The psychiatry of childhood is a subject which is growing and changing in many important ways. Not only are there more consultants in this specialty than there were a few years ago, but the scope of their work has greatly increased. The importance and responsibility of the child psychiatrist's work is no longer disputed and it is now generally agreed that the consultant in this field must have a thorough and suitable training. In 1951 and in 1960 the Council of the R.M.P.A. approved documents on this matter. It now seems appropriate, in view of the developments in the subject in the last five years, to give further amplification of earlier statements.