Mr. Kanowski, Len

len.kanowski@sahs.nsw.gov.au

Mr Kanowski is a Senior Mental Health Clinician and Educator with the Southern Area Mental Health Service in New South Wales, Australia. Mr Kanowski is a qualified Psychiatric Nurse with a Master of Science (Mental Health) from the University of Wollongong and he has extensive experience as a mental health clinician, team leader and manager having developed a range of hospital and community-based clinical and educational services in urban, rural and remote regions. Mr Kanowski co-developed an innovative program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health workers and was instrumental in establishing the Djirruwang Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health Education Center. His main professional interests include transcultural psychiatry, mental health education, disaster welfare and the mental health and well being of emergency services personnel.

Mr. Richard Bromhead

richard.bromhead@act.gov.au

Mr Bromhead is a Mental Health Policy Officer for the Australian Capital Territory, Department of Health. He is a registered general and mental health nurse who has worked in England, Zaire (now the Republic of the Congo) as a mental health worker, and in the Republic of the Maldives, where he assisted the Ministry in the planning and implementation of the country' first drug rehabilitation program. Mr Bromhead is particularly interested in mental health policy development, looking at the use of outcome frameworks to structure service delivery. He has a strong interest in mental health capacity building both within Australia and in developing countries.

Dr. Sophal Chhit

chhit_sophal@hotmail.com

Dr Sophal is the Chief of the Provincial Health Promotion Section, Battambang Department of Health. His many duties include the training of mental health workers and co-ordinating with the Ministry of Health and International Organizations for the development of mental health programs within Cambodia. Dr Sophal has travelled widely and undertaken extensive study. His main area or interest is assisting the Ministry of Health to develop a national policy for mental health service delivery.

Dr. He Yanling

Heyl@public9.sta.net.cn

Dr He is the Psychiatrist-in-Chief at Shanghai Mental Health Center and Professor of Psychiatry at Shanghai Second Medical University. Dr He has also held research positions at the University of California's Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and the Department of Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School and is a Fellow of the Chinese Society of Psychiatry, the Chinese Association of Medicine and the Shanghai Society of Psychiatry. She is the Vice-Chair of the Chinese Association of Psychological Health, Psychometrics Committee.With an interest in psychiatric epidemiology, Dr He has served on national and international research programs on dementia and Alzheimer' disease in Shanghai, the trialing of the Chinese Classification of Mental Health 2000 and the WHO study, Psychological Problems in General Health Care: Shanghai Survey.

Dr. Tang Hongyu

thongyu@public.fhnet.cn.net

Dr Tang is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and the Director of Training and Education Department at the Institute of Mental Health at Peking University, a position he has held since 2001. Dr Tang is also the Vice-Director of the national base of continuing medical education in psychiatry where he organises and coordinates ll related CME training programs. Forensic Psychiatry is Dr Tang's major research field.

Dr. Chan Wai-Chi

chanwc1@ha.org.hk

Dr Chan is a Senior Medical Officer, specialising in old age psychiatry at the Castle Peak Hospital, Hong Kong. He is also an Honorary Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong and an Honorary Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Work & Social Administration in the University of Hong Kong. Dr Chan is an Honorary Clinical Supervisor at The Hong Kong College of Family Physicians and serves as Honorary Secretary in the Hong Kong Psychogeriatric Association. He has also been a member of the Quality Assurance Sub-Committee of the New Life Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association.

Dr. Tjhin Wiguna

twiga00@yahoo.com

Dr Wiguna is a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist in the Department of Psychiatry, University of Indonesia. He also holds several consultant positions in various hospitals and centres throughout Jakarta. Dr Wiguna' main areas of research is in the area of child and adolescent mental health problems among students and in the community. He also has an interest in infant mental health areas as well. He is a member of the Indonesian Medical Association and Indonesian Psychiatry Association.

Dr. Senta Fujii

sf1000@kcc.zaq.ne.jp

Dr Fujii is currently undertaking a postgraduate course for his PhD at Kobe University School of Medicine. His research topics are: Research on East Asia Psychotropic Prescription Patterns (REAP) and The Long Term Effects Among the Survivors of the 1995 Kobe Earthquake, Evaluation of a Screening Instrument for Psychological Symptoms.

Dr. Philip George

philip@imu.edu.my

Dr. George from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia is a Lecturer and Consultant Psychiatrist with the International Medical University in Malaysia. Dr. George has been developing the undergraduate curriculum with the university and now heads the Department of Psychiatry. Recently Dr. George completed a six-month attachment in the Postgraduate Overseas Specialist Training organized by St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne and the University of Melbourne, focusing on drug and alcohol disorders.

