Fred Stone Child psychiatrist who transformed services in Scotland

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Professor Fred Stone, who was one of the leading child psychiatrists of his generation and steered the development of child psychiatry services in Scotland, has died at the age of 87 in Glasgow.Stone will be remembered for his groundbreaking work in placing children's emotional and psychological needs at the centre of paediatric medicine in Scotland. Over four decades, he drove forward developments in liaison psychiatry, infant mental health, and recognition of autism, and he was instrumental in establishing Scotland's internationally renowned approach to justice for children through its Children's Hearings system.