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The British Journal of Psychiatry (2005) 187: s120-s124
© 2005 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

SPECIAL ARTICLES

International clinical practice guidelines for early psychosis

INTERNATIONAL EARLY PSYCHOSIS ASSOCIATION WRITING GROUP1

Correspondence: Professor Patrick McGorry, MD, PhD, FRCP, FRANZCP, Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne and ORYGEN Research Centre, Locked Bag 10/35, Poplar Road, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia.

1 The following international consultants contributed to the drafting of these guidelines which was endorsed at the third International Early Psychosis Conference, Copenhagen, September 2002:

  • J. Addington (Canada)

  • G.P. Amminger (Austria)

  • A.Barbato (Italy)

  • S.Catts (Australia)

  • E.Chen (Hong Kong)

  • S.Chhim (Cambodia)

  • S. A.Chong (Singapore)

  • J.Cullberg (Sweden)

  • J.Edwards (Australia)

  • L.Grosso (France)

  • M.Louzã (Brazil)

  • M.Hambrecht (Germany)

  • M.Keshavan (USA)

  • J. O. Johannessen (Norway)

  • D.L.Johnson (USA)

  • S.Lewis (UK)

  • J.Lieberman (USA)

  • W.MacEwan (Canada)

  • A.Malla (Canada)

  • R.May (UK)

  • T.H.McGlashan (USA)

  • P.McGorry (Australia)

  • M.G.Merlo (Switzerland)

  • M.Nordentoft (Denmark)

  • S.Nightingale (New Zealand)

  • D.Perkins (USA)

  • R.Thara (India)

  • K.Yamamoto (Japan)

  • A.Yung (Australia)

These international clinical practice guidelines were developed with detailed input from 29 invited international consultants, who provided content as well as detailed feedback on draft versions.The final draft of the guidelines was ratified by the Executive of the International Early Psychosis Association and presented and formally endorsed at the Third International Conference on Early Psychosis held in Copenhagen, September 2002. They have been revised slightly to include medications that were not available in 2002, although a fully comprehensive process of update has not yet been conducted.The final version is published in this Supplement with the aim of encouraging further discussion as well as providing practical guidance to clinicians and researchers. A second edition is planned for publication in 2008.




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