title: Future of child psychiatry. II: A personal perspective.
abstract: This paper provides an overview of key future directions that child psychiatry may follow. It then focuses on the potential value of longitudinal studies in general and on those involving attention deficit hyperactive disorder in particular, with the aim of delineating how such studies may enable us to proceed toward some of the future directions outlined.
authors.affiliation: Division of Child Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal Children's Hospital, Quebec.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hechtman
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D002648:Child; D002665:Child Psychiatry / Q000639:trends*; D016241:Child of Impaired Parents; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000639:trends; D011599:Psychopathology; D011613:Psychotherapy; D012106:Research; D012307:Risk Factors; D012931:Social Environment; D012945:Social Values