This important new book critically examines a number of aspects of Child and Adolescent Mental Health service provision and practice. It encourages readers to look carefully at some of today's givens and to value intuition and experience, whilst balancing this with our current understanding of the child's mind and its potential disorders.

Editors' Introduction Chapter 1: What Evidence Works for Whom – Peter Wilson Chapter 2: Non-diagnostic practice in child and adolescent mental health – Sami Timimi Chapter 3: Neuroscience and CAMHS practice – Matthew Woolgar and Carmen Pinto Chapter 4: Early intervention with babies and their parents – Robin Balbernie Chapter 5: The view from the bridge: bringing a third position to child health – Sebastian Kraemer Chapter 6: The wider clinical and social context of ADHD – Louise Richards Chapter 7: Cultural Context and Socially Inclusive Practice – Steven Walker Chapter 8: Being Mixed Race – Dinah Morley Chapter 9: The role of schools in promoting children's mental health – Neil Humhrey Chapter 10: From Outreach to Reaching Out: a relational approach to mental health within the community – Nick Barnes Chapter 11: 'Who can I turn to?' Making healthcare more relationship-centred and not system-centred – Sarah Campbell and Jenny Cobb.

A fascinating read from a great range of writers with some serious experience behind them. Readers should find plenty of ideas to help them reflect on, or kick-start, ways of working in CAMH that might just put some much-needed change in motion.' -Angie Hart, Professor of Child, Family & Community Health, University of Brighton, UK 'This book challenges us to look critically at our own practice and will raise some very interesting discussions. I strongly recommend it not only to students on post-registration courses, but to those on pre-registration courses who have a desire to work in this area once qualified.' - Sharon Pagett, Senior Lecturer in Mental Health, University of Central Lancashire, UK