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(Accepted 28 April 1999)

Sutton Hospital, Sutton, Surrey SM5 2NF

Linda Dowdney, head of child psychology services

Department of Child Psychology, Sutton Hospital

M Allerton, research worker

P Schofield, research worker

Kingston Hospital, Kingston, Surrey KT2 7QB

Richard Wilson, consultant paediatrician

Medical Research Council Child Psychiatry Unit, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF

B Maughan, career scientist

Behavioural Sciences Unit, Institute of Child Health, London WC1N 1EH

D Skuse, consultant psychiatrist

Correspondence to: L Dowdney, Department of Psychology, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey GU2 5XH L.Dowdney@ surrey.ac.uk

BMJ 1999;319:354-73