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As we know, despite major research on understanding of genetics and biological basis of Psychosis over five decades of intensive development of new drugs for this condition, psychopharmacology has not yet provided a complete solution for psychotic disorder. Treatment failure residual symptoms, chronicity and recurrences are commonplace. The degree of improvement in a positive symptom of schizophrenia with antipsychotic medication is typically less than 20% (Khan et al. 2001). Additional treatment methods are required to help patients understand and manage their illness and reduce symptoms that do not fully respond to medication.
Evidenced based investigations have demonstrated efficacy of CBT. The outcome of literature for CBT intervention with psychotic symptoms indicated that there is growing body of Support for a range of CBT related programmes. Specifically, it appears that there is a strong support in the form of randomized controlled trails for the use of individual CBT in treating persisting psychotic symptoms such as hallucination and delusions. This form of psychological treatment has been shown to produce significant improvement in psychotic symptomatology. National Institute of Clinical Excellence in United Kingdom concluded that a course of CBT should be offered to all patients with Schizophrenia (National Institute of Clinical Excellence 2002)Muhammad Hassan Afridi was born in Gilgit, Northern Pakistan. He has completed his graduation in psychology from the University of Punjab, Lahore in 2007 and Masters in Clinical Psychology from University of Karachi in 2012. Since March 2012, he has been working as a Research Associate / Clinical Psychologist at the Pakistan Institute of Learning & Living (PILL) a UK based research organization. He is also working with the Dow University of Health Science as a Visiting Trainer. Soon he is to join the Karachi Psychiatric Hospital as a Psychotherapist.
Offline and online mode of training with voice assisted Powerpoint presentations and a manual provided at the start of the course. The participant will have a week’s time to master one particular module of the course and he/she can contact the trainer either through email/ chat or video chat for any clarifications.
Each module will have its own activity and a pragmatic paper for better understanding.- The main objective of the course is to help deserving patients with psychosis by introducing CBT to more and more mental health professionals. After completion of the course, the participant will be able to work as a Cognitive Behavioral Therapist in Hospitals and other Settings.
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Group Participants from Rest of the world (minimum members in a group is three) (in US Dollars)
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- Participant Capacity is Limited to 12 per batch.
- To Know about Course details and Commencement dates Text the Course No and Your Email ID to 0091 979 00 88 002 or email us at psy.courses@gmail.com Eg; 008 SPACE xyz@gmail.com to 0 979 00 88 002
- Complete Manual
- PowerPoint Presentations
- Asociated Voice Files
You decide as per the course needs and your availability (below is a sample for an Audio based webinar course for eight weeks)
- Voice Associated PowerPoint Presentations
- Home Based Activity at the end of each session for practical learning
- Pragmatic Paper to assess understanding at the end of each session
- Additional Reference Documents (on request)
- Sessions through Skype for discussion and clarification (on request)
- Additional support through email / chat during the course period
Week 1: Introduction to Psychosis and CBT
Week 2: Measurement and Quantification of Schizophrenia (PANNS)
Week 3: Normalizing and educating
Week 4: Case Formulation and Treatment Planning
Week 5: CBT for Hallucination
Week 6: CBT for Delusion
Week 7: CBT for impaired Cognitive Functioning
Week 8: CBT for Negative Symptoms
Week 9: Maintaining Treatment Gains
Week 10: Final Review and Q&A Session
- A UG or PG Study in Psychology
- Psychiatrist
- A passion to work with Psychotic Patients
- Those who are doing their UG or PG in any major and are interested in psychology can also enroll
- Book and Manuals will be suggested during the session
- Discussion through Skype
- 10 Weeks
- PowerPoint Presentation with associated Audio
- Activities to understand better
Participants will be trained enough to practice advanced counseling techniques within their practice.
- A computer or a laptop with Microsoft Office with mike and headphone facility
- A good Internet connection
- Having web cam is an added advantage
Contact your student advisor at info@psykology.in for more details on registration, availability of seat, payment of fee, etc.
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