An engaging and authoritative account of the skills required to practice child and adolescent psychiatry supported by educational vignettes.

List of figures; List of tables; Picture credits; Acknowledgements; Volume 1. Assessment: A. The child; B. Interviewing; C. The family; D. Friction; E. Formulating; F. Explaining; G. This shouldn't happen!; Volume 2. Treatment: H. Orchestrating treatments; I. Specific treatments; J. Prescribing; K. Quality; L. Situations; M. You; N. Thinking; O. Ethics; Volume 3. Systems: P. The staff; Q. The organisation; R. Dysfunction; S. Quantity; T. Networks; U. Learning systems; V. Broader topics; Appendices: A. Base rates; B. Formal Bayes; C. Suggested reading; Index; References; Endnotes.

Jonathan Williams is a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist at Barnet Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust, and an Honorary Research Associate at the Department of Clinical Education and Health Psychology of University College London. He has worked as Honorary Consultant in Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, and did research at the Centre for Advanced Study, Oslo.