Abstract

of ChildA MEDICALmore While ten years challenges. action. today the do notthan hadit has offi-even cial ited these ing: . theirbefore,to fulfillits obligations. more than faces many still await child trained psychiatry to meet thatit hasrecognition as a subspecialty for something training programs as well as trainees, it still are being of the Far too met most and partially conquered, features are are about being Some important psychiatrists in this fieldand has accnedWhile some of are the followfor tofew child traineesrising preparedemand themservices. Manycomfortably accept the challenges . Research training in child . Community mental healthin their psychiatry hasfuture professional is at best minimal a great dealcareers. and spotty. more time and money foradult patients than for youth. . The “advocacy” system proposed by the Joint Commission on Mental Health of Children has merit but also many hazards. The problems of money as well as of methods are as yet to be solved. . Child psychiatry is a field that from an emotional many young people entering medicine. However, they standpoint must first seems attractive to the years of med-ical school. It would appear that there are fan more freshman medical students onented toward a career in adult