Psychotic Disorders
     

Psychotic Disorders (Clinical):
Dr. Bob Boland

The Neurobiology of Schizophrenia
Dr. Alice Lee-Vestner

Drug Treatment for Schizophrenia
Dr. Alice Lee-Vestner

     

Syllabus

Psychotics Disorders.

pages:
Neurobiology: 4-9
Clinical: 1-4, 10-15
Treatment: 16-19

note: the pages here refer to the downloadable version.

 

Articles (require Adobe Acrobat)

Schizophrenia: clinical features

Schizophrenia: Neurobiology

Schizophrenia: Treatment

 

Slideshow

Dr. Boland's handout

Dr. Vestners's:
Neurobiology
Treatment

 

 
 
Optional Content:
 
"A preview of the upcoming lectures: The Psychotic Disorders Lectures" (about 9 minutes)
you can preview it in the following formats: windows media, quicktime, ipod format, or embedded in a web page (the latter way is better if you want to navigate around--I think it only works in windows machines, however).
 
Useful clips from Youtube
Schizophrenia by mindyourmind

 
a bit artsy, but the narration gives a compelling description of her struggle coping with schizophrenia.  

 

Schizophrenia: Heather by Neuroslicer

 
Interview with young woman with schizophrenia, and mother.

Schizophrenia for Beginners by 28October1961

 
interesting videoblog.

The Real Story of Schizophrenia by bcssprov

 
People describing their experiences, as well as some psychiatrists commenting on the disease.