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This text pulls together a range of issues about the psychiatric needs of offending and at risk adolescents. A key theme throughout the book is the constant flux between young people's problems and their state of mental health. Following a structured approach, it looks at assessment, treatment and outcomes for different disorders and highlights the importance of effective interaction between specialist agencies. The key features of the book: the influences which shape young people's attitudes and behaviour; the association between different offending behaviour pattern sand psychiatric disorders; and future strategies - politics, service provision, impact of research and the European perspective.

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Susan Bailey, Consultant Child and Adolescent Forensic Psychiatrist, Bolton Salford & Trafford Mental Health Trust, Manchester and Professor, Faculty of Health, University of Central Lancashire, Lancashire, UK Mairead Dolan, Senior Lecturer in Forensic Psychiatry, University of Manchester & Honorary Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist, Bolton Salford and Trafford Mental Health Trust, Manchester, UK

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