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

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...