Evolving Psychosis

Jan Olav Johannessen is chief psychiatrist of the Division of Psychiatry, Stavanger University Hospital in Norway and President of the ISPS Brian Martindale is on the Board of the ISPS, Chair of the ISPS UK network and editor of the ISPS books. Johan Cullberg leads a national multi-centre research project on integrated treatments in first episode psychosis. He is author of Psychoses, also published as part of the ISPS book series.

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