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Practitioner Review: Routes from Research to Clinical Practice in Child Psychiatry: Retrospect and Prospect

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 1998

Michael Rutter
Michael Rutter
Affiliation:
MRC Child Psychiatry Unit and Institute of Psychiatry, London, U.K.
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Abstract

The last 40 years has seen a virtual revolution in both medical research and medical practice. Child psychiatry has been part of that revolution. The situation in the 1950s is briefly noted and seven examples are used to illustrate how causal research in the past has led to changes in clinical practice. The areas used as examples comprise: autism, hyperactivity/attention deficit syndromes, conduct disorders, depressive conditions, genetic research, organic brain dysfunction, and psychosocial risk processes. Prospects for the future with respect to the impact of research on clinical practice are discussed in relation to molecular genetics, environmental risks, cognitive and affective processing of experiences, links across the lifespan, and functional brain imaging. Attention is drawn to implications for training as well as for practice.

Keywords

Autismdepressionhyperactivityconduct disorderbrain damageadolescenceemotioninformation processingclassificationgeneticslifespan developmentfunctional brain imagingchildrenclinical training
Type
Review Article
Information
The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines , Volume 39 , Issue 6 , September 1998 , pp. 805 - 816
Copyright
© 1998 Association for Child Psychology and Psychiatry

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