After listening to and/or reading this interview, participants should be able to
• Understand the difference between the negative and positive symptoms of Schizophrenia.
• Become familiar with the Diathesis Stress Model for understanding psychosis the etiology of Schizophrenia.
• Understand what synaptic pruning is.
• Recognize which psychotherapy model is most effective with schizophrenic patients.
• Understand the role of inflammation in the etiology of Schizophrenia.
Description:
More than two million people in the United States have a diagnosis of schizophrenia. For the last half century, until even now, the treatment for most has consisted mainly of strong doses of antipsychotic drugs that blunt hallucinations and delusions but come with significant and unpleasant side effects. Now, there has been remarkable research leading to what will be a revolution in understanding and treating this debilitating mental illness.
In part one of this three part program, we interview first, a neuropsychologist who reports on new neurodevelopmental models of etiology, showing that many risk factors can give rise to schizophrenia and to the psychosis-spectrum disorders.
Approval Bodies:
Professional Development
Florida Dept. of Health (Board of Social Work, Marriage & Family, Mental Health Counseling)
NAADAC, National Association for Addiction Professionals
National Board for Certified Counselors
Florida Board of Nursing
Association of Social Work Boards Approved Continuing Education (ACE)
California Consortium of Addiction Programs and Professionals (CCAPP)
CAADE - California Association for Alcohol/Drug Educators
Pennsylvania Certification Board
Florida Board of Psychology
California Board of Registered Nursing
California Association of DUI Treatment Programs (CADTP)
