Rutter's Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (eBook)

Professor Sir Michael Rutter graduated from Birmingham University Medical School in 1955. After postgraduate posts in neurology, paediatrics and cardiology, he undertook training in psychiatry at the Maudsley Hospital in London, qualifying with distinction in 1961 before going to spend a year on a research fellowship at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. On his return he joined the Medical Research Council (MRC) Social Psychiatry Unit, remaining until appointed as Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry in London in 1966, subsequently reader and then, in 1973, Professor of Child Psychiatry and Head of the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 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

"This leading textbook provides an accurate and comprehensive
account of current knowledge, through the integration of empirical
findings with clinical experience and practice, and is essential
reading for professionals working in the field of child and
adolescent mental health, and clinicians working in general
practice and community pediatric settings." (Forbes.com, 2 November
2010)



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

"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