26th ANNUAL SCHIZOPHRENIA CONFERENCE
Sheraton Station
Square, Pittsburgh, PA
Course Director:
K.N. Roy Chengappa, MD
Introduction
The Pittsburgh Schizophrenia Conference
is an annual meeting at which the advances in
schizophrenia research are reviewed by leading
international experts in the field. This year’s meeting
will cover a range of topics, including electrical
activity and oscillations in the brain and brain imaging
research. Furthermore, ways to get back decades of life
lost in persons with schizophrenia using approaches to
reduce medical co-morbidity such as reducing body weight
will also be reviewed. A patient and family perspective
regarding patient centered medicine as it applies to
people with severe mental illness will be discussed in a
panel format. Presentations by the faculty awarded the
2009 Pittsburgh Schizophrenia Conference Award, and the
Gerard Hogarty Research Excellence Prize will also take
place during the meeting.
Who Should
Attend
The conference is designed to disseminate
the latest research findings to a wide audience:
psychiatrists and other mental health clinicians,
including nurses, social workers, psychologists, service
coordinators, researchers, patients and their relatives,
mental health policy administrators and others who wish
to keep abreast of etiologic and treatment research in
schizophrenia.
Objectives
At the conclusion of the program,
participants should be able to:
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Describe electrical oscillations of
the brain and cognitive disturbance in
schizophrenia.
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Review brain neuro-receptor imaging
research especially as it relates to the dopamine
system, and how the neurochemical GABA system may be
involved in the clinical symptoms of schizophrenia.
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Consider behavioral strategies aimed
at modifying the diet and life-styles of persons
with schizophrenia to reduce the incidence of
premature heart disease and diabetes.
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Review from a patient and family
perspective what it means to have physical illnesses
along with mental illness and how best to manage
these co-occurring conditions.
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Consider
pragmatic psychosocial treatments and how these may
be applied in clinical practice.
Presented by
UPMC Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic
Services and Research for Recovery in Serious Mental Illness
Mental Health Conference Planning
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Center for Continuing Education in the Health Sciences
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