The first reported case of develop mental dyslexia appeared in the British Medical Journal in 1896. Dr Pringle Morgan, a general practitioner, described a 14-year-old boy named Percy, who, despite being ‘bright and of average intelligence in conversation’, had been unable to learn to read. Specimens of Percy’s writing show many spelling errors characteristic of dyslexia (such as ‘carlfuly’ for ...

This 164-page book is a multi-authored text covering many of the important topics associated with infections of the newborn. While it may be a bit unfair to compare it with encyclopedic textbooks that cover similar territory, it is worth noting that the current edition of Remington and Klein's Infectious Diseases of the Fetus and Newborn Infant contains 1,122 pages, and Feigin and Cherry's Text...

In this article, we address clinical approaches to the assessment, management, and treatment of mental health difficulties of children and adolescents from immigrant and ethnocultural communities. Cultural issues in assessment and treatment planning Psychosocial stressors and exposure to trauma contribute significantly to the experiences of families from immigrant and ethnocultural communities....

The editors of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health would like to thank all of our reviewers who have contributed to the journal in volume 8 (2014).

For the first time, we publish a special section of four related articles in the online, open-access journal Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health.

a Department of Special Needs Education, Ghent University, Henri Dunantlaan 2, 9000 Ghent, Belgium b Research Institute of Child Development and Education, University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Achtergracht 127, WS 1018 Amsterdam, The Netherlands c Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Curium-Leiden University Medical Center; Endegeesterstraatweg 27, AK 2342, Oegstgeest, The Netherlands d De...