Classifications in child and adolescent psychiatry
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Psychiatre des Hôpitaux, Chef de Service
C.H.R.U. de BREST – Centre Winnicott, rue de la Duchesse Anne – 29200 BREST
Submission date: 2014-01-31
Acceptance date: 2014-02-12
Publication date: 2014-03-18
Arch Psych Psych 2014;16(1):15-19
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The diagnostic approach is essential to medicine. It is one of the binding terms of the doctor-patient relationship. In child psychiatry, the questioning concerning diagnosis and its theoretical background is coupled with the specific nature of the subject being studied. In France infant and juvenile psychiatry is a relatively recent discipline. The following paper discusses the development of child and adolescent psychiatry, taking into account the historical point of view.