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We have over 99 schizophrenia-related audio and videos files below, ready
for your immediate and free listening and viewing. If you're new to the
subject, we recommend you start with the "General Information"
and then proceed to specific areas of interest.
1. Introduction to Internet-Based Audio and Video
2. Introduction to "Grand Rounds" medical videos
3. Source Pages (we have the media files below
for immediate viewing, but these are the pages they originally came from).
General Information - Causes, Diagnosis, and Treatment
Advanced Programs (grand rounds and seminars)
Family, Society, and Rehabilitation
Specific Treatments - Medication, Psychotherapy, ECT,
etc.
Legislation and Advocacy for the Mentally Ill
Special Patient Poplulations
The Experience of Mental Illness
Interviews with authors, researchers, and special guests
Biology of Schizophrenia
Recommended Schizophrenia Videos to Purchase
or Rent
Introduction to Internet-Based Audio and Video
The following files are available immediately for viewing and listening
over the Internet. All you need to do is click on the file link that you
are interested in, and a new window will open to play the video or audio
file.
Besides being categorized by subject, the files are also divided into
"Introductory" and "Advanced" level groups. Introductory
programs are intended for lay audiences with little or no background in
biology or medicine. Advanced programs are usually geared more towards
students, researchers, or clinicians; however, they contain valuable and
interesting information for anyone with a background in biological sciences
or a good working knowledge of mental illness biology. Most include a
slide show that help you follow the presentation.
Most PCs have the Microsoft Windows Media Player pre-installed, so that
you should be able to click on any file in "Microsoft" format
and it will play. Other file types may be played with the associated "Player"
- which can be downloaded for free from the link provided.
Note: If the video or audio quality is not good it may
be because your connection to the Internet is slow, or because of other
traffic on the Internet is interrupting your file traffic. If a smaller
(dial-up) format is available for that file you may try that file, or
you may want to try viewing/listening to the file at a later time when
there is less traffic on the Internet. Generally speaking, the Internet
in the United States (where most of these files are stored) is busiest
(and therefore, slowest) during the early morning (California and New
York time) as well as during Lunch, and after dinner. If you can access
these files at other times you will likely have a better viewing/listening
experience.
Note: Special Thanks to Bill Lichtenstein of Lichtenstein
Creative Media and "The Infinite Mind" for his support in educating
people about brain disorders. If you like the list below of programs by
The Infinite Mind, we recommend you also check out the full
list of Infinite Mind programs.
Introduction to "Grand Rounds" Videos
- What Are "Grand Rounds?"
Grand rounds are lectures/presentations sponsored by medicals schools.
They are meant as continuing education for medical students, clinicians,
and researchers. The level of information tends to be more technical,
but many times the speaker is presenting on a topic that no one in the
room is particularly familiar with, so they will go a little slower have
explanatory slides to help the viewers. The most difficult parts for the
average viewer tend to be the presentations of research study methodology
and results, but these are generally a small part of the entire presentation.
Most grand rounds end with a general summary of the information presented,
and a question/answer session that can be very informative.
While many grand rounds presentations are extremely good, you frequently
have to suffer through a long and boring (5 to 10 minute) introduction.
Once you get past all the dedications to all the school's administrators,
etc, things get interesting very quickly. Well worth the time if you want
to learn the state of the art in these areas. These are high-bandwidth
(high quality) videos so for best viewing you should watch this from work
or school where the Internet connection is fast (DSL, cable or faster).
Just click on the link that you're interested in to start the download.
Source Pages for Audio and Video Programs
AARP
radio
ABC
News mental health channel
American
Radioworks public radio
Columbia News
Discovery
Channel (Canada)
The Edge nonprofit
information organization
Healthyplace.com
radio
Infinite Mind
public radio show
Information Advantage
public radio
The Manhattan
Institute for Policy Research
Mental Illness Research,
Education, and Clinical Center (Mirecc)
National Electronic
Library for Mental Health (NELMH)
National Public Radio
Schizophrenia Society
of Canada
Showcase
Community Media
UC Berkeley
Mental Health Policy
UCLA
Neuropsychiatric Institute grand rounds
University
of Arizona Psychiatry grand rounds
University of Arkansas
radio ("Here's to your Health")
University
of Chicago Dept. of Psychiatry
University
of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
University
of Newcastle Radio ("Wellbeing")
Voices
in the Family public radio show
Wayne
State University Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience
Wisconsin Public
Radio ("The Connection")
Yale
University Dept. of Psychiatry
General Info - Cause, Diagnosis and Treatment:
Schizophrenia Introduction and Overview
- Educational Video Play
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File Source: Schizophrenia Society of Canada
File Date: 2004
A 20 minute video covering the basics of schizophrenia - ideal for
any age (high school age and older)
The Causes of Schizophrenia Play
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File source: National Public Radio.
File Date: July 2000
Some scientists are studying whether giving anti-psychotic drugs to
teenagers deemed at risk for developing schizophrenia could actually
prevent the disease--a controversial approach because it's so tough
to determine who's at risk. In this hour, we'll discuss the causes of
schizophrenia, including the role of genetics and a theory that viruses
trigger the illness.
Guests: Robert Conley, M.D. Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry
University of Maryland School of Medicine Baltimore, Maryland
Ann Pulver Chief, Epimediology-Genetics Program in Psychiatry Associate
Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Johns Hopkins University
School of Medicine Baltimore, Maryland
Robert Yolken, M.D. Director, Stanley Neurovirology Laboratory Ted and
Vada Stanley Professor of Developmental Neurovirology, Department of
Pediatrics Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore, Maryland.
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web browser. To listen to the Audio file, click on the link that says
"Morning Edition Radio."
Can Neuroimaging Be Used to Improve the
Diagnosis of Schizophrenia? Play
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File Source: University of Chicago grand rounds
File Date: Oct 20, 2003
Speakers: John G. Csernansky, MD; Gregory B. Couch,
Professor of Psychiatry and Associate Professor of Neurobiology, Washington
University.
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will open. Start the video by clicking on the picture of the presenter.
If you can't see the picture, you need to download a quicktime video
player.
The objectives of the presentation are: (1) to review recent current
findings of neuroanatomical abnormalities in patients with schizophrenia,
and; (2) to present new findings in brain structure abnormalities in
schizophrenia patients, obtained using computer algorithms for anatomical
analysis.
Brain Scans May Prove Early Detectors of Schizophrenia
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File Source: National Public Radio (Morning Edition)
File Date: Dec 10, 2002
A study in the journal Lancet shows magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
may prove effective as an early detector of schizophrenia. MRIs are
scans that show a living brain in fine detail. NPR's Joanne Silberner
reports. Note: When you click on the audio link above, a new window
will open up on your web browser. To listen to the Audio file, click
on the link that says "Morning Edition Radio."
Schizophrenia - Second Chances Play
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File Source: The Infinite Mind
File Date: April 11, 2001
This program covers the personal experiences of schizophrenia, how
to help people who don't understand they have schizophrenia, and how
dramatic advances in schizophrenia research are providing new hope for
people suffering from the disease. "The Infinite Mind" explores
recent genetic discoveries, as well as new developments in medical and
therapeutic treatment.
