November 28, 2005

children and mental health

Speakers:
Prof Adrian Angold, Assoc Prof. of Psychiatry and Behavior, Duke University
Prof MArk Dadds, Professor of Psychology, University of New South Wales
Prof Peter Jones, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge
Prof Sheilagh Hodgins, Professor and Head of Department of Forensic Mental Health Science at the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London
Prof Mathew Hotopf, Professor Dept of Psychological Medicine, King’s College

To coincide with the conference ‘The Child is Father of the Man: Lifespan Perspectives In Psychiatry’, at the Institute of Psychiatry in London, we brought six of the leading experts to talk on a wide range of issues including whether treatments like anti-depressants and double psychotherapy should be given to children and whether ADHD is under or over diagnosed.