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Aims and scope:The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry is widely recognised to be the leading international journal covering both child and adolescent psychology and psychiatry.JCPP publishes the highest quality clinically relevant research in psychology, psychiatry and related disciplines.With a large and expanding global readership, its coverage includes studies on epidemiology, diagnosis, psychotherapeutic and psychopharmacological treatments, behaviour, cognition, neuroscience, neurobiology and genetic aspects of childhood disorders.Articles published include experimental, longitudinal and intervention studies, especially those that advance our understanding of developmental psychopathology and that inform both theory and clinical practice.An important function of the Journal is to bring together empirical research, clinical studies and reviews of high quality that arise from different points of view, different theoretical perspectives and different disciplines.