Risk Factors for Psychosis: Paradigms, Mechanisms, and Prevention

Dr Andrew Thompson is a Principal Research Fellow and Associate Professor at Orygen, the Centre for Youth Mental Health at the University of Melbourne, Australia. He is the lead psychiatrist for the EPPIC early psychosis service and the National headspace Early Psychosis program in Australia and is currently head of clinical psychosis research at Orygen. He also retains a position as Associate Professor at the University of Warwick in the UK.Andrew trained in medicine at the University of Oxford and London and in psychiatry in Nottingham and Bristol. He has an MD in clinical psychiatry from the University of London. He has worked in early psychosis practice and research for over 15 years in both the UK and Australia. He was previously clinical lead for the PACE at risk for psychosis clinic in Melbourne and has been involved in a number of research projects through this clinic and through his work at the University of Bristol and the University of Warwick.Andrew’s research interests include clinical risk factors for the development of psychosis and psychotic symptoms, novel treatments (including technology) in emerging or early psychosis, predictors of outcome in early psychosis and systems of care and prevention approaches in youth mental health.

Dr Matthew Broome is a Senior Clinical Research Fellow at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, and a Consultant Psychiatrist at the Early Intervention in Psychosis Service, Oxford. He trained in medicine at the University of Birmingham and in Psychiatry at the Maudsley hospital (where he worked at the at risk for psychosis clinic (OASIS). He has previously been a Lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry and an Associate Clinical Professor at The University of Warwick. He has previously edited books on subjects such as phenomenology and the interface between psychiatry and philosophy and has published over 100 research papers mostly relating to at risk for psychosis groups.