King’s College London and Michael Rutter, King’s College London).

14 Temperament and Personality (Avshalom Caspi, King’s College London and Rebecca Shiner, Colgate University).

15 Sociocultural/Ethnic Groups and Psychopathology (Anula Nikapota, King’s College London and Michael Rutter, King’s College London).

16 Basic Neuropsychopharmacology (Nora Volkow, National Institutes of Health, USA and James Swanson, University of California).

17 Clinical Neurophysiology (Torsten Baldeweg, University College London and Stewart Boyd, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust).

18 Psychological Treatments: Overview and Critical Issues for the Field (John Weisz, Harvard Medical School and Sarah Kate Bearman, Harvard Medical School).

Part II: Clinical Assessment.

19 Use of Structured Interviews and Observational Methods in Clinical Settings (Ann Le Couteur, Newcastle University and Frances Gardner, University of Oxford).

20 Using Rating Scales in a Clinical Context (Frank C. Verhulst, Erasmus MC-Sophia Children’s Hospital, The Netherlands and Jan Van der Ende, Erasmus MC-Sophia Children’s Hospital, The Netherlands).

21 Psychological Assessment in the Clinical Context (Tony Charman, University College London; Jane Hood, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital, London and Patricia Howlin, King’s College London).

22 Physical Examination and Medical Investigation (Gillian Baird, Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and Paul Gringras, Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust).

Part III: Influences on Psychopathology.

23 Genetics (Anita Thapar, Cardiff University and Michael Rutter, King’s College London).

24 Behavioral Phenotypes and Chromosomal Disorders (David H. Skuse, Institute of Child Health, London and Anna Seigal, Institute of Child Health, London).

25 Psychosocial Adversity and Resilience (Jennifer Jenkins, University of Toronto).

26 Acute Life Stresses (Seija Sandberg, University College London and Michael Rutter, King’s College London).

27 Impact of Parental Psychiatric Disorder and Physical Illness: Alan Stein (University of Oxford), Paul Ramchandani (University of Oxford) and Lynne Murray (University of Reading).

28 Child Maltreatment: David P. H. Jones (University of Oxford).

29 Child Sexual Abuse: Danya Glaser (Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children).

30 Brain Disorders and their Effect on Psychopathology: James Harris (The Johns Hopkins Hospital, USA).

31 Psychopathology in Refugee and Asylum Seeking Children: Matthew Hodes (Imperial College London).

32 Residential and Foster Family Care: Alan Rushton (Institute of Psychiatry, London) and Helen Minnis (University of Glasgow).

33 Adoption (Nancy J. Cohen, University of Toronto).

Part IV: Clinical Syndromes.

34 Disorders of Attention and Activity (Eric Taylor, King’s College London and Edmund Sonuga-Barke, University of Southampton).

35 Conduct Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence: Terrie E. Moffitt (King’s College London) and Stephen Scott (King’s College London).

36 Substance Use and Substance Use Disorder: Andrew C. Heath (Washington University School of Medicine), Michael T. Lynskey (Washington University School of Medicine) and Mary Waldron (Washington University School of Medicine).

37 Depressive Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence (David Brent, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and V. Robin Weersing, University of California at San Diego).

38 Bipolar Disorder in Children and Adolescents (Ellen Leibenluft, National Institute of Mental Health and Daniel P. Dickstein, National Institute of Mental Health).

39 Anxiety Disorders (Daniel S. Pine, National Institute of Mental Health and Rachel G. Klein, New York University Child Study Center).

40 Suicidal Behavior and Deliberate Self-Harm (Keith Hawton, University of Oxford and Sarah Fortune, University of Leeds).

41 Eating Disorders (Christopher G. Fairburn, Oxford University Department of Psychiatry and Simon G. Gowers, University of Liverpool).

42 Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (William Yule, King’s College London and Patrick Smith, King’s College London).

43 Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (Judith L. Rapoport, National Institute of Mental Health and Philip Shaw, National Institute of Mental Health).

44 Tic Disorders (James F. Leckman, Yale University School of Medicine and Michael H. Bloch, Yale University School of Medicine).

45 Schizophrenia and Allied Disorders (Chris Hollis, University of Nottingham).

46 Autism Spectrum Disorders (Herman van Engeland, University Medical Center Utrecht and Jan K. Buitelaar, UMC St Radboud).

