Edited by Eric Y. H. Chen, Head and Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, Antonio Ventriglio, Psychiatrist, Department of Mental Health, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy, and Dinesh Bhugra, Emeritus Professor of Mental Health and Cultural Diversity, Health Service & Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK
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).
Arthur Guerra de Andrade, Program of the Interdisciplinary Group of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, Department and Institute of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo/SP, Brazil
Dinesh Bhugra, Emeritus Professor of Mental Health and Cultural Diversity, Health Service & Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK
Sherry Kit-wa Chan, Clinical Assistant Professor , Department of Psychiatry, University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, China
Andrew Chanen, Orygen, The National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health, Victoria, Australia
Wing-chung Chang, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, China
Eric Y. H. Chen, Head and Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, China
Eric Fuk-chi Cheung, Castle Peak Hospital, Hong Kong, China Catherine Shiu-yin Chong, Department of Psychiatry, Kwai Chung Hospital, Hong Kong, China
Siow Ann Chong, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore
Dicky Wai-sau Chung, Chief of Service and Consultant, Department of Psychiatry, Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital, Tai Po Hospital, North District Hospital, Hong Kong, China
Tom K. J. Craig, King's College London, Health Service and Population Research, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, UK
Carla Dalbosco, Center for Drug and Alcohol Research, Clinics Hospital of Porto Alegre, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre/RS, Brazil
Paulina do Carmo Arruda Vieira Duarte, Department of Public Security of the Secretariat for Multidimensional Security, Organization of American States, Washington DC, USA
Peter Falkai, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Hospital of the University of Munich, Germany
Tomoyuki Funatogawa, Department of Neuropsychiatry, Toho University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Telma Tiemi Schwindt Diniz Gomes, Center for Information on Health and Alcohol (CISA), São Paulo/SP, Brazil
Amber Hamilton, Academic Department of Psychiatry, Northern Sydney Local Health District, St Leonards, NSW Australia
Naomi Inoue, Department of Neuropsychiatry, Toho University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Srividya Iyer, Prevention and Early Intervention Program for Psychosis, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Verdun, Canada
Naoyuki Katagiri, Department of Neuropsychiatry, Toho University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Matcheri S. Keshava, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department Psychiatry, and Harvard Medical School Department of Psychiatry, Boston, USA
Nikolaos Koutsouleris, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Hospital of the University of Munich, Germany
Helen Lee, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore
Paulo Lizano, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department Psychiatry, and Harvard Medical School Department of Psychiatry, Boston, USA
Gin S. Malhi, Academic Department of Psychiatry, Northern Sydney Local Health District, St Leonards, NSW Australia
Ashok Malla, Prevention and Early Intervention Program for Psychosis, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Verdun, Canada
Masafumi Mizuno, Department of Neuropsychiatry, Toho University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Greeshma Mohan, Schizophrenia Research Foundation, Chennai, India
Craig Morgan, King's College London, Health Service and Population Research, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, UK
Grace Morris, Academic Department of Psychiatry, Northern Sydney Local Health District, St Leonards, NSW Australia
Takahiro Nemoto, Department of Neuropsychiatry, Toho University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Sherifat Oduola, King's College London, Health Service and Population Research, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, UK
John M. Oldham, Distinguished Emeritus Professor, Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
Tim Outhred, Academic Department of Psychiatry, Northern Sydney Local Health District, St Leonards, NSW Australia
Christy Lai-ming Hui, Assistant Professor,Department of Psychiatry, University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong , China
Edwin Ho-ming Lee, Assistant Professor,Department of Psychiatry, University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong , China
Tak-lam Lo, Department of Psychiatry, Kwai Chung Hospital, Hong Kong, China
Roger Man-kin Ng, Senior Medical Officer, Department of Psychiatry, Kwai Chung Hospital, Hong Kong, China
Lap-tak Poon, Department of Psychiatry, Kwai Chung Hospital, Hong Kong, China
Jaya Padmanabhan, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department Psychiatry, and Harvard Medical School Department of Psychiatry, Boston, USA
R.Padmavathim, Schizophrenia Research Foundation, Chennai, India
Lye Yin Poon, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore
Megan Pope, Prevention and Early Intervention Program for Psychosis, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Verdun, Canada
Moritz Rossner, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Hospital of the University of Munich, Germany
Norman Sartorius, Association for the Improvement of Mental Health Programmes, Geneva, Switzerland
Jan Scott, Professor of Psychological Medicine, Academic Psychiatry, Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Andrea Schmitt, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Hospital of the University of Munich, Germany
Frauke T. K. Schultze-Lutter, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany
Thomas Schulze, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Hospital of the University of Munich, Germany
Erica Rosanna Siu, Program of the Interdisciplinary Group of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, Department and Institute of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo/SP, Brazil
R.Thar, Schizophrenia Research Foundation, Chennai, India
Naohisa Tsujino, Department of Neuropsychiatry, Toho University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Antonio Ventriglio, Psychiatrist, Department of Mental Health, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy
Swapna Verma, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore
Wai-song Yeung, Department of Psychiatry, Kwai Chung Hospital, Hong Kong, China