Early Intervention in Psychosis to YMH Service: Reality Check
Tue 12 May
|Chrystal Macmillan Building, The Univers
Talk by Professor Ashok Malla, covering developments in early intervention services and youth mental heath.
Time & Location
12 May 2026, 14:00 – 15:30
Chrystal Macmillan Building, The Univers, 15a George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9LD, UK
About the event
From Early Intervention in Psychosis to Youth Mental Health Service Transformation: A Reality Check
Professor Ashok Malla will draw on his extensive experience in delivering and evaluating Early Intervention Services for people with psychosis in Canada and India. He will give a brief overview of the historical development of Early Intervention Services, identifying both the benefits and gaps. He will then connect these developments to attempts to transform Youth Mental Health services, drawing on his own experience from the ACCESS Open Minds programme. He will conclude with identifying some risks, especially of overselling recent developments.
Ashok Malla is Professor Emeritus (Psychiatry), McGill University; a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences; and held a Tier-1 Canada Research Chair in Early Psychosis and Youth Mental Health (2003-2020). He has been an international leader in Early Intervention in Psychosis for three decades and Youth Mental Health since 2013. A strong advocate…