Guests include Dr. Linda Brzustowicz, Associate Professor of Genetics
at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey;
Edith Shuttleworth, member of Fountain House;
Dr. Nancy Andreasen, the Andrew H. Woods Chair of Psychiatry at The
University of Iowa College of Medicine;
Dr. Herbert Meltzer, Professor in the Departments of Psychology and
Pharmacology at Vanderbilt Medical Center; and
Dr. Xavier Amador, the Director of Psychology at the New York State
Psychiatric Institute and a Professor of Psychology in the Department
of Psychiatry at Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons.
Commentary by John Hockenberry.
Schizophrenia: Biology and Stigma Play
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File Source: Voices in the Family public radio
File Date: Feb 19, 2001
Show discusses the biology and the stigma of schizophrenia - once you
get through the short (5-mn or so) unrelated NPR news segment at the
very beginning. First twenty minutes discusses stigma, the rest of the
program concentrates on the biology of the disease, treatments, and
research fields. Studio guests include 19-year-old schizophrenia patient
Sam Harris, mother Mary-Ellen of a son with schizophrenia, and Dr. Raquel
Gur from the University of Pennsylvania (schizophrenia researcher).
Also, a phone conversation with Dr. Otto Wall, professor of psychology
and keynote speaker at a National Mental Health Symposium addressing
mental health and stigma. At a white house conference on mental health,
stigma and discrimination were both identified as the most important
barriers today to mental illness treatment.
Schizo-Affective Disorder Play
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File Source: The Infinite Mind
File Date: March 24, 2004
Hundreds of thousands of Americans have schizoaffective disorder, an
overlap of schizophrenia and manic depression. The illness can cause
them to have both mood swings and cognitive symptoms including mania,
depression and visual or aural hallucinations, and can be at grave risk
of suicide.
This program explores schizoaffective disorder, what it's like to have
the illness, how people have persevered in spite of it, and why it leaves
so many doctors confused. Dr. Fred Goodwin's guests include Dr. Nassir
Ghaemi, assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School,
Dr. Eden Evins, of the Massachusetts General Hospital Schizophrenia
Program, and Dr. Corinne Cather, a cognitive behavioral therapist and
clinical fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disease - Dispelling
the Myths Play
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File Source: AARP radio
File Date: July 8, 2003
Though they are two distinctly different diseases, schizophrenia and
bipolar disease are often confused for one another. And although major
advances in medicine have made both disease very treatable, myths to
the contrary persist. To discuss the latest in diagnosing and treating
schizophrenia and bipolar disease, host Mike Cuthbert talks with Dr.
Ralph Aquila, Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia
Collefe of Physicians and Surgeons and Director of Residential Community
Services at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center in New York.
Schizophrenia: Treatment, Access, Hope
for the Future? Play
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File Source: Voices in the Family public radio
File Date: May 5, 2002
A follow-up to the interview segment with John Nash (originally aired
4/29/02), Dr. Dan Gottlieb invites leading experts in the field to discuss
the current research and treatment options for schizophrenia. The show
also covers the impact of schizophrenia on the family. Guests include
Dr. Sam Keith of the University of New Mexico, and Dr. Bernard Arons,
director of the Center for Mental Health Services.
Treatment of First Episode
Schizophrenia Play
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File Source: UCLA grand rounds
File Date: Sept 17, 2002
Speaker: Rona Hu, M.D., Assistant Professor , Department
of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science; Medical Director, Acute Psychiatric
Inpatient Unit, Stanford University School of Medicine.
Some of the questions that commonly come up in the initial onset of
schizophrenia include: the reliability of whatever diagnosis is given,
the choice and efficacy of the first treatments, and the best way to
educate the patient and their family. Dr. Hu discusses the diagnostic
challenges, the clinical characteristics, the early intervention, the
treatment issues (pharmacological and psychosocial) and a comparison
of atypical antipsychotics for first-episode schizophrenia cases.
Special Problems in the Treatment of Schizophrenia
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File Source: University of New Mexico grand rounds
File Date: Jan 9, 2004
Speaker: Marvin S. Swartz, MD. Professor of Psychiatry
& Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Chapel Hill,
NC
Dr. Schwartz discusses what he believes are special problems in the
long-term treatment of schizophrenia patients: treatment nonadherance,
substance abuse (which leads to the subset problems of homelessness,
incarceration, suicide, etc), violent behavior, and fluctuating capacity.
Treatment of Psychosis: When Outcomes are
Suboptimal Play
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File Source: UCLA grand rounds
File Date: Dec 3, 2002
Speaker: James Jefferson, M.D., Distinguished Senior Scientist, Madison
Institute of Medicine, Inc.
For some schizophrenia patients, a 25-30% symptom improvement from
antipsychotic medication might be defined as an "optimal response."
Dr. Jefferson attempts to redefine "optimal response," and
talksabout the different approaches one can take to a treatment-resistant
patient. Some of the researched options include combining medications,
augmenting antipsychotics with other types of drugs, or supplementing
with alternative treatments such as omega-3 acids.
Clinical Management of Psychosis: The
Short- and the Long-term Play
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File Source: UCLA grand rounds
File Date: April 9, 2002
Speaker: Ira Glick, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry
and Behavioral Sciences, Director, Schizophrenia Clinic, Stanford University
School of Medicine.
Presentation addresses two issues in the management of short- and long-term
psychosis: efficacy of treatment, and side effects. Dr. Glick begins
by "setting the stage" with the prognosis of schizophrenia
disorders, and then discusses management for the best possible outcome.
Schizophrenia: early diagnosis, treatment,
and support systems Play
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File Source: University of Arkansas radio (Here's to your Health)
File Date: Feb 11-15, 2002
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open up on your web browser. To listen to the audio files, click on
the appropriate schizophrenia segment link.
Jeff Clothier, M.D., an associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry
at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of
Medicine, will discuss misconceptions about the condition, advances
in research on the causes of schizophrenia, and modern treatments that
are helping patients and removing the stigma of schizophrenia.
Treating Schizophrenia - What Are the
Options? Play
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File Source: ABC news
File Date: Sept 11, 2000
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says "watch video."
Before there was treatment, the diagnosis of schizophrenia was like
a life sentence with no parole. Today there are treatment options and
rehabilitation for people with schizophrenia, as well as support for
patients and their families. How successful are these strategies in
getting schizophrenics back on track? Joining us to discuss this top
we have three guests. Nathaniel Lachenmeyer is the author of "The
Outsider: A Journey of My Father's Struggle with Madness." Also
on the expert panel is Dr. Joseph Battaglia of the Bronx Psychiatric
Center in New York, and Dr. Anthony Salerno of the Rockland Psychiatric
Center, New York. Discussion includes topics of medication, rehabilitation
for both patients and families, community involvement, and the consequences
of no treatment (i.e, homelessness and schizophrenia).
Update on the Long-term Treatment of Schizophrenia
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File Source: UCLA grand rounds
File Date: March 26, 2002
Speaker: Stephen R. Marder, M.D., Professor, Vice-Chair,
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles, VA
Medical Center.
