Early Intervention in Psychiatric Disorders Across Cultures

Professor Eric Y. H. Chen is Chi-Li Pao Foundation Chair Professor in Psychiatry at the University of Hong Kong. He has been leading the development of the early intervention for psychosis in Hong Kong (the EASY program is one of the first comprehensive early psychosis programs in Asia). Under his leadership, the HKU Psychosis Research Unit (PSI) has shown that early intervention produces better long-term outcome for patients with psychotic disorders. Professor Chen and his team has also been studying maintenance therapy in psychosis, demonstrating that after a first episode psychosis, early medication discontinuation and relapse may contribute to adverse long term outcome. Professor EChen and his team has also been studying brain mechanisms in schizophrenia, particularly language and cognitive processes. Professor Chen is one of the leaders in the field of early intervention.Dr Antonio Ventriglio is a psychiatrist working at the Department of Mental Health, and Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy. Professor Dinesh Bhugra is Emeritus Professor of Mental Health and Cultural Diversity at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King's College London. Past President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. President of the World Psychiatric Association for a three year term, 2014-2017. Non-Executive Director Tavistock & Portman NHS Foundation Trust (special interest in BAME needs and cultural mediation).

• 1: Eric Y. H. Chen, Antonio Ventriglio, and Dinesh Bhugra: Introduction 2: Norman Sartorius: Early interventions to prevent stigmatization and its consequences 3: Antonio Ventriglio and Dinesh Bhugra: The role of culture in early interventions 4: Matcheri Kesavan, Paulo Lizano, Jaya Padmanabhan: Brain changes in the early course of schizophrenia 5: Peter Falkai, Andrea Schmitt, Moritz Rossner, Thomas Schulze, Nikolaos Koutsouleris: Brain Changes in psychosis: Understanding their significance as the basis for better prevention 6: Frauke T. K. Schultze-Lutter: Detecting the first signs of emerging psychosis 7: Sherifat Oduola, Craig Morgan, and Tom K. J. Craig: Are ethnic differences in pathways to care for psychosis in England reducinga An analysis of two population based studies of first episode psychosis in south London, UK. 8: Eric Y. H. Chen, Sherry Kit-wa Chan, Wing-chung Chang, Christy Lai-ming Hui, Edwin Ho-ming Lee, Tak-lam Lo, Catherine Shiu-yin Chong, Wai-song Yeung, Roger Man-kin Ng, Eric Fuk-chi Cheung, Dicky Wai-sau Chung, Lap-tak Poon: Early intervention for psychosis: perspective after 15 years of development 9: Swapna Verma, Lye Yin Poon, Helen Lee, Siow Ann Chong: Experiences and lessons from the Singapore Early Psychosis Intervention Programme 10: Masafumi Mizuno, Naomi Inoue, Takahiro Nemoto, Naohisa Tsujino, Naoyuki Katagiri, Tomoyuki Funatogawa: Early psychosis initiative in Japan: Challenges and opportunities 11: Greeshma Mohan, R.Padmavathi, Srividya Iyer, Megan Pope, Ashok Malla and R.Thar: Family involvement in first episode psychosis: The Indian scenario 12: Jan Scott: From principles to practice: Translating the philosophy of early intervention to individuals with emerging bipolar disorders 13: Gin S. Malhi, Grace Morris, Amber Hamilton, and Tim Outhred: Early intervention in Bipolar Disorders: Setting the stage from mechanisms to models 14: John M. Oldham: Early intervention in Personality Disorders 15: Andrew Chanen: Early detection and timely intervention for borderline personality disorder 16: Arthur Guerra de Andrade , Erica Rosanna Siu, Carla Dalbosco, Telma Tiemi Schwindt Diniz Gomes, Paulina do Carmo Arruda Vieira Duarte: Early intervention in underage drinking: preliminary results in Brazil 17: Dinesh Bhugra, Antonio Ventriglio, and Eric Y. H. Chen: Where next for Early Intervention Programmesa