HANDBOOK OF ATTENUATED PSYCHOSIS SYNDROME ACROSS CULTURES. INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON EARLY IDENTIFICATION AND INTERVENTION. (SOFTCOVER)

• 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
Chapter10. 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.

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.TheHandbook 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.

Features
• 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