Next month in Miami, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry will hold
its 50th anniversary meeting. In recognition of this event, the following is a brief history of the …

Those who are treating a severely ill patient who decides to die are faced with an agonizing
dilemma. The problem is magnified when life can be sustained for a significant period if the …

Because the instrument of psychotherapy is the therapist, countertransference has important
implications for treatment. The concepthas been largely ignored in the literature. Yet, …

This paper surveys some of the psychoanalytic and psychosomatic literature which comments
on the developmental aspects of adolescence and on the impact of bodily illness. Special …

Although no specific post-funeral syndrome seems to exist, many, if not most, children under
the age of six or seven seem not benefited psychologically by attending a funeral. Although …

Discusses a 21-bed hospital unit and special care program and some of its problems as
seen by the ward's senior psychiatric consultant. 13-18 yr. old children are admitted and the …

In many training programs and for many practitioners there is conflict between the
importance and use of psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy. Some of the historical, political, …

The period from 1944 to 1994 comprises only one-third of the life of the American Psychiatric
Association (APA), but it encompasses almost all of the formal life of child and adolescent …

One hundred fifty-four patients (137 female and 17 male) diagnosed by Ferghner criteria as
having anorexia nervosa were treated at the Yale-New Haven Hospital outpatient and/or …

Child psychiatry trainees found that working directly in a crisis situation with the pediatrician
provided unique opportunities to help rule out biological causes for acute emotional …