Education about Mental Health and Illness
暫譯: 心理健康與疾病教育

這本書突顯了針對心理健康和疾病專業人士的最佳教育實踐。在對當前精神醫學教育的最新狀況進行整體回顧的同時，該書專注於全球本科和研究生精神醫學教育中的最新發展和爭議。

Marc H. M. Hermans graduated from medical school at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven - Belgium). He went into general practice for about 10 years (1979-1990). He started his psychiatric training at the University Psychiatric Centre (Kortenberg, Belgium), and after 1 year neurology training in the general medical hospital, Imelda (Bonheiden, Belgium), he finished his training at the residential adolescent psychotherapy center, De Viersprong (Halsteren, the Netherlands). He became accredited psychiatrist in 1995 and accredited child and adolescent psychiatrist in 2006. He started his career in the Community Mental Health Care Center in Mechelen next to a private solo practice in Mechelen. He later initiated a group practice in Sint-Niklaas (Belgium), now working together with two other child and adolescent psychiatrists and five child psychologists-psychotherapists. He is a certified family and system therapist and certified psychoanalytic psychotherapist. He took supplementary training in group therapy, transactional analysis, and hypnotherapy. He is founding member of the Belgian Professional Union of Medical Specialists in Psychiatry and of the Flemish Association of Psychiatry. He has been board member of the Flemish Association of Psychiatrists-Psychotherapists; the Flemish Association of Neurologists, Psychiatrists and Neurosurgeons; and the Flemish Association for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy. He is founding and board member of RINO Vlaanderen, a foundation offering postgraduate training on child and adolescent psychodynamically inspired psychotherapy. He recently became a member of the board of the Flemish Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. He is immediate past president of the UEMS Section of Psychiatry and vice president of the Union Européenne de Médecins Spécialistes. He was involved in numerous educational activities in Belgium and on an international level as member of the Committee on Education within the European Psychiatric Association and the Operational Committee on Education of the World Psychiatric Association. His main fields of interest as reflected in publications and lectures at congresses are promoting high standards for psychiatric training and practice and psychotherapeutic approaches in psychiatric practice.

Dr. Tan Chay-Hoon, President elect and council member of Asian College of Neuropsychopharmacology (AsCNP), is a visiting consultant psychiatrist at the National University Hospital as well as Associate Professor at the Department of Pharmacology, National University of Singapore. Dr. Tan was trained as psychiatrist in Singapore. Subsequently she received multiple fellowships that enabled her to acquire expertise in neuropsychopharmacology at Kansai University, Osaka; University Health-Science Center, University of Texas; Massachusetts General Hospital; and Harvard Medical School. She conducted research on signal transduction and psychotropic medication in subjects with psychiatric disorders and was awarded a Ph.D. in Pharmacology. She is one of the founding coordinators of the REsearch in Asian Psychotropic Prescription (www. reap.asia) since 1999, mentoring psychiatrists and contributing to the prescribing practice of psychotropic drugs in Asia. She is also member of World Psychiatric Association, Section on Urban Mental Health. Dr. Tan is passionately known for her contribution to medical education. In addition to being an "Excellent Teacher," she conducts medical education workshops both locally and internationally and has mentored numerous health professionals. She has received multiple University Excellent Teaching Awards from 2002 to 2017 and has been named the National University of Singapore Faculty Outstanding Educator in 2016.

Edmond Pi M. D. is Professor Emeritus of Clinical Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences at the University of Southern California (USC) Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA. Professor Pi previously served as Executive Vice Chair, Associate Chair for Clinical Affairs, and Director of Residency Training Program of the Department of Psychiatry at different medical schools in the USA. He is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) David Geffen School of Medicine. Dr. Pi is certified in the specialty of Psychiatry and the subspecialty of Psychosomatic Medicine. Dr. Pi is former Medical Director of the Department of Mental Health (DMH), State of California. He was the department's highest-level psychiatrist and was responsible for ensuring the development and implementation of statewide mental health treatment services. Professor Pi has been consistently acknowledged as a valued educator and received many outstanding teacher awards for his excellent teaching and clinical supervision. He is an accomplished researcher in the fields of cross-cultural psychiatry and psychopharmacology with more than 150 publications including authorship in psychiatric textbooks. Professor Pi has been very active on both the national and international mental health scenes in the past 40 years, including President of the Association of Chinese American Psychiatrists, Vice President and Treasurer of the Pacific Rim College of Psychiatrists, Chairperson of the Committee of Asian American Psychiatrists, Chair and Vice Chair of seven Minority and Underrepresented (M/UR) Groups, and Member of the Assembly Executive Committee of the American Psychiatric Association (APA). He is a Distinguished Life Fellow of APA; International Associate Member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, UK; and Honorary Fellow ofWorld Psychiatric Association (WPA). Currently, Professor Pi serves as the Representative for Zone 2 (USA) within the WPA Board. Among his many honors, he is the recipient of the 2009 Asian American (Kun-po Soo) Award of the APA for his significant contributions toward understanding the impact and import of Asian cultural heritage in areas which have relevance to psychiatry. Dr. Pi is listed among the Best Doctors in America and America's Top Doctors.

