The World Psychiatric Association (WPA) Guideline on Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders Management for Low- and Middle-Income Countries

João M. Castaldelli-Maia, Roger M. K. NG, Afzal Javed, Julio Torales, Abdelgadir Hussein Osman, Aida Sylla, Alaa Al-Frokh, Alexandre Carpentier, Amine Larnaout, Anderson Sousa Martins-da-Silva, Antonio Ventriglio, Anucha Lachman, Dan J. Stein, Dina Aly-El Gabry, Dirceu Mabunda, Eduardo Adrian Leiderman, Egor Chumakov, Emmanuel Mwesiga, Geraldo F. Busatto, Germain Manzekele Bin Kitoko, Helio Elkis, Israel Kanaan Blaas, Japhet Myaba, Joseph El Khoury, José Ricardo López Melgar, Kibrom Haile, Kim Savuon, Liliia Panteleeva, Lingjiang Li, Lucas Ribeiro da Rocha, Maryna Skuhareuskaya, Michael Musalek, Oleg Skugarevsky, Padmavati Ramachandran, Pichet Udomratn, Rodrigo Cordoba, Seon-Cheol Park, Souleymane Dit Papa Coulibaly, Thelma Sanchez-Villanueva, Yong Chon Park, Wael Alraas, Norbert Skokauskas, Danuta Wasserman, Wolfgang Gaebel, Peter Falkai

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DOI: 10.1177/00207640261449698
Published: 2026-08-07
Container: International Journal of Social Psychiatry
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@article{allodium:10.1177/00207640261449698,
  title = {The World Psychiatric Association (WPA) Guideline on Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders Management for Low- and Middle-Income Countries},
  author = {João M. Castaldelli-Maia and Roger M. K. NG and Afzal Javed and Julio Torales and Abdelgadir Hussein Osman and Aida Sylla and Alaa Al-Frokh and Alexandre Carpentier and Amine Larnaout and Anderson Sousa Martins-da-Silva and Antonio Ventriglio and Anucha Lachman and Dan J. Stein and Dina Aly-El Gabry and Dirceu Mabunda and Eduardo Adrian Leiderman and Egor Chumakov and Emmanuel Mwesiga and Geraldo F. Busatto and Germain Manzekele Bin Kitoko and Helio Elkis and Israel Kanaan Blaas and Japhet Myaba and Joseph El Khoury and José Ricardo López Melgar and Kibrom Haile and Kim Savuon and Liliia Panteleeva and Lingjiang Li and Lucas Ribeiro da Rocha and Maryna Skuhareuskaya and Michael Musalek and Oleg Skugarevsky and Padmavati Ramachandran and Pichet Udomratn and Rodrigo Cordoba and Seon-Cheol Park and Souleymane Dit Papa Coulibaly and Thelma Sanchez-Villanueva and Yong Chon Park and Wael Alraas and Norbert Skokauskas and Danuta Wasserman and Wolfgang Gaebel and Peter Falkai},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {International Journal of Social Psychiatry},
  doi = {10.1177/00207640261449698},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1177/00207640261449698}
}

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TI  - The World Psychiatric Association (WPA) Guideline on Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders Management for Low- and Middle-Income Countries
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AU  - Julio Torales
AU  - Abdelgadir Hussein Osman
AU  - Aida Sylla
AU  - Alaa Al-Frokh
AU  - Alexandre Carpentier
AU  - Amine Larnaout
AU  - Anderson Sousa Martins-da-Silva
AU  - Antonio Ventriglio
AU  - Anucha Lachman
AU  - Dan J. Stein
AU  - Dina Aly-El Gabry
AU  - Dirceu Mabunda
AU  - Eduardo Adrian Leiderman
AU  - Egor Chumakov
AU  - Emmanuel Mwesiga
AU  - Geraldo F. Busatto
AU  - Germain Manzekele Bin Kitoko
AU  - Helio Elkis
AU  - Israel Kanaan Blaas
AU  - Japhet Myaba
AU  - Joseph El Khoury
AU  - José Ricardo López Melgar
AU  - Kibrom Haile
AU  - Kim Savuon
AU  - Liliia Panteleeva
AU  - Lingjiang Li
AU  - Lucas Ribeiro da Rocha
AU  - Maryna Skuhareuskaya
AU  - Michael Musalek
AU  - Oleg Skugarevsky
AU  - Padmavati Ramachandran
AU  - Pichet Udomratn
AU  - Rodrigo Cordoba
AU  - Seon-Cheol Park
AU  - Souleymane Dit Papa Coulibaly
AU  - Thelma Sanchez-Villanueva
AU  - Yong Chon Park
AU  - Wael Alraas
AU  - Norbert Skokauskas
AU  - Danuta Wasserman
AU  - Wolfgang Gaebel
AU  - Peter Falkai
PY  - 2026
JO  - International Journal of Social Psychiatry
DO  - 10.1177/00207640261449698
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Castaldelli-Maia, J. M., NG, R. M. K., Javed, A., Torales, J., Osman, A. H., Sylla, A., Al-Frokh, A., Carpentier, A., Larnaout, A., Martins-da-Silva, A. S., Ventriglio, A., Lachman, A., Stein, D. J., Gabry, D. A., Mabunda, D., Leiderman, E. A., Chumakov, E., Mwesiga, E., Busatto, G. F., Kitoko, G. M. B., Elkis, H., Blaas, I. K., Myaba, J., Khoury, J. E., Melgar, J. R. L., Haile, K., Savuon, K., Panteleeva, L., Li, L., Rocha, L. R. D., Skuhareuskaya, M., Musalek, M., Skugarevsky, O., Ramachandran, P., Udomratn, P., Cordoba, R., Park, S., Coulibaly, S. D. P., Sanchez-Villanueva, T., Park, Y. C., Alraas, W., Skokauskas, N., Wasserman, D., Gaebel, W., & Falkai, P. (2026). The World Psychiatric Association (WPA) Guideline on Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders Management for Low- and Middle-Income Countries. International Journal of Social Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1177/00207640261449698

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