Dr. Marder talks about the challenges of managing schizophrenia in
the long-term sense - the efficacies and limitations of current treatments,
their adverse effects, and some new improved treatment options (pharmacological
and psychosocial).
Treatment and Rehabilitation of the Client
with Psychosis: Latest Developments
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File Source: Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center
(Mirecc)
File Date: April 11-12, 2003 Conference
The lecture series includes updates on the use of pharmacologic treatments,
and state-of-the-art approaches to managing the treatment of individuals
with psychosis. The role of consumers and family members in rehabilitation
will also be discussed. This conference is geared towards clinicians;
however, some presentations that may be of particular interest to health
care consumers are noted below, with the appropriate media file links.
1) Improving Long-Term Outcomes of Schizophrenia (Dr. Stephen Marder).
Play
Video.
2) Cognitive Rehabilitation (Dr. Alan Bellack) Play
Video.
3) Involving the Family (Dr. Lisa Dixon). Play
Video.
Treating Patients with Psychosis: Improving
Functional Outcomes
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File Source: Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center
(Mirecc)
File Date: April 12-13, 2002 Conference
This conference includes several interesting and informative video lectures;
it reviews barriers to function in patients with serious mental illness
in addition to describing innovative psycho-social interventions. The
conference is geared towards clinicians; however, some presentations
that may be of particular interest to health care consumers are noted
below, with the appropriate media file links.
1. Second Generation Anti-Psychotic Medications (Speaker: Dr. Stephen
Marder). Play
video.
2. Overcoming Obstacles to Treatment of Dual Diagnosis (Dr. Andrew
Shaner).
Play video.
3. Assertive Community Treatment (Speaker: Dr. Mary Ann Test). Play
video.
4. Involving Families in the Recovery Process (Speaker: Dr. Shirley
Glynn). Play
video.
5. Improving Vocational Outcomes for People with Severe Mental Illness
(Speaker: Deborah Becker, MED). Play
video.
6. Neurological Basis of Cognitive Deficits in Schizophrenia (Speaker:
Dr. David Braff). Play
video.
7. Cognition, Rehabilitation, and Outcome in Schizophrenia (Speaker:
Dr. Michael Green). Play
video.
Advances in the Treatment of Schizophrenia
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File Source: Wayne State University grand rounds
File Date: Nov 12, 2002
Speaker: Delwyn D. Miller, Pharm.D., M.D. Associate
Professor of Psychiatry, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine,
Psychiatry Research.
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open up on your web browser. To play the video, click on the link that
says "begin."
An extremely comprehensive video and slide presentation on the various
treatments of schizophrenia. A large portion of the time is devoted
to 2nd generation antipsychotic medications - their efficacy in treating
acute symptoms and preventing relapse, how they compare with older drugs,
the incidence of certain side effects (particularly diabetes risk and
tardive dyskinesia), and a guide to dosages. He also discusses the issue
of medication adherence, the role of psychosocial and cognitive behavioral
therapy treatments, and experimental treatments such as rTMS.
Treatment of Schizophrenia Play
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File Source: U. of Newcastle radio program("Wellbeing")
File Date: May 18, 2004
Prof. Vaughan Carr, Head of the Psychiatry Department at the University
of Newcastle in Australia discusses causes and treatments of schizophrenia.
Specific Treatments - Medication, Psychotherapy,
ECT:
Psychotropic Medication Adherance Play
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File Source: Wayne State University grand rounds
File Date: March 10, 2004
Speaker: Rick Berchou, Pharm.D. Assistant Professor,
Dept. of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University
School of Medicine.
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up on your web browser. To play the video, click on the link that says
"begin."
Video and slide presentation discusses the rate of medication adherence
in psychiatric vs. other disorders. It explores patient groups with
the highest rates of non-adherence, common reasons for non-adherence
(esp. side-effects), consequences of non-adherence, and strategies to
approach the problem.
Schizophrenia: Pill Taking is Just Like Golf
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File Source: University of New Mexico grand rounds
File Date: Feb 7, 2003
Speaker: Samuel Keith, M.D., Professor and Chair
- Dept. of Psychiatry School of Medicine, Health Sciences Center University
of New Mexico.
Pill-taking is like golf in that lots of people do it, but not many
people are very good at it. He discusses the issues of noncompliance
(or, as he prefers, non-adherence) - why it is a particular problem
in schizophrenia, why clinicians have a hard time detecting it, what
the implications are for the patient, and some solutions (i.e. psychosocial
intervention, long-acting injections, etc) to help the problem.
Psychiatric Medications(Healthyplace.com
radio program, June 1, 2002). Play
Audio - scroll down in new window to find correct date, and
click on "listen to show".
File Type: Windows media audio
File Source: Healthyplace.com radio
File Date: June 1, 2002
**NOTE about healthyplace.com - this is a commerical site supported
largely by advertisers. While the information in these radio programs
seem largely unbiased (mainly consist of callers and answers by a host
psychiatrist), they contain significantly more advertisment segments
than public radio programs.
How can someone that doesn't want to take psychiatric medications become
aware that it is good for them to take them? What about quitting on
your own; why do people stop taking their meds? Is psychotherapy just
as good as antidepressants for the treatment of depression? Psychiatrist
co-host, Dr. Kristeen Spratley answered those questions as well as listener
questions about specific medications (one call is about Zyprexa). She
also talks about prescribing medications vs. psychotherapy or other
types of therapy from a psychiatrist's point of view. (A lot of the
show is about depression, but some calls specifically address schizophrenia).
A Comparison of Metabolic Effects of Antipsychotic
Medications Play
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File Source: UCLA grand rounds
File Date: Oct 22, 2002
Speaker: Donna Wirshing, M.D., Associate Professor
UCLA Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences; Co-chief,
Schizophrenia Treatment Unit, West LA Veterans Administration Medical
Center.
Statistics from schizophrenia patients being treated with atypical
antipsychotic medications show that sexual disfunction and weight gain
are the two most commonly cited problems. Dr. Wirshing talks about the
issues associated with weight gain - the "tardive dyskinesia"
of 2nd generation antipsychotics - in schizophrenia patients.
Of Two Minds: Biological Psychiatry vs. Psychotherapy
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File Source: Voices in the Family public radow show
File Date: April 10, 2000
A discussion of two major approaches in the field of psychiatry - biological
psychiatry (pharmacological therapy), and psychotherapy. T.L. Luhrmann,
a professor of anthropology at the University of California in San Diego,
and the author of " Of Two Minds: The Growing Disorder in American
Psychiatry ," talks about this growing dichotomy in medicine and
medical education, the tendency to treat everything strictly within
a biological-disease model, and the relative benefits of psychotherapy
versus, or in conjunction with, prescription medication. The program
specifically addresses the treatment of schizophrenia at times.
