Young people with psychosis suffer from diverse psychosocial difficulties such as impaired social relationships, low self-esteem, unemployed or poor academic performance, financial difficulties, etc. To help them recover psychosocial impairments, Western countries had developed coordinated special care programs consisting of multidisciplinary teams. These special programs can not be provided adequately in routine psychiatric service in Asia and Brazil. However, there has been emerging interest in early psychosis in Asia and Brazil recently, and several initiating programs have been launched: ILBOSCO in Japan, MindLink in Korea, Program for Recognition and Intervention in Individuals in At-Risk Mental States (PRISMA) in Brazil, and --- in Singapore. We have encouraging short-term results on outcome after delivering coordinated programs in each country. The implications of these findings will be shared and discussed in terms of implementing optimal strategies targeting young people with psychosis.
