Prospectus | 08/09 - Psychology and Neuroscience - Maastricht ...
Prospectus | 08/09 - Psychology and Neuroscience - Maastricht ...
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Chapter 5 - Specialization Psychopathology<br />
Literature<br />
For each meeting <strong>and</strong>/or topic a selected number of research papers will be suggested,<br />
<strong>and</strong> made available through EleUM.<br />
Instructional Approach<br />
The seminar consists of interactive meetings, which consist of lectures, meetings with<br />
international experts, group discussions, <strong>and</strong> student presentations. Students work in<br />
teams of two on an 8-10 page research paper. The final meeting is usually a symposium<br />
during which students present their research papers.<br />
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Form of Assessment<br />
Participation in discussions, research paper <strong>and</strong> presentation of the research paper.<br />
| 476PP Psychosis – 3 credits<br />
Coordinator: Jim van Os, Psychiatry & Neuropsychology (FHML), Phone 38 75443,<br />
12 Dr. Tanslaan, Room 3.G4.044, E-mail: j.vanos@sp.unimaas.nl<br />
This seminar aims to give the student an overview of current thinking <strong>and</strong><br />
unresolved issues in schizophrenia research. The process of psychotic disorder <strong>and</strong><br />
psychosis transition has been the subject of intense study in the last decade. Early<br />
epidemiological approaches have been complemented with studies of cognition <strong>and</strong><br />
neuroimaging <strong>and</strong>, finally, treatment trials. There is now evidence to suggest that<br />
the onset of psychotic disorder is the endpoint of a process of interactive etiological<br />
forces that involve genetic background factors associated with low grade, non-clinical<br />
expression of psychosis in the general population, environmental stressors such as<br />
cannabis use <strong>and</strong> psychological trauma, <strong>and</strong> a number of cognitive vulnerabilities in<br />
the realm of neuropsychology <strong>and</strong> social cognition. In addition, it is now increasingly<br />
clear that the process of onset of psychosis is associated with neurocognitive changes<br />
<strong>and</strong> progressive sensitization to dopaminergic stimulation, greater quantities of which<br />
may predict subsequent brain changes <strong>and</strong> poorer outcome.<br />
Instructional Approach<br />
The seminar consists of interactive meetings, which consist of lectures, group<br />
discussions, <strong>and</strong> student presentations.<br />
Form of Assessment<br />
Written papers, presentation, <strong>and</strong> research proposal.
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