Therapy vs. Drugs (NPR All Things
Considered, June 1998). Play
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File Source: National Public Radio
File Date: June 22, 1998
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up on your web browser. To play the audio, click on the link that says
"All Things Considered audio"
A greater understanding of the brain and its chemistry has given pyschotherapists
a whole new battery of chemical weapons - drugs like Prozac, Xanax,
Paxil and Risperidone - against a host of mental illnesses, including
depression, schizophrenia, and anxiety. Some therapists worry that in
light of these advances, and goaded by cost and time constraints imposed
by insurance companies, the profession may be forfeiting the time-honored
technique of helping patients to talk through their woes to achieve
longer term well-being. Others say that pills are helping advance talk
therapy by enabling patients to get beyond acute symptoms to personal
analysis. Frank Browning's first report in a series on changes taking
place in the field of psychiatry.
Functional Outcomes in Schizophrenia: Activities
and Social Relations Play
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post-video discussion.
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File Source: UCLA grand rounds
File Date: June 11, 2002
Speaker: Joseph P. McEvoy, M.D., Associate Professor,
Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Duke University
Medical Center.
The best chance for schizophrenia patients to achieve a functional
outcome (i.e. engage in meaningful activities and relationships) is
to give them "clinical stability." Dr. McEvoy talks about
some things proven to help stabilize schizophrenia patients - maintanence
antipsychotic medication (relapse prevention), family therapy, assertive
community treatment. He also discusses things that destabilize patients,
such as co-morbid substance abuse disorders.
ECT-Current Practice and Guidelines: A Review
and Indications for Use Play
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File Source: University of New Mexico grand rounds
File Date: March 12, 2004
Speakers: Alya Reeve, MD; Carol Fryer, MD; Roger Hammond, MD; Liz Romero,
MD.
A panel of clinical experts discuss the history of ECT treatment, the
training required to administer it, and the research that explains what
it does and why it works.
Patient Opinions of ECT - Interview with Diane
Rose Play
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File Source: National Electronic Library of Mental Health
File Date: Jan 2004
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in your browser. To listen to the audio files, click on the link of
the interview segment you would like to hear.
Dr Diana Rose is co-ordinator of SURE, the Service User Research Enterprise
based at the Institute of Psychiatry. The core aim of SURE is to involve
service users at all levels of the research process in a collaborative
way. In this interview Dr Rose talks generally about the work of SURE
and specifically about the systematic review of patients' perspectives
on electroconvulsive therapy which she recently published in the BMJ.
According to this research, although about 80% of study subjects reported
satisfaction with ECT treatment, "measures [of the studies]…did
not take into account all the factors that may lead patients to perceive
it as beneficial or otherwise".
Mental Hospitals Play
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File Source: Voices in the Family public radio show
File Date: April 9, 2001
Host Dr. Gottlieb talks with the producers of "Bellvue Inside-out,"
a documentary about America's oldest mental hospital (located in New
York), as well as with doctors at Bellvue and Dr. Ritamary Hanly from
Norristown State Hospital. The hour is a mixed bag - some of it talks
about the making of the documentary, and other parts discuss the inner
world of mental institutions in general (who gets committed, the treatments,
the staff, the demands in terms of care, etc).
Psychiatric Hospitalization: What It's
Like on the Inside Play
audio - scroll down in new window to find correct date, and
click on "listen to show".
File Type: Windows media audio
File Source: Healthyplace.com radio
File Date: Dec 15, 2001
**NOTE about healthyplace.com - this is a commerical site supported
by advertisers. While the information in these radio programs seem largely
unbiased (mainly consist of callers and answers by a host psychiatrist),
they contain significantly more advertisment segments than public radio
programs.
Guests on the show include a doctor (Dr. Suda Kumar) who works at a
psychiatric hospital, and a 29-year-old patient who was hospitalized
by her fiancé. They both describe their experiences and impressions
of mental hospital facilities.
Family, Society, and Rehabilitation
Mental Illness and the Family Play
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File Source: Voices in the Family public radio show
File Date: August 13, 2001
The show focuses on major depression, but many of the issues (treatment,
insurance coverage, dealing with psychiatrists, how the illness affects
the family and children) are relevant to any family affected by mental
illness. A segment about 10 minutes in describes the emergency behavioral
health services in Philadelphia; related services may be available in
other cities nationwide. Guest is Ron Hamlen, who tried to help his
former wife battle severe depression. He describes this painful process
in a new book "I Can't Make it Okay." Also speaking on the
show is Psychologist Dr. Tom Kneavel, who wrote the foreword for Ron's
book.
Schizophrenia, the Family, and Society
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Schizophrenia can be a devastating disease that distorts the patient's
understanding of the world and his or her place in it. With this distorted
understanding come drastic changes in relationships with other people,
from close friends to people on the street. For families especially,
the pain and confusion of schizophrenia can be exhausting and isolating.
Join our panel of experts (Dr. Joseph Battaglia of the Bronx Psychiatric
Center in New York, and Dr. Anthony Salerno of the Rockland Psychiatric
Center, New York)--along with Nathaniel Lachenmeyer, author of The Outsider:
A Journey into My Father's Struggle with Madness, as they discuss the
impact of schizophrenia on family, friends, and society.
Mental Illness and the Family Play
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File Date: May 12, 2004
Anger. Frustration. Resentment. Helplessness. If someone in your family
has mental illness, you may be feeling all of these things. What can
you do to help yourself, and by doing so your loved one as well? Plus,
a special report on parents that have had to give up custody of their
ill children to foster care when their mental health insurance runs
out.
This program looks at Mental Illness and the Family. Host Dr. Fred
Goodwin's guests include: Dr. David Miklowitz, a professor of psychology
at The University of Colorado-Boulder and author of The Bipolar Disorder
Survival Guide: What You and Your Family Need to Know; Dr. Lisa Dixon,
an associate professor of medicine and psychiatry at The University
of Maryland, where her research focuses on schizophrenia and family
treatment; Dr. William Beardslee, a professor of child psychiatry at
Harvard Medical school, Psychiatrist-in-Chief at Boston's Children's
Hospital, and author of Out of the Darkened Room: When a Parent is Depressed:
Protecting the Children and Strengthening the Family; Julie Totten,
founder of Families for Depression Awareness; and Rose Styron, wife
of writer William Styron, who suffers from major depression. With commentary
by John Hockenberry.
Psychiatrist Roberto Gil Discusses Schizophrenia
and Recovery Play
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Roberto Gil, assistant clinical professor of psychiatry and head of
the Schizophrenic Research Unit at the New York State Psychiatric Institute,
talks about Mathematician John Nash's unique case, the common symptoms
associated with schizophrenia and what family members can do to help.
"It's a beautiful outcome but not a typical outcome," says
Gil. View this clip in either audio or video format (See above)
Families of the Mentally Ill: How Mental
Illness Impacts Family Members Play
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File Source: Healthyplace.com radio
File Date: Sept 21, 2002
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largely by advertisers. While the information in these radio programs
seem largely unbiased (mainly consist of callers and answers by a host
psychiatrist), they contain significantly more advertisment segments
than public radio programs.
Hear suggestions for family members on how to cope with mental illness,
as well as callers who share their own personal experiences, coping
strategies, and issues on the air.
Cognitive Determinants of Work Status in
Schizophrenia Play
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File Source: UCLA grand rounds
File Date: Nov 6, 2001
Speaker: Susan McGurk, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
of Psychiatry, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York.
