Collection of some of Michael Rutter's most influential and important publications has been made with his collaboration.

This volume marks the occasion of the formal retirement of Professor Michael Rutter from the Institute of Psychiatry in London, by producing the contents of two Festschrift meetings in the UK - one by the Association of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, the other by the Child and Adolescent Faculty of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. In these meetings key research leaders provided tributes and reviews of their field. The volume also includes two keynote presentations from Professor Rutter delivered during these meetings. One of these presentations covered his ground-breaking work in the field of autism, while the other covered his progess in the field of psychological influences on child mental health. This volume should be of interest to child and adolescent psychiatrists, academic psychologists, developmental psychologists, social workers and workers in specialist education, and those involved in child and adolescent mental health.

This textbook provides authoritative and up-to-date coverage of the classification, causes, treatment and prevention of psychological disorders in children.

Essential Reading for clinicians, managers and researchers in child psychiatry, this authoritative book provides accessible coverage of essential theory as well as clear practical guidance to inpatient child psychiatric treatment. This method of treatment has fallen out of fashion in recent years in favour of community-based care, but remains a useful setting for treating more seriously ill patients. Bringing together contributions from across the profession, this book covers the 'state-of-the-art' in current clinical treatment, and sets a bold new agenda for the future, arguing that inpatient child psychiatric units retain great potential for creative, effective, relevant treatment.

This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license. This book is available as an open access ebook under a CC-BY-NC-ND licence. What is autism and where has it come from? Increased diagnostic rates, the rise of the 'neurodiversity' movement, and growing autism journalism, have recently fuelled autism's fame and controversy. The metamorphosis of autism is the first book to explain our current fascination with autism by linking it to a longer history of childhood development. Drawing from a staggering array of primary sources, Bonnie Evans traces autism back to its origins in the early twentieth century and explains why the idea of autism has always been controversial and why it experienced a 'metamorphosis' in the 1960s and 1970s. Evans takes the reader on a journey of discovery from the ill-managed wards of 'mental deficiency' hospitals, to high-powered debates in the houses of parliament, and beyond. The book will appeal to a wide market of scholars and others interested in autism.