title: [Crossroads, 50 years of child care].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Through a journey in time, we propose to revisit the birth of the first mental health care settings for children with mental disorders affiliated with Université de Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
  
  
  METHODS
  The main centers of child psychiatry affiliated with the Université de Montréal are presented with the outstanding figures of the time.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Philosophical transitions and therapeutic paradigms are also briefly discussed. The creation of subspecialty clinics and training approved by the Royal College of Psychiatry of Child and Adolescent marked the contemporary era.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The contribution to training medical students, residents and researchers in the field of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry reflects the important milestones since the foundation of the Université de Montréal Department of Psychiatry. So much achieved in half a century.
authors.affiliation: Institut Philippe-Pinel de Montréal; Université de Montréal.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gignac
authors.affiliation: CHU Ste-Justine; Département de psychiatrie, Université de Montréal.
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Boileau
authors.affiliation: Pavillon Albert Prévost de l'hôpital du Sacré-Coeur, CIUSSS Nord; Département de psychiatrie, Université de Montréal.
authors.forename: Charles Nagy
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Bedwani
authors.affiliation: Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, CIUSSS Est; Département de psychiatrie, Université de Montréal.
authors.forename: Vicenzo
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: DiNicola
authors.affiliation: CHU Ste-Justine; Département de psychiatrie, Université de Montréal.
authors.forename: Yvon
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gauthier
authors.affiliation: Hôpital Rivière-des-Prairies; Département de psychiatrie, Université de Montréal.
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lévesque
authors.affiliation: Institut Philippe-Pinel de Montréal; Département de psychiatrie, Université de Montréal.
authors.forename: Louis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Morissette
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000296:Adolescent Psychiatry / Q000266:history*; D002648:Child; D002665:Child Psychiatry / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D011792:Quebec; D014495:Universities / Q000266:history*