"In this thought-provoking text, a collection of respected authors with a wealth of academic and practice experience comes together to challenge some of the prevailing ideas serving as the foundation for the current child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) structure. Seeking to stimulate reflection and debate, the book provides a fresh new perspective on critical issues such as: The place of neuroscience in explaining mental health development in children and adolescents; The benefits of moving away from clinic-based practice, and towards an approach that reaches out into the community; The negative impact of resource pressures in CAMHS on the core therapeutic relationships between practitioners and young people. From managers and commissioners to newly qualified practitioners and students, this book will both challenge and energise readers, spurring them on to reconsider some of the pressing CAMH issues of our time."--Publisher's website.

1. What evidence works for whom? / Peter Wilson -- 2. Non-diagnostic practice in child and adolescent mental health / Sami Timimi -- 3. Neuroscience and CAMHS practice / Matthew Woolgar and Carmen Pinto -- 4. Early intervention with babies and their parents / Robin Balbernie -- 5. The view from the bridge : bringing a third position to child health / Sebastian Kraemer -- 6. The wider clinical and social context of ADHD / Louise Richards -- 7. Cultural context and socially inclusive practice / Steven Walker -- 8. Being mixed race / Dinah Morley -- 9. The role of schools in promoting children's mental health / Neil Humphrey -- 10. From outreach to reaching out : a relational approach to mental health within the community / Nick Barnes -- 11. 'Who can I turn to?' Making healthcare more relationship-centred and not system-centred / Sarah Campbell and Jenny Cobb.