Child and Adolescent Psychiatry has established itself as the accepted textbook of child psychiatry. It aims to provide an accurate and comprehensive account of current knowledge, through the integration of empirical findings with clinical experience and practice. The fourth edition has been expanded to cover trans-cultural issues, organisation of services, audit and economic issues.
Professor Sir Michael Rutter is the first consultant of child psychiatry in the United Kingdom. He has been described as the "father of child psychology". Currently he is Professor of Developmental Psychopathology at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London and consultant psychiatrist at the Maudsley Hospital, a post he has held since 1966.