Rutter's Child and Adolescent Psychiatry has become anestablished and accepted textbook of child psychiatry. Nowcompletely revised and updated, the fifth edition provides acoherent appraisal of the current state of the field to helptrainee and practising clinicians in their daily work. It isdistinctive in being both interdisciplinary and international, inits integration of science and clinical practice, and in itspractical discussion of how researchers and practitioners need tothink about conflicting or uncertain findings.This new edition now offers an entirely new section onconceptual approaches, and several new chapters, including:* neurochemistry and basic pharmacology* brain imaging* health economics* psychopathology in refugees and asylum seekers* bipolar disorder* attachment disorders* statistical methods for cliniciansThis leading textbook provides an accurate and comprehensiveaccount of current knowledge, through the integration of empiricalfindings with clinical experience and practice, and is essentialreading for professionals working in the field of child andadolescent mental health, and clinicians working in generalpractice and community pediatric settings.