• Kaplan, T (Ed) (2009) Emergency Department Handbook: Children and Adolescents with Mental Health Problems. London: RCPsych Publications
• Barker, P (1995) Basic Child Psychiatry (6^th edn). Oxford: Blackwell Scientific.
• Black, D, Harris-Hendricks, J. & Wolkind, S. (1998) Child Psychiatry and the Law (3^rd edn). London:Gaskell
• Black, D & Cottrell D (Eds) (1993) Seminars in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry London:Gaskell
• Goodman, R. & Scott, S. (1997) Child Psychiatry, Oxford: Blackwell Science
• Joughin, C. & Shaw, M. (eds) (2000) Finding the Evidence. A Gateway to the Literature in Child and Adolescent Mental Health. London:Gaskell.
• Lewis, M (1996) Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (2^nd edn). London: Williams & Wilkins.
• Overmeyer, S & Taylor, E. (1999) Annotation: principles of treatment for hyperkinetic disorder: practice approaches in the UK. Journal of Child psychiatry and Psychology, 140(8), 1147-1157.
• Russell, O. (ed.) (1997) Seminars in the Psychiatry of Learning Disabilities (Second Edition). London: Gaskell.
• Rutter, M. & Hay, D. (eds) (1994) Development Through Life: A Handbook for Clinicians. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific.
• --------, M., Taylor, E. & Hersov, L. (eds) (1994) Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: Modern Approach (3^rd edn). Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications.

Specific texts 

Anxiety Disorders

• Dwivedi, K. N. & Varma, V. P. (1997) A Handbook of Child Anxiety Management. Hampshire:Arena.
• Eisen, A. R., Kearney, C. A. & Schaefer, C. E. (1995) Clinical Handbook of Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents. North Bale, N.J., Jason Aaronson.

Attachment

• Bowlby, J. (1979) The Making and Breaking of Affectional Bonds. London: Tavistock.
• ………….. (1988) The Secure Base: Clinical Applications of Attachment Theory. London: Routlege.

Child Abuse

• Bentovim, A. (1992) Trauma Organised Systems: Physical and Sexual Abuse in Families. London:Carnock.
• Finkelhor, D. (ed) (1986) A Sourcebook on Child Sexual Abuse. Beverly Hills
• CA & London:Sage Jones, D. P. H. & McQuiston, M. G. (1992) Interviewing the Sexually Abused Child (4^th edn). London: Royal College of Psychiatrists

Classification

• World Health Organisation (1992) The ICD-10 Classification of Mental and Behavioural Disorders. Geneva:WHO
• ----------------------------------- (1996) Multi-Axial Classification of Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Disorders. Cambridge:Cambridge University Press.

Conduct Disorder

• Rutter, M (1995) Psychosocial Disturbances in Young People. Challenges for Prevention. Cambridge:Cambridge University Press.

Depression

• Dwivedi, K. N. & Varma, V. P. (eds.) (1997) Depression in Children and Adolescents. London:Whurr.
• Goodyear, I. (ed) 1995 The Depressed Child & Adolescent: Developmental and Clinical Perspectives. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
• Harrington, R. C. (1993) Depressive Disorder in Childhood and Adolescence. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons.

Developmental Psychology

• Rutter, M. & Rutter, M. (1993) Developing Minds: Challenge and Continuity Across the Life Span. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books.
• -------------. & Hay, D (1994) Development Through Life. Handbook for Clinicians. Oxford: Blackwell Science
• Spreen, O., Risser, A. & Edgell, D. (1995) Developmental Neuropsychology. Oxford: Oxford University Press

Eating Disorders

• Lask, B. & Bryant-Waugh, R (eds) (2000) Anorexia Nervosa and Related Eating Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence (2^nd edn). Hove: Psychology Press.

Epidemiology

• Verhulst, F. C. & Koot, H. M. (eds) (1995) The Epidemiology of Child & Adolescent Psychopathology. Oxford :Oxford University Press.

Neuropsychiatry

• Gillberg, C. (1995) Clinical Child Neuropsychiatry. Cambridge University Press
• Harris, J (1995) Developmental Neuropsychiatry. Volume 1: Fundamentals. Volume II: Assessment, Diagnosis and Treatment of Developmental Disorders. New York: Oxford University Press.

Paediatrics and Chronic Illness

• Behrman, R. E., Kliegman, R. & Nelson, W. E. (1996) Nelson Textbook of Paediatrics. (15^th edn) Philadelphia, PA: W.B. Saunders.
• Campbell, A., McIntosh, N. (eds) (1998) Forfar and Ameil’s Textbook of Paediatrics (5^th edn) Edinburgh:Churchill-Livingston
• Eiser, C. (1990) Chronic Childhood Disease. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Hall, D. M. B., & Hill, P. D., (1996) The Child with a Disability. (2^nd edn). Oxford: Blackwell Science

Psychopharmacology

• Green, W. H. (2001) Child & Adolescent Clinical Psychopharmacology (3^rd edn). London: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.
• Rosenberg, D. R., Holtton, J. & Gershon, S. (1994) Textbook of Pharmacotherapy for Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Disorders. New York: Brunner/Mazel.

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

• Dwivedi, K. N. (ed.) (2000) PostTraumatic Stress Disorder in Children and Adolescents. London: Whurr.

Research

• Howell, D. C. (1992) Statistical Methods for Psychology (3^rd edn). Belmont, CA. Duxbury Press.
• Richardson, J. T. (ed) (1996) Handbook of Qualitative Research Methods for Psychology and the Social Sciences. Leicester British Psychological Society.

Transcultural

• Dwivedi, K.N. (Eds.) (2002) Meeting the Needs of Ethnic Minority Children. London: Jessica Kingsley.
• Lau, A. (2000) Asian children and Adolescents in Britain. London; Whurr.

Treatment

• Barker, P. (1998) Basic Family Therapy (4^th edn). Oxford: Blackwell Science.
• Dattilio, F. M., Reinecke, M. & Freeman, A. (1996) Cognitive Therapy with Children and Adolescents: A Casebook for Clinical Practice. London: Guilford Press.
• Dwivedi, K.N. (ed.) (1993) Group Work with Children and Adolescents. London: Jessica Kingsley.
• -----------------. (1997) Enhancing Parenting Skills : A Guide for Professionals Working with Parents. Chichester: John Wiley and Sons.
• ------------------ (1997) The Therapeutic Use of Stories. London: Routledge.
• Garalda, E. (ed) (1993) Managing Children with Psychiatric Problems. London:BMJ.
• Herbert, M. (1987) Behavioural Treatment of Children with Problems. A Practice Manual. (2^nd edn). London: Academic Press.
• Howlin, P. (ed) (1997) Behavioural Approaches to the Treatment of Children. London:MacKeith