馬克·H·M·赫爾曼斯（Marc H. M. Hermans）畢業於比利時魯汀大學（Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, KU Leuven）醫學院。他在一般醫療實踐工作了約10年（1979-1990年）。他在比利時科滕堡的國立精神醫學中心開始精神科訓練，並在比利時邦海登的伊梅爾達醫院完成了一年的神經學訓練，之後在荷蘭哈爾斯特倫的青少年住院心理治療中心德維爾斯普朗克（De Viersprong）完成了他的訓練。他於1995年成為認證精神科醫師，並於2006年成為認證兒童及青少年精神科醫師。他在梅赫倫的社區心理健康照護中心開始了他的職業生涯，並在梅赫倫開設了私人診所。後來，他在比利時辛特尼克拉斯發起了一個團體診所，現在與另外兩位兒童及青少年精神科醫師和五位兒童心理學家-心理治療師合作。他是一名認證的家庭與系統治療師和認證的精神分析心理治療師。他接受了團體治療、交易分析和催眠治療的補充訓練。他是比利時精神科醫師專業工會和弗拉芒精神病學會的創始成員。他曾擔任弗拉芒精神科醫師-心理治療師協會、弗拉芒神經科醫師、精神科醫師和神經外科醫師協會以及弗拉芒精神分析心理治療協會的董事會成員。他是RINO Vlaanderen的創始成員和董事會成員，該基金會提供以兒童和青少年心理動力學為靈感的心理治療的研究生培訓。他最近成為弗拉芒兒童及青少年精神科醫學會的董事會成員。他是歐洲醫學專家聯盟精神科部門的即將卸任的主席，以及歐洲專科醫師聯盟的副主席。他參與了比利時及國際層面的多項教育活動，擔任歐洲精神病學協會教育委員會和世界精神病學協會教育運營委員會的成員。他的主要興趣領域在於推動精神科訓練和實踐的高標準以及精神科實踐中的心理治療方法，這些都在他的出版物和會議演講中有所體現。

陳彩雲醫生（Dr. Tan Chay-Hoon）是亞洲神經心理藥理學院（Asian College of Neuropsychopharmacology, AsCNP）的當選會長及理事，並擔任新加坡國立大學國立大學醫院的訪問顧問精神科醫師，以及新加坡國立大學藥理學系的副教授。陳醫生在新加坡接受精神科醫師的訓練。隨後，她獲得多個獎學金，使她能夠在日本大阪的關西大學、德克薩斯大學健康科學中心、麻省總醫院和哈佛醫學院獲得神經心理藥理學的專業知識。她對精神疾病患者的信號轉導和精神藥物進行了研究，並獲得藥理學博士學位。自1999年以來，她是亞洲精神藥物處方研究（REsearch in Asian Psychotropic Prescription, www.reap.asia）的創始協調者之一，指導精神科醫師並促進亞洲的精神藥物處方實踐。她也是世界精神病學協會城市心理健康部門的成員。陳醫生因其對醫學教育的貢獻而廣受讚譽。除了被評為「優秀教師」外，她還在本地和國際上舉辦醫學教育工作坊，並指導了眾多健康專業人員。她在2002年至2017年間獲得多次大學優秀教學獎，並於2016年被評為新加坡國立大學傑出教育者。

艾德蒙·皮（Edmond Pi M. D.）是美國加州洛杉磯南加州大學（University of Southern California, USC）凱克醫學院臨床精神病學及行為科學的名譽教授。皮教授曾在美國不同醫學院擔任精神科系的執行副主任、臨床事務副主任及住院醫師訓練計畫主任。他是加州大學洛杉磯分校（UCLA）大衛·格芬醫學院的臨床精神科教授。皮醫生在精神科及心理生理醫學的專業領域獲得認證。皮醫生曾擔任加州州立精神健康部（Department of Mental Health, DMH）的醫療主任。他是該部門的最高級別精神科醫師，負責確保全州精神健康治療服務的發展和實施。皮教授一直被認可為一位有價值的教育者，並因其卓越的教學和臨床指導獲得多項優秀教師獎。他在跨文化精神病學和精神藥理學領域是一位成就卓著的研究者，擁有超過150篇出版物，包括精神病學教科書的作者。皮教授在過去40年中在國內外精神健康領域非常活躍，包括擔任美國華裔精神科醫師協會的會長、太平洋沿岸精神科醫師學院的副會長和財務長、亞裔美國精神科醫師委員會的主席，以及七個少數族裔和代表性不足（M/UR）團體的主席和副主席，並且是美國精神病學會（APA）大會執行委員會的成員。他是APA的傑出終身會員；英國皇家精神科醫師學會的國際副會員；以及世界精神病學協會（WPA）的榮譽會員。目前，皮教授在WPA董事會中擔任第2區（美國）的代表。在他眾多的榮譽中，他是2009年APA亞洲美國人（Kun-po Soo）獎的獲得者，以表彰他對理解亞洲文化遺產在精神病學相關領域的重要性和影響的重大貢獻。皮醫生被列為美國最佳醫生和美國頂尖醫生。