Returning to employed work is a common personal goal for many schizophrenia
patients. Potential benefits for such patients include increased self-esteem
and de-stigmatization, the rehabilitative effects of holding a job,
and decreased overall morbidity costs for a patient population with
an extraoridnarily high unemployment rate. However, the challenges facing
a schizohprenia patient wishing to hold a job can be daunting. Dr. McGurk
examines some of these common obstacles, and possible solutions for
them.
Improving Cognition and Work Capacity in Schizophrenia
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File Source: Yale University grand rounds
File Date: March 29, 2003
Speaker: presented by Dr. Morris Bell at Neuroscience
2003: Towards Recovery From Mental Illness - How The Brain Develops
and Adapts.
Communities and the Mentally Ill Play
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John Hinckley, the would-be assassin of Ronald Reagan, was recently
granted supervised day visits outside the psychiatric hospital where
he has been confined since his conviction. Many in the community are
upset that a mentally ill man with violent behaviour in his past will
be allowed even a limited degree of freedom. A number of highly publicized
incidents involving violent acts by the mentally ill have also led to
a call for greater monitoring of psychiatric patients. But advocates
of the mentally ill are concerned that the patients' civil rights are
in jeopardy. Join Ray Suarez and guests as they discuss how to balance
the rights of the community to be safe with the rights of the mentally
ill.
GUESTS: Dr. E. Fuller Torrey *Research psychiatrist *Executive Director
of the Stanley Foundation (supports research on schizophrenia and bipolar
disorder) *Author, Out of the Shadows: Confronting America's Mental
Illness Crisis (John Wiley & Sons, 1996), and many other books on
mental illness Ira Burnim *Legal Director of the Bazelon Center for
Mental Health Law
Coping with the Stigma of Mental Illness
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File Source: University of Chicago grand rounds
File Date: Oct 2001
Speaker: Dr. Patrick Corrigan, coauthor (with Robert
Lundin) of "Don't Call Me Nuts! Coping with the Stigma of Mental
Illness."
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player.
Dr. Corrigan presents the stigma of mental illness: what we seem to
know (the advocate's view of stigma in the media and the public mind),
what we need to know (the researcher's questions - models of public
stigma), and how to change it (education, legislation, and interactions).
Stigma and Mental Illness Play
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File Source: Wayne State University grand rounds
File Date: Oct 2003
Speakers: Steve Chin M.D. Resident, Dept. Of Psychiatry,
WSU School of Medicine; Mr. Eric Hufnagel President and CEO National
Schizophrenia Foundation.
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says "begin."
Slide and video presentation explores the origins of mental illness
stigma (in the media, in social attitudes, and in medical settings),
the effects on the mentally ill and their families, and how to take
steps to reduce the stigma. A panel discussion following the presentation
includes guests from the National Schizophrenia Foundation and Schizophrenics
Anonymous.
NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard) and Housing for
the Mentally Ill Play
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that says "Listen to Joanne Silberner's report."
Mental health advocates are finding that people with disabilities usually
have more success in a place of their own, rather than in an institution
or even a group home. But they often encounter community resistance.
In the third installment of NPR's series on finding homes for people
who need support and services, Joanne Silberner visits a Pittsburgh,
Pa. neighborhood that feels squeezed between its own needs -- and its
duty to others.
Legislation and Advocacy for the Mentally Ill
Mental Health Insurance Play
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File Date: July 8, 2002
Discussion of the Mental Health Equitable Treatment Act - currently
in the House of Congress - that would demand mental illness be covered
to the same extent as physical illness by insurance companies. Guests
are Mary Hurtig of the Mental Health Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania,
and Susan Pisano of the American Association of Health Plans. Listen
via Real Audio.
Evolving Minds - A Video Documentary Play
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A video documentary examining concepts of 'madness', and looking at
the present state of public mental health care in the UK, alongside
alternative forms of support. The video lasts for 46 minutes and 18
seconds.
Quality of Mental Health Programs Play
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that says "Talk of the Nation Audio."
A new report by a presidential commission says many mental health programs
around the country are not providing quality care for those with schizophrenia,
depression and other mental illnesses. Host Neal Conan and guests discuss
the problems mental health agencies face and what's being done to improve
their services.
The Mental Illness System: How it Broke and
How to Fix it - By Dr. E. Fuller Torrey Play
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File Date: September 2000
Dr. Torrey, respected author and president of the Treatment Advocacy
Center, speaks about the state of mental illness care, which he describes
as a "disaster." He talks about who the mentally ill are,
where they are (largely on the streets or in jails), how they ended
up that way, and how we can initiate some damage control of the situation.
Much of the information he covers is in his book "Out of the Shadows:
Confronting America's Mental Illness Crisis" or on the Treatment
Advocacy Center website (http://www.psychlaws.org).
Analyzing Psychiatry Play
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"The Connection" looks into what happens when a [health care]
system is in crisis, and what the mentally ill themselves are doing
about that crisis.
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File Date: March 4, 2002
Current statistics estimate that 1 in 6 inmates are mentally ill. With
Congress looking at new legislation to offer treatment and rehab programs,
and special mental health justice courts being set up across the United
States for the defense of the mentally ill, listen to this Voices in
the Family report (released during the trial of Andrea Yates) about
using the insanity defense in courts today. The show discusses high
profile cases, talks about the definition of insanity today and in the
past, and how that definition might break down in certain legal cases.
Guests are Temple Law Professor Edward Ohbaum, Psychiatrist Darold Treffert
with St. Agnes Hospital in Font Du Lac, Wisconsin, and forensic psychologist
Dr. Allan Tepper.
Jailing the mentally ill - special report, Parts
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Part I: Last year the U.S. Justice Department said 280,000 people with
serious mental illnesses were in jail or prison-more than four times
the number in state mental hospitals. Others statistics estimate that
1 in 6 inmates are mentally ill. American RadioWorks Correspondent John
Biewen explores why. Link
to Program Page - more good info.
Part II: The insanity defense tends to get attention in sensational,
high-profile cases: the Unabomber, Lorena Bobbitt, and most notoriously,
John Hinckley. Surveys show Americans worry that too many criminals
escape punishment by saying they're insane. But, in fact, successful
use of the insanity defense is rare-even for defendants with profound
mental illness. American RadioWorks Correspondent John Biewen examines
one case that illustrates the difficulties of claiming legal insanity:
the story of Kyle Zwack. Link
to Program Page - more good info.
Interview with Cliff Prior of UK Mental Illness
Charity "Rethink" Play
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of the interview segment you would like to hear.
Cliff Prior is Chief Executive at Rethink (http://www.rethink.org) formerly
the National Schizophrenia Fellowship), the severe mental illness charity.
In this interview he tells us about the various programmes of work currently
underway at Rethink, highlighting the challenges for professionals and
the general public in improving the lives of people with severe and
enduring mental illness.
