Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health BioMed Central Editorial Statement from the President of the International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions Per-Anders Rydelius* Open Access

which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Editorial The new BioMed Central online journal on Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health is a very welcome contribution to the field of child and adolescent psychiatry and an important step forward to spread scientific information related to issues of child and adolescent mental health. For many years the Acta Paedopsychiatrica (founded by Professor Tramer in Switzerland and published as the 'Zeitschrift für Kinderpsychiatrie ' 1934–1952 and then as 'Acta Paedopsychiatrica', 1953–1994) was the "The Publishing Organ for the Official Bulletin of the IACAPAP, the International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions". As an official organ, the