Welcome to the EPPIC website

The Early Psychosis Prevention and Intervention Centre (EPPIC) is an integrated and comprehensive mental health service aimed at addressing the needs of people aged 15-24 with a first episode of psychosis in the western and north-western regions of Melbourne. EPPIC is a specialist clinical program of Orygen Youth Health (OYH) which is itself a component service of NorthWestern Mental Health and Melbourne Health.

This website is a training and education resource for early psychosis clinicians and researchers.

Early Psychosis News

EPPIC Statewide Services' annual training calendar has been released. In this new look calendar you will find foundation workshops in early psychosis, and a new Psychological Interventions for Psychosis Workshop.

Later in the year we will present the 2012 IEPA Conference Update workshop, showcasing the best local clinical and research talent from around Victoria in early psychosis.

Victorian YEPS clinicians are invited to a talk by Associate Professor Jan Olav Johannessen, one of the world leaders in early intervention in psychosis and renowned for his work and research with the Scandinavian TIPS program. He will be visiting Orygen Youth Health on Monday 28th November at 11.30am to present a talk entitled ‘TIPS: Evidence based health service development. Principles and Practice.’ No rsvp required.

A new Metabolic Monitoring Algorithm for young people who are prescribed antipsychotic medication is now available on this website Click here to see more.

We have just released the first of three Modules in the new webinar training series “Autism Spectrum Disorders, Comorbidity and Young People”. The training series aims to provide an introduction to working with young people and their families who have or may have an ASD.

 

This series of 3 short videos shows a recent expert panel discussion filmed at the 2011 EPPIC Statewide Services IEPA Update Workshop. Professor Pat McGorry, Ms Kathryn Elkins, and Dr Eoin Killackey all present their thoughts on the 2010 IEPA Conference which was held in Amsterdam in 2010.