Psychosis and personality

You will be able to submit questions to the speaker during the event using the Q&A function on Zoom.

2.00 pm
Personality Disorder is ancient, common, wide-ranging, under attack, & evolving
Dr Jonathon Hurlow, Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist, Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

Learning objectives:

• construct of personality disorder
• prevalence of personality disorder
• nosology of personal disorder
• general health interactions with personality disorder​​​​

2.40 pm
“Dopamine the wind of psychotic fire?” The neurobiology of schizophrenia
Dr Sameer Jauhar, Senior Clinical Lecturer in Affective Disorders and Psychosis, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King’s College London

Learning objectives:

• Understanding of the strengths and limitations of the dopamine hypothesis of psychosis
• Broader understanding of the neurochemical basis of psychosis.
• Emerging treatments and their relevance to the neurobiology of psychosis.

3.20 pm
Short  break

3.40 pm
The CBTp Puzzle: Benefits, Limitations and Controversies
Professor Keith R Laws, Professor of Cognitive Neuropsychology, School of Life and Medical Sciences, University of Hertfordshire

Brief synopsis:

During the last two decades NICE have endorsed CBT as the key psychological intervention to be offered to all people diagnosed with schizophrenia. Nevertheless, the supporting evidence for CBT to alleviate the symptoms of schizophrenia has become more controversial over time. This talk will present some of the key meta-analytic evidence, including that presented by NICE and Cochrane. It will also discuss whether some factors beyond the evidence might contribute to the sustaining the idea that CBTp is an effective intervention for the symptoms of psychosis.

4.20 pm
Meeting close

CPD Certificates will be given to attendees.