Diagnosis on the way out – personality on the way in? Priorities in treatment in child and adolescent psychiatry

Abstract

The scientific basis for practice in child psychiatry has developed apace. And has thrown up several quandries for an accepted paradigm for good practice anchored to the diagnostic schema developed in adult psychiatry. This paper hopes to stimulate discussion about where alternative paradigms might lead us on a path to precision medicine as applied to child psychiatry.

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diagnoses personality attachment precision medicine treatment alliance psychotherapy p-factor child psychiatry

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