Handbook of Attenuated Psychosis Syndrome Across Cultures, 1st ed. 2019
International Perspectives on Early Identification and Intervention

Coordinators: Li Huijun, Shapiro Daniel I., Seidman Larry J.

Language: English

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This handbook examines state-of-the-art research and clinical findings on attenuated psychosis syndrome (APS) across the globe. It addresses symptoms, assessment methods, and treatment approaches as they differ and converge across countries and cultures. The handbook explores how the illness impairs many aspects of daily functioning, with high rates of suicide and a reduced life span. It details how early detection is critical and may greatly reduce the public health burden of the illness. Chapters describe the early identification and intervention efforts that are currently underway across the world. The book offers international findings from prominent researchers, elaborating culturally relevant illness symptoms, help-seeking behaviors, and assessment and intervention strategies. In addition, chapters illustrate wide variations in symptom expression and experience, reinforcing the necessity of culturally attuned practice in patient-centered care. The book concludes by examining the implications ? challenges and opportunities ? for future research and clinical practices from an international perspective.

Topics featured in the Handbook include:
  • Barriers to service in low-resourced countries. 
  • The role of traditional or culturally acceptable care in developing early intervention models. 
  • The reliability and validity of tools for assessing and identifying APS.
  • Possible medical diagnoses that can present with APS symptoms and how to differentiate these conditions from APS. 

The Handbook of Attenuated Psychosis Syndrome Across Cultures is a must-have resource for researchers, professors, clinicians, and related professionals as well as graduate students in child and school psychology, psychiatry, social work, and related disciplines. 

Section I: Introduction and Overview of Attenuated Psychosis Syndrome Assessment and Intervention.- Chapter 1. Attenuated Psychosis Syndrome Seen Through the Cultural Prism: Relevance, Terminology and Book Structure.- Chapter 2. Assessment of Risk for Psychosis.- Chapter 3. Intervention Strategies for Attenuated Psychosis Syndrome: A Review of Current Practice, Evidence, and Future Directions.- Section II: Conceptual and Measurement Foundations of Attenuated Psychosis Syndrome.- Chapter 4. Attenuated Psychosis Syndrome among Australian Youth and Young Adults: Early Identification and Intervention.- Chapter 5. Reliability, Validity, Epidemiology, and Cultural Variation of the Structured Interview for Psychosis-risk Syndromes (SIPS) and the Scale of Psychosis-risk Symptoms (SOPS).- Chapter 6. Clinical High Risk for Psychosis Syndromes among Swiss and German Youth and Young Adults: Early Identification and Intervention.- Section III: Borderlands of Cultural and Medical Conceptualizations of Attenuated Psychosis Syndrome.- Chapter 7. Early Experiences of Psychotic Illness from a Cross-Cultural Perspective: An Anthropological View from Research in Indonesia.- Chapter 8. Medical Causes of Psychosis: Lessons for Individuals with Attenuated Psychosis Syndrome.- Section IV: International Research and Clinical Practice on Attenuated Psychosis Syndrome.- Chapter 9. Identification and Treatment of Youth with Attenuated Psychosis Syndrome:  A Canadian Perspective.- Chapter 10. Cultural Considerations in the Treatment of African American Youth with Attenuated Psychosis Syndrome: The Importance of Socio-contextual and Clinical Factors.- Chapter 11. Attenuated Psychosis Syndrome among Asian American Youth and Young Adults: A Culturally Relevant Case Illustration Approach.- Chapter 12. Attenuated Psychosis Syndrome among Latino American Youth and Young Adults in the United States: Early Identification and Intervention.- Chapter 13. Attenuated Psychosis Syndrome among Mexican Youth and Young Adults: A Culturally Relevant Case Illustration Approach.- Chapter 14. Attenuated Psychosis Syndrome among Brazilian Youth and Young Adults: Early Identification and Intervention.- Chapter 15. Attenuated Psychosis Syndrome among Nigerian Youth and Young Adults: Early Identification and Intervention.- Chapter 16. Attenuated Psychosis Syndrome among Youth and Young Adults in China: Early Identification and Intervention.- Chapter 17. Attenuated Psychosis Syndrome among Japanese Youth and Young Adults: Early Identification and Intervention.- Chapter 18. Attenuated Psychosis in Youth and Adolescents: Clinical and Cultural Considerations from India.- Chapter 19. Attenuated Psychosis Syndrome among Danish Youth and Young Adults: Early Identification and Intervention.- Chapter 20. Early Identification and Intervention of Attenuated Psychosis Syndrome in Spain.- Section V Directions for Future Attenuated Psychosis Syndrome Research and Clinical Practice.- Chapter 21. Integration of Literature across Countries: Challenges, Opportunities, and Implications for Future Research.- Epilogue. 

Huijun Li received her Ph.D. in School Psychology from University of Arizona in 2003. She is a Nationally Certified School Psychologist and Nationally Certified Youth Mental Health First Aid trainer. Dr. Li is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology, College of Social Sciences, Arts, and Humanities, Florida A&M University. She is also a Research Collaborator of Psychiatry at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School. Prior to joining Florida A&M University, she served as the Director of Multicultural Research of the Commonwealth Research Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and Harvard Medical School. Dr. Li has received federal grants and foundation grants to study psychosocial factors such as culture specific beliefs about causes of mental illness, stigma, and barriers to services related to help-seeking behaviors among individuals from diverse backgrounds.  She serves on the Editorial Board of Asian Journal of Psychiatry and Editorial Advisory Board of Psychology in the Schools. She also serves as a Research Committee member of Florida Association of School Psychologists, Ethics Committee member of the International School Psychology Association, and a program reviewer of National Association of School Psychologists. Dr. Li actively contributes to local community services by providing presentations and workshops on children’s mental health. Dr
. Li served as experienced professional on youth mental health on the local ABC news after the Newtown, Connecticut, school shooting incident. Dr. Li is the author or co- author of peer-reviewed journal articles (30), book , book chapters, translated books, and conference presentations.

Daniel I. Shapiro received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Emory University and completed his predoctoral clinical internship in the Veterans Affairs System. He is currently the Project Director of Clinical High-Risk Research at the C

Examines culturally relevant symptoms of attenuated psychosis syndrome, including help-seeking behaviors

Explores barriers to services as well as assessment and intervention strategies from a global perspective

Details the onset of symptoms (e.g., subclinical psychosis and social withdrawal)

Offers a case-based approach to help readers understand the illness and its assessment and intervention in a cultural context