[Crossroads, 50 years of child care]. / La croisée des chemins, 50 ans de soins aux enfants.

INTRODUCTION: Through a journey in time, we propose to revisit the birth of the first mental health care settings for children with mental disorders affiliated with Université de Montréal, Quebec, Canada. METHODS: The main centers of child psychiatry affiliated with the Université de Montréal are presented with the outstanding figures of the time. RESULTS: Philosophical transitions and therapeutic paradigms are also briefly discussed. The creation of subspecialty clinics and training approved by the Royal College of Psychiatry of Child and Adolescent marked the contemporary era. CONCLUSION: The contribution to training medical students, residents and researchers in the field of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry reflects the important milestones since the foundation of the Université de Montréal Department of Psychiatry. So much achieved in half a century.

[The Institute Philippe-Pinel and the department of Psychiatry of the University of Montreal: intricate paths]. / L'Institut Philippe Pinel et le Département de psychiatrie de l'Université de Montréal : des parcours intriqués.

The Institute Philippe-Pinel (IPPM) and the Département de psychiatrie de l'Université de Montréal, who are both celebrating their 50 years, have intricated paths and a long history of collaboration. Since its conception (1964), the Institute Philippe-Pinel was planned to become a site for training and teaching in the bosom of the Université de Montréal.Unique in its mission to offer state of the art psychiatric care and forensic assessments to patients presenting a high risk of violence, the Institute Philippe-Pinel, throughout the years, was also able to leave its mark by the way of academic teaching to psychiatric residents and trainees of all disciplines, of organizing national and international conferences, of research and by the publication of numerous articles and books in the field of forensic psychiatry.With, from its beginning, psychiatrists at its helm, the Institute Philippe-Pinel has at all times greatly contributed to the academic activity of the department. Highly committed psychiatric clinicians and professors were always involved at all levels of the psychiatric department. With the coming of the forensic subspecialty, the commitment and influence can only continue.