Psychiatry Grand Rounds 4/9 | Stephan Heckers, MD, MSc "What is Psychosis?"

Heckers GR

12:00 noon CDT | via Zoom Webinar


"What is Psychosis?"

 

Summary:

Dr. Heckers will review his 30+ years of studying the brain to understand psychosis. He will review the classification of psychotic disorders, explore one neural model (hippocampal hyperactivity), and weave in clinical vignettes of persons with psychotic disorders.

Objectives:  

This activity is designed to help attendees:

  1.  describe the history of studying and treating persons with psychosis
  2.  explain some features of psychosis with abnormalities in the brain
  3.  appreciate the difficulty of making progress in psychosis research

CME/CE credit for Psychiatry Grand Rounds is only available during the live feed time and for a brief time immediately following. The code for this week's session is displayed at the opening and closing of the meeting and also in the Chair's Office Zoom Account Name during the meeting.

 

For CME/CE information about this session, please visit:
https://vumc.cloud-cme.com/course/courseoverview?P=0&EID=32845
 

 

The webinar can be viewed at the link below:

VUMC Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

 Apr 9 Psychiatry Grand Rounds | Heckers

  

This talk is sponsored by the

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
This educational activity received no commercial support.

 

Grand Rounds Enrichment Discussion

For a deeper understanding of the topic ahead of Dr. Heckers' talk, please join Dr. Ariel Deutch on Wednesday April 7 on Zoom as he delves a little deeper into the subject matter. Background articles for discussion for this week can be found here: