new zealand early intervention for psychosis society (nzeips), organising a biannual training event, advocating for evidenced based service reform and supporting production of local resources. scandinavia early psychosis programmes have continued to develop from the original tips services in norway and the opus randomised trial in denmark. north america canada has extensive coverage across most provinces, including established clinical services and comprehensive academic research in british columbia (vancouver), alberta (ept in calgary), quebec (pepp-montreal), and ontario (pepp, fepp). in the united states, the early assessment support alliance (easa) is implementing early psychosis intervention throughout the state of oregon. in the united states, the implementation of coordinated specialty care (csc), as a recovery-oriented treatment program for people with first episode psychosis (fep), has become a us health policy priority. csc promotes shared decision making and uses a team of specialists who work with the client to create a personal treatment plan. the specialists offer psychotherapy, medication management geared to individuals with fep, family education and support, case management, and work or education support, depending on the individual's needs and preferences. the client and the team work together to make treatment decisions, involving family members as much as possible. the goal is to link the individual with a csc team as soon as possible after psychotic symptoms begin because a longer period of unchecked and untreated illness might be associated with poorer outcomes. asia the first meeting of the asian network of early psychosis (anep) was held in 2004. there are now established services in singapore, hong kong and south korea