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NL0905: CONTINUING ED CHRONICLE
-- SEPTEMBER 2005

SCHIZOPHRENIA

4 CE hours

TAKE COURSE

OBJECTIVES

Define Schizophrenia and Identify:

1. The Causes of Schizophrenia
2. The Symptoms of Schizophrenia
3. the Treatment for Schizophrenia

OUTLINE

ARTICLE #1: NIMH: Schizophrenia

  • What is schizophrenia?
  • When does it start and who gets it?
  • What are the symptoms of schizophrenia?
    • Positive symptoms
    • Negative symptoms
    • Cognitive symptoms
  • Are people with schizophrenia violent?
  • Substance abuse (Sidebar)
  • What about suicide?
  • What causes schizophrenia?
    • Can schizophrenia be inherited?
    • Do people with schizophrenia have faulty brain chemistry?
    • Do the brains of people with schizophrenia look different?
  • How is schizophrenia treated?
    • Antipsychotic medications
    • Psychosocial treatment
  • What is the role of the patient's support system?
  • What is the outlook for the future?
  • For more information
  • References

ARTICLE #2: Psych Central: Schizophrenia

1 Overview
2 History
3 Diagnosis and presentation (signs and symptoms)
4 Diagnostic issues and controversies
5 Cause
5.1 Genetic and environmental influences
5.2 Neurobiological influences
6 Incidence and prevalence
7 Treatment
8 Prognosis
9 Schizophrenia and drug use
10 Schizophrenia and violence
11 Alternative approaches to schizophrenia
12 Famous people affected by schizophrenia

ARTICLE #3: Types of Schizophrenia

  • Paranoid Subtype
  • Disorganized Subtype
  • Catatonic Subtype
  • Undifferentiated Subtype
  • Residual Subtype

ARTICLE #4: Case Management and Quality of Life: Assessing Treatment and Outcomes for Clients with Chronic and Persistent Mental Illness

A. Introduction
B. Method
C. Descriptive Results
D. Analytic Results
E. Discussion
F. Notes
G. References

ARTICLE #5: Schizophrenia Research at the National Institute of Mental Health

  • What Causes Schizophrenia?
    • The Neurodevelopmental Hypothesis
    • Environmental Factors
    • Genetic Factors
  • NIMH Research Initiatives on the Causes of Schizophrenia
  • Research Initiatives on Cognition in Schizophrenia
  • References

 

 
 
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