Due to datasubmission problems for the psychiatric specialties at a number of healthboards, national records of out-patient attendances are incomplete after 2002.ISD are currently working with NHS board to rectify this problem.Bed numbers for the specialtieschild psychiatry (patients aged less than 13) and adolescent psychiatry (patientsaged between 13 and 17) are published at the following web address:http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/files/Annual_trends_in_available_beds_HB_comparison_May06_release.xls.