Symposium on Mental Health and Public Policy
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Some of the streaming video presentations that may be of particular
interest to health care consumers are noted below, with the appropriate
media file links. Link
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1. Medical Perspectives: What is mental illness and what lessons are
offered by recent developments in detection and diagnosis?. Play
video
2. Treatment Perspectives: What treatments are most effective in promoting
rehabilitation and recovery? How might policymakers improve the provision
of supervised outpatient care and treatment of patients with concurrent
substance dependency?. Play
video
3. Mental Health Funding and Parity: What can be done to strengthen
and enhance coverage and delivery for the mentally ill? What challenges
remain in implementing federal and state parity legislation?. Play
video
4. Children, Families, and Mental Health: How can our mental health
system best serve children with mental illness? What barriers exist
in assessing children's mental health needs, facilitating access to
treatment and combating stigma? Play
video
Special Patient Poplulations
Children and Mental Health Play
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File Date: July 14, 2003
Program discusses the rising use of psychiatric medication among children
and adolescents. Guests include Dr. Paul Fink - Prof. of Psychiatry
at Temple University School of Medicine, and Stephen Eliot, whose memoir
"Not the Thing I Was" details his experiences growing up in
a school for mentally disturbed children.
Antipsychotics in Special Populations: Pediatrics
and Adolescents Play
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File Source: UCLA grand rounds
File Date: June 24, 2003
Speaker: James J. McGough, M.D., Associate Professor, Clinical Psychiatry,
Neuropsychiatric Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine, University
of California, Los Angeles.
The central issue raised by Dr. McGough in his presentation is: how
can clinicians make ethical decisions for the treatment of young psychiatric
patients, when the diagnosis may be unclear (many pediatric disorders
have widely overlapping symptoms), the prognosis is uncertain, and there
is little data to support a decision one way or the other.
Mental Health in Children, Parts I and
II Play
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audio Part II
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File Date: Nov 2000
Part I: While the treatment of mental illnesses in children has greatly
improved in past decades; however, many children still don't have access
to treatment. Moreover, although the number of children with psychiatric
disorders has increased in the past decade, many have disorders that
are still not diagnosed, or are diagnosed incorrectly. Segments include
the hospitalization of children for psychiatric disorders, research
into the prevention of mental health problems, and more. Guests include:
U.S. Surgeon General David Satcher, M.D. who recently hosted a special
conference on the state of mental health of children in the country;
Dr. Michael Silver and Troy Brindle of Friends Hospital, who head the
recently opened Child and Adolescent Program at Friends; Dr. Judith
Rapoport, a leading researcher in the field of Mental Health of Children
at the National Institute of Mental Health.
Part II: The segment specifically discusses obsessive-compulsive and
bipolar disorder; however, one of the guests is Dr. Demitri Papolos,
author of "The Bipolar Child," a book which has been recommended
as a good resource by many of the parents on schizophrenia.com. Other
guests include Dr. Tamar Chansky, author "Freeing Your Child from
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder," and the Surgeon General's office
with comments on the upcoming report on the Mental Health of Children.
Early Detection and Intervention in Schizophrenia
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File Source: UCLA grand rounds
File Date: Dec 12, 2000
Speaker: Thomas H. McGlashan, M.D., Professor, Department of Psychiatry,
Yale University School of Medicine, Yale Psychiatric Institute, New
Haven, Connecticut.
Dr. McGlashan talks about the two main phases of early-onset psychosis:
the prodromal phases (non-specific psychiatric symptoms) and the active
untreated phase (the "first break"). He also discusses current
neuropathological hypotheses concerning the pre-disposition and development
of early-onset schizophrenia.
College Students and Mental Health Play
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File Date: Oct 6, 2003
The number of college students needing mental health intervention in
a high-stress transition period of their lives, as well as the number
of students arriving with already-diagnosed mental health problems,
is increasing. This segment discusses the mental health facilities on
college campuses, their adequacy, suggestions for improvement, and how
parents can keep in touch with their kids to stay aware of any pending
problems. Guest is Rowan University's counseling center director of
counseling, Dr. Z. Benjamin Blanding.
Schizophrenia and Aging Play
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File Date: Nov 16, 1999
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NPR's Wendy Schmelzer reports on the relationship between schizophrenia
and aging. Researchers are paying particular attention to "late
onset schizophrenia," which occurs after age 45. But they also
are studying how the aging process affects people who develop the disease
earlier in life. Healthcare providers are concerned about how to provide
adequate medical attention to people with schizophrenia, as the overall
population ages.
Schizophrenia in Late Life: What is New and
What is Old? Play
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File Source: UCLA grand rounds
File Date: March 5, 2002
Speaker: Dilip V. Jeste, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry and Neurosciences,
Chief, Geriatric Psychiatry Division, University of California, San
Diego.
Dr. Jeste postulates that as the population ages, late-onset psychosis
disorders (such as schizophrenia) will become increasingly important
to clinicians and consumers alike. He presents the course of late-onset
and middle-age onset schizophrenia, the presentation of very late-onset
schizophrenia-like psychosis (can be due to other dementia disorders
such as alzheimer's), and the pharmacological and psychosocial treatment
options.
Schizophrenia in Women: From Theory to Clinical
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File Source: University of Arizona grand rounds
File Date: Jan 21, 2004
Dr. Rebecca Hill discusses three aspects of schizophrenia as it relates
to female patients: the gender differences seen in the disorder (onset,
severity, course, neuropathology) between men and women, the role of
estrogen in schizophrenia, and some clinical issues in the treatment
of schizophrenia that pertain to women.
Pregnancy and the Mind Play
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File Date: Feb 25, 2004
We think about pregnancy as a time when women glow, right? Full of
happy expectation for the future. But for many women, that's simply
not the case. We'll break through the myths to explore the truth about
pregnancy and mental illness. We'll also look at the way a baby's mind
develops, and ask: just how much does a fetus pick up from the outside?
Guests include Dr. Shari Lusskin and Dr. Zachary Stowe, both experts
in reproductive psychiatry, and developmental psychologist Dr. Janet
DiPietro. All this, plus a reading of Oh Baby the Places You'll Go:
A Book to Be Read in Utero adapted by author Tish Rabe from the works
of Dr. Seuss, and Irish singer-songwriter Susan McKeown performs a ballad
of motherhood. Click
here for more information on The Infinite Mind, and this program, or
to order a transcript or copy of the tape.
Substance Abuse and Schizophrenia Play
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Speaker: Dr. Melanie Bennett
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Audio lecture and slide presentation cover epidemiology of substance
abuse and schizophrenia, impact on the patient, diagnostic/assessment
issues, and treatments/barriers to affective treatment.
The Experience of Mental Illness
Schizophrenia - What is it? Play
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On today's webcast, Nathaniel Lachenmeyer -- author of The Outsider:
A Journey into My Father's Struggle with Madness -- will share his father's
story and discuss schizoprenia with a panel of mental health experts
(Dr. Joseph Battaglia of the Bronx Psychiatric Center in New York, and
Dr. Anthony Salerno of the Rockland Psychiatric Center, New York). Join
us for this unique look at schizophrenia from both medical and personal
perspectives.
The Sights and Sounds of Schizophrenia Play
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The textbook description of schizophrenia is a listing of symptoms:
delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech and behavior. But what
does schizophrenia really feel like? NPR's Joanne Silberner reports
on a virtual reality experience that simulates common symptoms of the
mental illness.
