"For more than 25 years Lewiss Child and Adolescent Psychiatry has remained a trusted resource in child and adolescent psychiatry. Encyclopedic in scope, it continues to serve as a broad reference, deftly encompassing and integrating scientific principles, research methodologies, and everyday clinical care. For the 6th Edition, a new lead editor Dr. Gerrit Van Schalkwyk has partnered with the returning co-editors to oversee an update that will include a general update of all existing chapters with a focus on keeping the text as concise and readable as possible, and addressing DEI considerations"-- Provided by publisher.