Year 4, 2011-12
Module leader
Dr James M Stone

Neuroscience and mental health
3 January - 3 February 2012

Module 3: Neurodevelopment, mental health and mental illness - timetable [Word]

In-course assessment:
ICA 1
Deadline: 13 Jan - Drug harms in the UK: a multicriteria decision analysis.
Nutt DJ, King LA, Phillips LD; Independent Scientific Committee on Drugs. Lancet. 2010 Nov 6;376(9752):1558-65.
Please write a précis of this paper for a scientific or health correspondent of a major news or media organisation (eg Horizon, BBC) including any strengths or weaknesses of the study and implications for general public. (500 words)
and
Please write a précis of this paper for a lay audience with minimal knowledge of drugs of abuse or risk and implications for them. (500 words)
ICA 2
Deadline: 1 Feb - What drugs have been suggested to model aspects of schizophrenia? For each drug, discuss the similarities and differences to the idiopathic condition. (essay plus references - 2500-3000 words)

PowerPoint presentations, unless otherwise indicated:
Tues 3 Jan Introduction - Dr James M Stone
Intelligence and intellectual disability - Dr Matthew Hodes
Wed 4 Jan Childhood autism - Dr Cathy Wainhouse
Thurs 5 Jan What can psychedelics teach us about the topography of the mind? - Dr Robin Carhart-Harris
Brain imaging in recreational users of MDMA/psychedelics [pdf] - Dr David Erritzoe
Fri 6 Jan Hyperkinetic disorder - Dr Aaron Vallance
Physiology, pharmacology and measurement of sleep - Dr Louise Paterson
Sleep disorders - Dr Sue Wilson
Mon 9 Jan Psychosis: historical perspective and introduction to clinical features - Professor Thomas Barnes
The drug treatment of schizophrenia - Professor Thomas Barnes
Identifying gene risk variants associated with schizophrenia - Dr Alex Morris
Tues 10 Jan The neurochemistry of schizophrenia + reading list [Word] - Dr James M Stone
Psychosis and schizophrenia - early detection + reading list [Word] - Dr James M Stone
Critical appraisal of systematic reviews and meta-analysis - Dr Vesna Jordanova
Thurs 12 Jan Cognitive dysfunction in psychosis - Dr Verity Leeson
Cognitive behaviour therapy for psychosis [pdf] - Dr Rahil Sanatinia
Rehabilitation for schizophrenia - Dr Andrew McDonald
Cannabis and schizophrenia - Dr Paul Stokes
Mon 16 Jan Violence risk assessment and management in mental health - Professor Tony Maden
Tues 17 Jan Introduction to personality disorder - Professor Mike Crawford
Evidence-based treatments for people with borderline PD - Professor Mike Crawford
Wed 18 Jan Affective disorders - Professor Allan Young
Thurs 19 Jan An Neurodevelopmental Model of Anorexia Nervosa - Frances Connan
Mon 23 Jan Drugs and alcohol: how they affect the brain - Professor Anne Lingford-Hughes
Contingency management - Dr Tim Weaver
Tues 24 Jan Neuroimaging of substance use, misuse and dependence: alcohol and opioids - Dr Laurence Reed
Inflammation in the pathogenesis of alcohol-related brain damage - Dr Nicola Kalk
Wed 25 Jan Assessing the harm of drugs - Professor David Nutt
Pharmacotherapy for drug and alcohol misuse - Professor Anne Lingford-Hughes
Thurs 26 Jan Stimulants, club drugs - Professor Anne Lingford-Hughes
Cocaine misuse - Dr Owen Bowden-Jones
Problem gambling [pdf] - Dr Henrietta Bowden-Jones
Translation of neurobiological research into treatment for problem gamblers - Dr Neil Smith
Mon 30 Jan Overview of exam structure - Dr James M Stone

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