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In defence of multidisciplinary teams in child and adolescent psychiatry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

David Cottrell
David Cottrell*
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Senior Lecturer in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, London Hospital Medical College, London El 2AD
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Early in 1992, two articles were published on the subject of multidisciplinary teams in child and adolescent psychiatry. In the first, Mathai (1992) challenges the “accepted multidisciplinary model” as being “unworkable”. He comments that in many teams an appearance of multidisciplinary working can hide covert conflicts and goes on to propose that all referrals should be made to the consultant psychiatrist who will then decide to whom these referrals should be allocated within the team.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 17 , Issue 12 , December 1993 , pp. 733 - 735
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