Struggle With Schizophrenia Play
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File Date: Sept 2003
Popular myths and stereotypes portray people who suffer from [schizophrenia]
as violent. Uncontrollable. Unable to live a complete life. For a small
minority, that's true. But for most, the diagnosis is quite different.
Joe Wklenkski is a graduate student at MIT in nuclear engineering. This
fall he is settling into his classes, his room, and research schedule.
Four Lives: Personal Experiences with Mental
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File Date: April 2004
The most gripping and insightful stories of mental illness are those
of people who face it each day. They are the everyday heroes who struggle
to combat their illnesss, and work toward recovery. This week on The
Infinite Mind, a special presentation, as we feature the remarkable
and courageous stories of four people coping with mental illness, whose
extraordinary lives and work offer hope and inspiration to all of us.
Profiled are: TX State Rep. Garnet Coleman (healthcare advocate and
manic-depressive), Meera Popkin (Broadway actress and schizophrenia
patient), twin sisters Pam Spiro Wagner and Carolyn Spiro (Pam is a
poet with schizophrenia, Carolyn is a psychiatrist).
Suffering From Paranoid Schizophrenia Play
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NPR's Tovia Smith profiles a Massachusetts couple whose son suffers
from paranoid schizophrenia. The disease, which can cause delusional
and violent episodes, is treatable, but it is difficult to force a person
to take medication.
Family Turns to Facility for Help With Bipolar
Son Play
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Last September, Morning Edition aired a story about a 9-year-old boy,
Benjamin, with bipolar disorder. His moods and behaviors were unpredictable
and changed rapidly throughout the day, and sometimes he was violent.
Now 10, Ben is living full-time in a psychiatric facility for boys,
where his treatment is designed to moderate his mood swings and teach
him how to manage his own behavior. Michelle Trudeau reports.
Inside the Life of a Schizophrenic Play
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File Date: July 13, 2002
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largely by advertisers. While the information in these radio programs
seem largely unbiased (mainly consist of callers and answers by a host
psychiatrist), they contain significantly more advertisment segments
than public radio programs.
What it's like living with a brain disorder characterized by delusions,
hallucinations, disturbances in thinking and communication…
and the increasing social isolation that goes along with it? Hear from
schizophrenia patients and their family members (both in-studio guests
and callers), as they share their stories, experiences of symptoms,
and coping strategies. The professional co-host for the show, answering
calls and questions as well as giving information, is Dr. Kristeen Spratley,
practicing psychiatrist.
Interviews with authors, researchers, and special
guests
Dr. Xavier Amador Play
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Dr. Amador gives a presentation on his book "I Am Not Sick! I Don't
Need Help!" This highly-recommended book (used by many schizophrenia.com
members) explains why the mentally ill can't understand that they're
sick, and how family members can help them accept treatment.
Diagnosis: Schizophrenia Play
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File Date: Nov 14, 2002
Interview with author Rachel Miller, author of "Diagnosis: Schizophrenia."
This easy-to-read book for patients and their families covers topics
such as: medication, coping skills, social services, clinical research,
and more. Includes personal narratives from schizophrenia patients.
Author Victoria Secunda - author of "When
Madness Comes Home" Play
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An NPR Interview with Victoria Secunda, Author, When Madness Comes
Home: Help and Hope for the Families of the Mentally Ill [Hyperion,
1998] - Victoria's sister has been diagnosed as manic-depressive, paranoid
schizophrenic. Families often feel responsible for mentally ill relatives,
but feel powerless to help them. Guests include: Eleanor Owen - Founding
board member, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill - Founding member
and Executive Director, Washington Advocates for the Mentally Ill -
Sibling, father, son and niece are mentally ill. The Capitol Hill shootout
focused national attention on the illness that Russell Weston was diagnosed
with -- paranoid schizophrenia. In the days following the shooting,
Weston''s parents apologized for the violent act their son is accused
of committing.
The Outsider: A Journey Into My Father's
Struggle with Madness Play
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An interview with Nathaniel Lachenmeyer, who has written the book"The
Outsider: A Journey Into My Father's Struggle with Madness." His
father, Charles, was a professor of sociology who lived a normal suburban
life withhis family until the onset of schizophrenia. The disease destroyed
his life: he lost his job, his family, and ended up homeless. Nathaniel
corresponded with his father until it became too difficult to continue.
After learning of his father's death in 1995, he decided to find out
what happened to him. In Nathaniel's book, "through interviews
with family, friends, former colleagues and medical personnel, Lachenmeyer
constructs a heartrending portrait of a man whose emotional illness
eventually robbed him of everything, counterbalanced in part by the
author's gradual understanding of the plight of homeless people, who
are often the victims of madness and misfortune." (Pubhlisher's
Weekly).
New Pills for the Mind - A talk with author
Samuel Barondes, MD Play
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File Source: The Edge, nonprofit information organization
File Date: Dec 4, 2003
Most of the psychiatric drugs we use today are refinements of drugs
whose value for mental disorders was discovered by accident decades
ago. Now we can look forward to a more rational way to design psychiatric
drugs. It will be guided by the identification of the gene variants
that predispose certain people to particular mental disorders such as
schizophrenia or severe depression. Dr. Samuel Barondes, author of "Better
Than Prozac: Creating the Next Generation of Psychiatric Drugs,"
presents.
Human Behavior and Evolution Society - a talk
with author Matt Ridley Play
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File Date: June 18, 2003
Matt Ridley presents his latest book: "Nature Via Nurture."
Genes are not puppet masters or blueprints. Nor are they just the carriers
of heredity. They are active during life; they switch each other on
and off; they respond to the environment. They may direct the construction
of the body and brain in the womb, but then they set about dismantling
and rebuilding what they have made almost at once—in response to
experience. They are both cause and consequence of our actions. Somehow
the adherents of the "nurture" side of the argument have scared
themselves silly at the power and inevitability of genes and missed
the greatest lesson of all: the genes are on their side.
Bebe Moore Campbell, author of "Sometimes
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Award-winning author Bebe Moore Campbell talks with NPR's Tavis Smiley
about her new book for children, Sometimes My Mommy Gets Angry, which
helps children understand bipolar disease [and mental illness]. The
author is also a founding member of the National Alliance for the Mentally
Ill in Inglewood, Calif.
Interview with Sylvia Nasar, the author of
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A Beautiful Mind is the biography of mathematical genius and Nobel
Laureate John Nash, who also suffered from schizophrenia. The book won
a National Book Critics Circle Award, and inspired the movie of the
same name. Nasar is a former economics correspondent for The New York
Times. She is currently the Knight Professor of Journalism at Columbia
University.
Nancy Andreasen, PhD - Understanding
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Neuroimaging studies are unlocking some of the secrets of the human
brain, from schizophrenia to emotions to consciousness. In this hour,
broadcasting from Iowa City, we'll talk with Nancy Andreasen and Antonio
Damasio--two of the world's leading brain scientists and professors
at the University of Iowa--about advances in understanding the brain
and the mind.
Interview with Keith Hawton (Oxford Centre
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Professor Keith Hawton is Director of the University of Oxford Centre
for Suicide Research. He has been working in the field of research into
suicide and deliberate self-harm for more than 25 years. His work has
resulted in over 200 publications, including several books. His most
recent book is The International Handbook of Suicide and Attempted Suicide.
