About this course: The main goal of this class are to gain an introductory exposure to the nature of the psychiatric disorder known as schizophrenia as revealed by the scientific method. We will discuss a broad range of findings from the scientific investigation of biological and psychological factors related to schizophrenia and its treatment. More specifically we will learn about: (1) key symptomatic features through discussion and enactments of interviews with actors portraying many of the cardinal features of the illness, (2) what brain imaging studies (MRI and fMRI) and neurochemistry have taught us about the neuroscience of the disorder, (3) scientific psychological data and theories concerning cognition, emotion and behavior in schizophrenia, and (4) current, evidence-based somatic and psychosocial approaches to treatment. A brief historical overview of the recent emergence of the psychiatric category of schizophrenia will be presented as well.
Who is this class for: This course is aimed at mental health professionals, social workers, nurses and researchers/scholars who want to gain exposure to the scientific literature on schizophrenia as well as some of the history on the emergence of the disorder as a category. It is NOT intended for people seeking help or treatment for their own psychotic symptoms.
Taught by: Matt Kurtz, Professor
Psychology and Neuroscience and Behavior
| Level | Intermediate |
| Language | English |
| How To Pass | Pass all graded assignments to complete the course. |
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- Video: Louis Wain's Cats
- Video: Prevalence, Demographics, and Etiology
- Video: Symptoms of Schizophrenia: Positive, Negative, and Disorganized
- Video: Diagnosis and Cognitive Defects
- Video: Introduction to the Neuroscience of the Disorder
- Prompt de discussão: Discussion Prompt: Paranoid Example
- Video: Demonstration: Negative Symptoms Example
- Prompt de discussão: Discussion Prompt: Negative Symptoms Example
- Video: History of the Diagnosis of Schizophrenia
- Video: History of Treatments for Schizophrenia
- Prompt de discussão: Discussion Prompt: Disorganized Patient
- Video: Demonstration: Recovered Patient
- Prompt de discussão: Discussion Prompt: Recovered Patient
- Video: Human Neuroanatomy and History of Neuroimaging
- Video: Structural Neuroimaging
- Video: Functional Neuroimaging
- Video: Dopamine Hypothesis - Part 2
- Video: Psychology of Schizophrenia: Introduction and History
- Video: Cognitive Deficits
- Video: Social Cognition
- Video: Cognition, Social Cognition, and Functioning
- Video: Psychological Mechanisms of Delusions and Hallucinations
- Video: Psychological Theories
- Video: The Recovery Movement
- Video: Social Skills Training
- Video: CBT and Supported Employment
- Video: Cognitive and Social Cognitive Treatments
- Video: Conclusion
- Leitura: Special Thanks
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Thank you so much for giving this brilliant course. I recommend everyone to take it!
Captivating course about all the aspects of schizophrénia.
Matt Kurtz is a excellent teacher and his speeches are interesting, organised, and full of expectations for the development of future methods of treating schizophrenia
Than you !
Un excelente curso agradezco mucho la oportunidad de participar en el.
An excelent course I’m trully grateful to have taken it.
MH
I know I'm not quite the kind of person that this course has in mind, but I chose this course because my husband has schizophrenia and I wanted to understand more about it. Our local medical practitioners don't communicate well and just rush us in and out of appointments, bombarding us with medical terminology - I don't know whether they just assume we know all about it and understand them or whether they're just trying to blind us with science in the hope that we will just put up and shut up without making a fuss, but either way, neither of us really had a clue what was going on. Now that I've done this clearly communicated and highly accessible course, I at least know roughly what they're saying and am able to formulate sensible questions and understand the answers so that I can fight for my husband's rights if I need to, and make sure he gets looked after properly instead of getting fobbed off until something awful happens. The feeling alone that that inspires is worth its weight in gold. Thank you.