This programme was developed by experts from many countries, non-government organisations, associations of patients and their families, as well as government representatives. A number of committees are involved in this project:

Steering Committe
Ahmed Okasha—Chairman until September 2005 (Egypt)
Norman Sartorius—Scientific Director (Switzerland)
Julio Arboleda-Flórez (Canada)
Juan J. López-Ibor (Spain)
Hugh Schulze (USA)
Costas N. Stefanis (Greece)
Narendra N. Wig (India)

Treatment Committee
W. Wolfgang Fleischhacker—Chairman after 5/97 (Austria)
Juan J. López-Ibor (Spain) (Steering Committee Representative)
Timothy J. Crow (United Kingdom)
Paramanand Kulhara (India)
Jan Libiger (Czech Republic)
Michael G. Madianos (Greece)
Mario Maj—Chairman through 5/97 (Italy)
Michael O. Olatawura (Nigeria)

Reintegration Committee
Julian Leff—Chairman (United Kingdom)
Costas N. Stefanis (Greece) (Steering Committee Representative)
Marina Economou (Greece)
Wolfgang Gaebel (Germany)
Ulf Malm (Sweden)
Vincent B. Wankiiri (Uganda)

Stigma Committee
Richard Warner—Chairman (United States)
Narendra N. Wig (India) (Steering Committee Representative)
Anthony W. Clare (Ireland)
Sue Ellen Estroff (United States)
Julio Arboleda-Flórez (Canada)
Robert Freedman (United States)
Semyon Gluzman (Ukraine)
Trisha Goddard (Australia)
Driss Moussaoui (Morocco)
Michael Phillips (China)
Everett M. Rogers (United States)
Corinne L. Shefner-Rogers (United States)

Review Committee
Wolfgang Gaebel—Chairman (Germany)
Heinz Häfner (Germany) (Chairman to 2001)
Norman Sartorius (Switzerland) (Steering Committee Representative)
Istvan Bitter (Hungary)
Giovanni de Girolamo (Italy)
R. Srinivasa Murthy (India)
Ahmed Okasha (Egypt)
Charles Pull (Luxembourg)
Wülf Rössler (Switzerland)
Pedro Ruiz (United States)
Mitsumoto Sato (Japan)
Harold M. Visotsky, deceased (United States)
Greg Wilkinson (United Kingdom)

ex officio Review Committee Members
W. Wolfgang Fleischhacker (Austria)
Julian Leff (United Kingdom)
Richard Warner (United States)

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