47 Speech and Language Disorders (Dorothy V. M. Bishop, University of Oxford and Courtenay Frazier Norbury, University of London).

48 Reading and Other Specific Learning Difficulties (Margaret J. Snowling, University of York, UK and Charles Hulme, University of York).

49 Intellectual Disability (Stewart Einfeld, University of Sydney and Eric Emerson, Lancaster University).

50 Disorders of Personality (Jonathan Hill, University of Manchester).

51 Psychopathy (R. James Blair, National Institute of Mental Health and Essi Viding, University College London).

52 Gender Identity and Sexual Disorders (Kenneth J. Zucker, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Canada and Michael C. Seto, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health).

53 Behavioral Problems of Infancy and Preschool Children (0–5) (Frances Gardner, University of Oxford and Daniel S. Shaw, University of Pittsburgh).

54 Sleep Disorders (Ronald E. Dahl, University of Pittsburgh and Allison G. Harvey, University of California).

55 Attachment Disorders in Relation to Deprivation (Charles H. Zeanah, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, USA and Anna T. Smyke, Tulane University Health Sciences Center).

56 Wetting and Soiling (Richard J. Butler, Leeds Primary Care NHS Trust).

57 Psychiatric Aspects of Somatic Disease (Seija Sandberg, University College London and Jim Stevenson, University of Southampton).

58 Psychiatric Aspects of HIV/AIDS (Jennifer F. Havens, New York University of Medicine and Claude Ann Mellins, Columbia University).

59 Mental Health in Children with Specific Sensory Impairments (Helen McConachie, Newcastle University and Gwen Carr, University of Manchester).

Part V: Approaches to Treatment.

60 Community-Based Interventions and Services (Christina J. Groark, University of Pittsburgh and Robert B. McCall, University of Pittsburgh).

61 Clarifying and Maximizing the Usefulness of Targeted Preventive Interventions (Frank Vitaro, University of Montreal and Richard E. Tremblay, University of Montreal).

62 Behavioral Therapies (Stephen Scott, King’s College London and William Yule, King’s College London).

63 Cognitive–Behavioral Therapies (John E. Lochman, University of Alabama and Dustin A. Pardini, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center).

64 Parenting Programs (Stephen Scott, King’s College London).

65 Family Interviewing and Family Therapy (Ivan Eisler, King’s College London and Judith Lask, King’s College London).

66 Psychodynamic Treatments (Peter Fonagy, University College London and Mary Target, University College London).

67 Physical Treatments (Stanley Kutcher, Dalhousie University and Sonia Chehil, Dalhousie University).

68 Juvenile Delinquency (Sue Bailey, University of Central Lancashire and Stephen Scott, King’s College London).

69 Provision of Intensive Treatment: In-patient Units, Day Units and Intensive Outreach (Jonathan Green, University of Manchester and Anne Worrall-Davies, University of Leeds).

70 Pediatric Consultation (Annah N. Abrams, Harvard Medical School and Paula K. Rauch, Child Psychiatry Consultation Service, USA).

71 Organization of Services for Children and Adolescents with Mental Health Problems (Miranda Wolpert, University College London).

72 Primary Health Care Psychiatry (Tami Kramer, Imperial College London and Elena Garralda, Imperial College London).

73 Genetic Counseling (Emily Simonoff, King’s College London).

74 Special Education (Patricia Howlin, King’s College London).

Index.

Plate section.

Reviews of previous editions:

“the ultimate child and adolescent psychiatry textbook and a must have for any district hospital or postgraduate library”Archives of Disease in Childhood

"...this superb book which will certainly be the standard reference for the speciality for years to come." British Journal of Psychiatry

"The editors and the authors are to be congratulated for providing us with such a high standard for a textbook on modern child psychiatry. I strongly recommend this book to every child psychiatrist who wants a reliable, up-to-date, comprehensive, informative and very useful textbook. To my mind this is the best book of its kind available today." Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry

"It is impossible to find fault with it. I am certain that it will become a mandatory acquisition for any serious student of developmental psychopathology and child and adolescent psychiatry. I highly recommend this book..." JAMA

"This book is undoubtedly the most authoritative textbook in the world on the subject.” Professor Stephen Scott, Institute of Psychiatry

"This book is by far the best textbook of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry written to date." Dr Judith Rapoport, NIH