BC PSR AP: Webinar 18: Psychosocial Interventions for Psychosis

The BC PSR Advanced Practice is pleased to offer a webinar that presents an overview of current and emerging research related to the treatment of psychosis. Schizophrenia is characterized by a range of difficulties, including symptoms such as delusions, as well as cognitive difficulties- which result in impairments in daily life functioning. In this talk, we examine some of the specific cognitive deficits seen in schizophrenia, as well as specific cognitive biases associated with delusions. We then focus on two interventions (cognitive remediation training and metacognitive training) which have been found to improve these deficits, as well as helping with functional improvement.

Session objectives:

1. Understand cognitive factors associated with impairments in schizophrenia
2. Understand interventions aimed at improving cognitive functioning in schizophrenia
3. Understand interventions targetted towards specific symptoms, like delusions, in schizophrenia

The webinar originally took place on Friday, July 15th, 2016, and was presented by Dr. Mahesh Menon.

Archived webinar info and materials can be found at

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