Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in Europe: Historical Development Current Situation Future Perspectives - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3798511705 ISBN 13: 9783798511705

Publisher: Steinkopff Darmstadt, 1999

Synopsis

The intention of this book is to provide an overview of child and adolescent psychiatry in Europe, focusing on the historical development, current situation, and future perspectives of the specialty. Child and adolescent psychiatry is now acknowledged as a medical specialty or subspecialty in almost all European countries. Also, the number of child psychia- trists has increased dramatically over the last decade. However, there are still enormous differences from country to country, not only with regard to the num- ber of specialists, but also with regard to the extent and nature of services provided and their diagnostic and therapeutic orientation. Furthermore, important differ- ences exist in the training curricula for child and adolescent psychiatry within medicine and other professional fields, both inside and outside the universities, and in the image and importance of this discipline to the public. This diversity is also reflected in the reports on the historical development, current situation and future perspectives of child and adolescent psychiatry in 31 European countries, all following the same structure in order to facilitate compa- rability. This structure comprises (1) the historical development and the current situation, (2) classification systems and diagnostic and therapeutic methods, (3) structure and organization of services, (4) cooperation with other medical and non-medical disciplines, (5) training and continuing medical education, (6) research, and (7) future perspectives.

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Synopsis

The situation of child and adolescent psychiatry in various European countries at the end of the millenium is described here. Aspects include definition, historical development and the current situation. Diagnostic and therapeutic methods are discussed, and the structure and organization of services, as well as the cooperation with medical and non-medical disciplines, medical education, research and future perspectives are covered.

Edition details

• Publisher: Steinkopff Darmstadt
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3798511705
• ISBN 13: 9783798511705
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 409
• Editor: Remschmidt Helmut, Engeland Herman