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Abstract: In child psychiatry, behaviour disorders in preschool children motivate frequently consultations. Indeed, from the nursery, young children, between 18months and 3years, present behaviours that alert the adults and disarm usually their parents. Unfortunately, this category of “catch-all” does not allow the childhood professionals to understand well the meaning of the disorder and to propose therapeutic strategies and/or educational properly adapted. This article offers an analysis of this psychopathological disorder, especially taking into account the nature of parent–child interaction during the different stages of development of this period. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Abstract: The author explains the innovations of care systems in child psychiatry relative to the approach of babies (psychiatry in paediatrics, in therapeutic centres for babies) and to the access of young children (management of emergencies and crises, linked to the sociocultural innovations of the 21st century). [Copyright &y& Elsevier]