In this interview, Dr. Hawton discusses the work of the Centre for Suicide
Research, the common risk factors (the largest of which is psychiatric
disorder) for suicide, the role of biology and environment (for example,
media influence) on suicidal behavior, and various other issues relating
to self-harm.
A Conversation with John Nash Play
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Following the release of the movie "A Beautiful Mind," Dr.
Dan Gottlieb speaks with the mathematic genius and schizophrenia patient
John Nash himself. Nash shares his own experiences with his illness.
The host also speaks with Dr. Richard Nackamura, acting director of
the National Institute of Mental Health, and Richard C. Josiassen, Ph.D.,
Executive Director and Chief Scientist of the Arthur P. Noyes Foundation,
about current schizophrenia research and treatments.
Biology of Schizophrenia
The Science of Schizophrenia Play
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In this hour, we''ll take a look at the science of schizophrenia, the
challenges of treating people with this disease, and how the legal system
deals with the mentally ill. Studio guests include the Executive Director
of NAMI in Arlington, VA, the Director of Psychiatric Research at UC
Irvine medical school, and the Executive Director of the Mental Health
Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania.
Mechanisms of Action of Antipsychotics Play
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File Source: UCLA grand rounds
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Speaker: Jeffrey Lieberman, M.D., Vice Chairman of Psychiatry, Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Pharmacology, University of North Carolina
School of Medicine.
Dr. Lieberman discusses the evolution of pharmacological treatments
- which neurotransmitter systems are targeted by different drugs, and
what those mechanisms of action in the brain tell us about the pathology
of schizophrenia as a disease.
Psychiatric Genetics: A Current Perspective
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Speaker: Kenneth S. Kendler, M.D., Director, Virginia Institute for
Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics
According to the genetic epidemiologist, a person's risk for psychiatric
disorder is made up of three factors: genetic makeup, family environment,
and individual environment. Dr. Kendler gives a review of two central
paradigms in psychiatric genetics (genetic epidemiology and gene-finding
methods), to address the central question of how genes raise a person's
risk of developing a psychiatric problem.
The Genetics of Schizophrenia Play
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Study linking schizophrenia with a genetic component in DNA. It's not
a new idea--scientists have been studying it for a decade at least--but
now the focus is on families where schizophrenia occurs more frequently.
The families are Ashkenazi Jews, and they are not united in their support
for the study.
Schizophrenic Mice - Genetically Altered Rodents
Teach Scientists About Disorder Play
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More than two million people in the United States have schizophrenia,
yet the disorder remains a medical mystery. Scientists don't know precisely
what causes some brains to produce hallucinations, delusions and disordered
thinking. One reason it's particularly hard to study schizophrenia is
that it doesn't seem to occur in animals. But as NPR's Jon Hamilton
reports, a small group of scientists at the National Institutes of Health
are using genetic engineering to reproduce some of the symptoms of schizophrenia
-- in mice. Note: When you click on the link below, a new window will
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The Revolution in Psychiatric Genomics: The
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Speaker: John Kelsoe, M.D., Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University
of California, San Diego.
Although great strides have been made in the last 20 years thanks to
the growing field of neuroscience, psychiatrists and patients alike
would still like to see drugs with greater efficacy, fewer side effects,
more rapid action, and a more predictable effect on patients. Dr. Kelsoe
talks about how the genomics field will hopefully usher in some of these
changes, introducing a new way of practicing psychiatry in the next
50 years.
Executive Function as a Core Feature
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Speaker Ivan J. Torres, PhD talks about the role of "executive
function" (psychological processes necessary for goal-oriented
behavior, control and regulation of behavior, and novel problem solving)
in schizophrenia. Some research suggests that it could account for some
of the disorder's broad, generalized deficits.
The Anatomy of Attention and Schizophrenia
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Speaker: Robert Bilder, Ph.D., Visiting Professor, Psychiatry and Biobehavioral
Sciences; Chief, Medical Psychology-Neuropsychology, Neuropsychiatric
Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California,
Los Angeles.
Dr. Bilder introduces the "dual-trends" theory of the anatomy
of attention, and highlights schizophrenia as an example of an attentional
auto-regulation disorder. NOTE: this talk is very dense and technical
from an anatomical and neurological standpoint. Appropriate for the
viewer who has more than a passing interest (and experience) with neurobiology.
New and Newer Mechanisms of Action for
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Speaker: Carol Tamminga, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry and Pharmacology,
Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, University of Maryland School
of Medicine.
Dr Tamminga begins her presentation with a clinical, biological, and
pathological profile of schizophrenia. She then briefly describes the
history of schizophrenia treatments in the last hundred years, bringing
the audience up the the 1st and 2nd generation of anti-psychotic medications.
From there, she describes in some detail the biological mechanisms of
these drugs in the brain - what neurotransmitter systems they target,
how long they stay active in the body, what other biological/chemical
effects they have, etc.
Psychopathology and Drug Discovery for Schizophrenia
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Speaker: William T. Carpenter, Jr., M.D., Professor of
Psychiatry and Pharmacology, University of Maryland School of Medicine,
Director, Maryland Psychiatric Research Center.
Dr. Carpenter takes a psychopathology approach to schizophrenia; he
describes what psychopathologists feel schizophrenia is as a disorder,
and the way that it should be treated.. He identifies three "domains"
of the disease - psychosis, negative, and interpersonal - that he feels
should be researched and treated as separate entities, even though they
can clinically overlap.
Can Neuroimaging Be Used to Improve the
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File Source: University of Chicago grand rounds
File Date: Oct 20, 2003
Speakers: John G. Csernansky, MD; Gregory B. Couch, Professor
of Psychiatry and Associate Professor of Neurobiology, Washington University.
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The objectives of the presentation are: (1) to review recent current
findings of neuroanatomical abnormalities in patients with schizophrenia,
and; (2) to present new findings in brain structure abnormalities in
schizophrenia patients, obtained using computer algorithms for anatomical
analysis.
Recent Brain Imaging of Schizophrenia Brain
Damage Play
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UCLA brain researchers using a powerful new technique have created
the first images showing the devastating impact of schizophrenia on
the brain. The findings, published in the Sept. 25, 2001 issue of the
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences*, show how a dynamic
wave of tissue loss engulfs the brains of schizophrenic patients in
their teen-age years.
The findings may have key diagnostic implications. Aided by a better
understanding of how psychosis develops, researchers can detect aberrant
loss early and treat patients as early as possible. Future medications
might fight the rapid loss of brain tissue, and their effectiveness
could be assessed using the imaging technique.
Progressive Brain Changes in Schizophrenia:
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Speaker: Daniel H. Mathalon, Ph.D., M.D., Assistant Professor
of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine.
Is schizophrenia a progressive degenerative disorder? Dr. Mathalon
presents clinical and physical evidence (MRI and ERP studies) that support
this hypothesis, showing changes to the brain over the course of the
illness. He then discusses some factors that can help clinicians predict
the progressive course of the disorder in certain patients.
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