A brief history of child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) from 1987 to 2005 is presented. Events of the last 20 years are organised around the two key themes of changes and development in policy and in clinical practice. This has been a period of great change in CAMHS and we attempt to highlight what we believe are the significant changes in what is, inevitably a personal view of recent history.
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