I. Epidemiological and cultural perspectives in child and adolescent mental health
1. Prevalence, risk factors, and disease burden of child and adolescent mental disorders: Taiwanese and global aspects Susan Shur-Fen Gau, Yi-Lung Chen
2. Cultural psychiatry as the basic science of addressing health and mental health disparities Anthony P.S. Guerrero, Joy K.L. Andrade
II. Developmental neuropsychiatry: Risk, prevention, and intervention opportunities
3. Developmental neurocognitive and neuropsychiatric consequences of chemical exposure amongst children in South Korea Yoonyoung Jang, Yun-Chul Hong, Nami Lee
4. Early life determinants of health: Invest early to break the cycle of long-term disadvantage in neurodevelopmental disorders Valsamma Eapen, Susan Woolfenden, Susan Prescott, Antonio Mendoza Diaz, Mark Dadds
5. Challenges and opportunities of implementing early interventions for autism spectrum disorders in resource-limited settings: A South African example Liezl Schlebusch, Nola J. Chambers, John-Joe Dawson-Squibb, Michal Harty, Lauren Franz, Petrus J. de Vries
III. New perspectives on problems and disorders
6. A developmental model of hikikomori: Possible ways to prevent and treat pathological social withdrawal Takahiro A. Kato
7. Gaming disorder in young people Daniel L. King, Paul H. Delfabbro
8. Common challenges and pitfalls in the treatment of paediatric OCD using CBT and medication Georgina Krebs, Dominic Cottrell, Angela Lewis, Bruce Clark
9. Developmental perspectives on ADHD, treatment implications, and achieving good outcomes David Coghill, Sarah Seth
IV. Child and adolescent mental health policy and services-Asian perspectives
10. Starting small: Developing child-centric mental health policies Daniel Shuen Sheng Fung, Daniel Poremski
11. Chinese policy and practice in child and adolescent mental health Yi Zheng
12. Child and adolescent mental health needs, services, and gap in East and Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands Tomoya Hirota, Anthony Guerrero, Norbert Skokauskas
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Matthew Hodes, MBBS BSc MSc PhD FRCPsych, is currently Honorary Senior Lecturer in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Imperial College London, and Consultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, CNWL NHS Foundation Trust. His research interests are social and cultural psychiatry, including refugee mental health, the interface between mental and physical health, and evidence-based approaches to treatment. He is currently the Lead Editor for the Monographs of the International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professionals (IACAPAP).
Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinical Services at National Taiwan University Hospital, specializing in attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorders. Dr. Gau's research interests include pharmacoepidemiology, sleep medicine, and clinical, neuropsychological, brain imaging, and genetic studies on attention-deficit hyper activity disorder and autism spectrum disorders.
As part of his work, Dr. de Vries conducts research on adolescent health (sexual and reproductive, adolescent mental health, bullying in adolescents, health and education systems for adolescents, and intimate partner violence in adolescents), autism (screening and diagnostic tool evaluation and development, evaluation and development of interventions, health and education systems, and use of technology), and tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC-assocationed neuropsychiatric disorders, clinical trials of mTOR inhibitors, and natural history of TSC).