Child Psychiatry
DEFINITION
- Child psychiatry is centered on the assessment, treatment, and prevention of mental health problems in children and adolescents.
- Unfortunately, children and adolescents can experience significant difficulties in emotion regulation, cognition, and behavior that cause marked impairments in functioning.
- Interest in childhood development first emerged in the 18th century.
- French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s major novel, Émile, focused on the physical, emotional, and social development of children through education[1].
- In the latter half of the 19th century, European psychiatrists including Emminghaus, Manheimer, and Moreau de Tours described childhood psychopathology based upon diagnostic classifications created for adults[2].
- In 1930, the first academic child psychiatry department was founded by Dr. Leo Kanner, under the direction of Dr. Adolf Meyer, at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Kanner wrote the first English-language textbook in the field titled Child Psychiatry in 1935 and was also a pioneer in describing the clinical syndrome of autism[3].
- Child and adolescent psychiatry emerged as an established medical specialty in 1953 through the founding of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry[1].
- The organization is now known as the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
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Last updated: September 3, 2017
Citation
Chang, Shin-Bey, and Roma Vasa. "Child Psychiatry." Johns Hopkins Psychiatry Guide, 2017. Johns Hopkins Guides, www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Psychiatry_Guide/787014/all/Child_Psychiatry.
Chang S, Vasa R. Child Psychiatry. Johns Hopkins Psychiatry Guide. 2017. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Psychiatry_Guide/787014/all/Child_Psychiatry. Accessed September 23, 2023.
Chang, S., & Vasa, R. (2017). Child Psychiatry. In Johns Hopkins Psychiatry Guide https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Psychiatry_Guide/787014/all/Child_Psychiatry
Chang S, Vasa R. Child Psychiatry [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins Psychiatry Guide. ; 2017. [cited 2023 September 23]. Available from: https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Psychiatry_Guide/787014/all/Child_Psychiatry.
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