Dr. Zulkifli Ghaus

zulghaus@hotmail.com

Dr Ghaus is a Consultant Psychiatrist in the Hospital Bahagia Ulu Kinta, Perak. His work covers not only the management and treatment of mental illness, but also the promotion of mental health. He is also involved in the teaching of Post Basic Psychiatric Courses, Paramedics, Medical Officers and Post Graduate Psychiatric Master Program. Dr Ghaus' special interest is in Community Based Mental Health Services and he is very much involved in developing Home Care Services as an alternative to in-patient care. Dr Ghaus will be pursuing further study in this area during this year under a WHO Fellowship Programme at St Mary's Hospital, England.

Dr. Dinah Palmera M Pacquing-Nadera

dnadera@upou.org

Dr Pacquing-Nadera is the Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of the Philippines Open University. She previously has worked as a Senior Researcher at Community and Family Services International and as a consultant psychiatrist at the NCMH. Her research work has covered child sexual abuse and exploitation, urban refugees, evaluation of the National Control for Diarrheal Diseases program in the Philippines, the use of antibiotics in the treatment of acute respiratory tract infection and short-term psychiatric hospitalisation and determinants of 'length-of-stay' of psychiatric hospitalisation.

Dr. Joshua Kua

Joshua_Kua@yahoo.com.sg

Dr. Kua from Singapore is the Associate Consultant Psychiatrist in the Department of Geriatric Psychiatry, Woodbridge Hospital, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore. In 2001 Dr. Kua was awarded Distinction in the Graduate Diploma Course in Psychotherapy and won the Research Prize for the ASEAN Congress in Psychiatry. His main areas of interests are geriatric psychiatry, psycho-oncology and the de-stigmatization of mental disorders. In 2002 Dr. Kua was awarded the Health Manpower Development Program Fellowship from the Ministry of Health, Singapore to undertake ten months training in Melbourne in the areas of geriatric psychiatry and psycho-oncology at St George's Hospital and the Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute.

Dr. Park Jong-Ik

lugar@seoul.go.kr

Dr Park is the Director of the Department of Psychiatry at Seoul Metroplitan Eunpyoung Hospital. Dr Park's research interests cover mental health and homelessness, community psychiatry and hospital 'length-of-stay.' After graduating from the College of Medicine at Seoul National University Dr Park served in the Department of Psychiatry at Asan Medical Center for two years as a Research Fellow focusing on social psychiatry and epidemiology. He also assisted with the development of the Korean version of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI) and the Structured Clinical Interview of DSM-IV Axis 1 Disorders.

Dr. Hwang Tae-yeon

lilymh@dreamwiz.com

Dr Hwang is Associate Clinical Professor at Korea University and since 1994, the Director of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Community Mental Health at Yongin Mental Hospital. Under his direction, his Department was designated a WHO Collaborating Center for Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Community Mental Health. Dr Hwang is well known for developing and publishing many psychosocial rehabilitation programs, including Psychoeducation for Patients and Families, Vocational and Cognitive Rehabilitation. He also contributes to the National Mental Health Policy as a member of the Task Force team of the Korean Neuropsychiatric Association for the Amendment of Mental Health Law.

Dr. Lee Young-Moon

humanishope@hanmail.net

Dr Lee is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon. Dr Lee lectures in several subjects on Medical Decision Making and Communication Theory in the Department of Social Medicine at Ajou University School of Medicine. He is also a visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Texas, School of Public Health, Dr Lee is involved in the area of mental health research for chronic mentally ill, mental health policies and in the reform of the Korean Mental Health System as a Chairperson on Planning and Evaluation Committee of Community Mental Health.

Dr. Chia-Hsuan (Erin) Wu

erinwu@ha.mc.ntu.edu.tw

Dr Wu is the Attending Psychiatrist in the Department of Psychiatry, at the National Taiwan University Hospital. She is currently the General Secretary of the Taiwan Association against Depression (TAAD) and Editor-in-Chief of the Association's newsletter. Dr Wu has published a book titled: After the 9/21: A young psychiatrist's experience. A book which relates her experiences during the earthquake which 'rocked' Taiwan on September 21, 1999. This publication encompasses a strong sense of commitment to serving people and to her profession. Her experiences gleaned during this period held her in good stead in assisting the medical profession and general public with the anguish and uncertainty surrounding the recent SARS epidemic.

Dr. Benjaporn Panyayong

benja_panyayong@yahoo.co.uk

Dr Panyayong is a Director of the Yuwaprasart Child Psychiatric Hospital, a unit within the Department of Mental Health, Thailand. Dr Panyayong' personal interest is in the area of school mental health and child protective services. As part of her many duties as Director of ICAM she is involved in teaching medical students and is a member of the sexual abuse network in co-operation with non-government organizations, university and other agencies and a member of the child witness training program for social works and psychologist in the Department of Mental Health. She is Editor Assistant for the Journal of Mental Health of Thailand. Dr Panyayong is the recipient of research awards from the Royal College of Psychiatrists & The Psychiatric Association of Thailand. She was also awarded The Medical Women Award of the Year 2002 from the Thai Medical Women's Association.