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The law affecting treatment decisions in mental healthcare for children and young people under 18 years of age is complex. As a result, clinicians are often uncertain about what can and cannot be done to look after young people's mental disorders and safeguard their rights. This book is a practical guide for clinicians working with children and adolescents and it examines the rather peculiar relationship between a young person with a mental disorder and the law, as mediated by family, community and doctors. It will help clinicians to make sense of the various legal frameworks and professional...

However much policy material is produced, the real function of most child psychiatrists is to assess and treat mental disorders in childhood and adolescence. This is a comprehensive update on the field that will inform the clinical practice of all child and adolescent mental health professionals.

The authors bring the medical perspective to bear on psychopathology and demonstrate that our understanding of childhood psychiatric disorders, their origins and their treatments are improving. They write with a particular focus on four contemporary themes – continuity into adult...