This webinar series will explore how innovations in schizophrenia treatment can help people manage their disease – and how clinicians can work with their patients to achieve meaningful treatment outcomes.
The series takes a fresh approach by presenting diagnosed people’s perspectives side by side with those of clinicians and caregivers – providing strategies and insights in a more interactive environment outside of the doctor’s office.
Each webinar is focused on one of the main types of schizophrenia symptoms: positive, negative and cognitive. Featured speakers will use plain language to ensure all participants can understand and act on the information shared.
With proper treatment and support, many people with schizophrenia can achieve recovery, including returning to work or school, enjoying friendships and living a meaning-driven life. This webinar series is a resource to empower all of us – those living with the disease, caregivers and clinicians – with tools to help reach that goal.
Delusions, hallucinations and disorganized thinking are symptoms that contribute to the stigma and discrimination that those diagnosed with schizophrenia face every day. Yet these symptoms are described as “positive,” which on its face makes no sense.
The term actually has a mathematical source: positive symptoms are ADDED to what the general public experiences. Whatever their name, they can significantly affect a person’s ability to manage day-to-day life and are a main target of schizophrenia treatment.
Join us for a 360-degree perspective on the roles people living with the disease, caregivers and clinicians can play in managing these symptoms on the pathway to recovery.
Rob Ramos
Living with schizophrenia
Jody Geisel
Caregiver
David Weiss, Ph.D.
Clinician
The negative symptoms of schizophrenia are common, debilitating and can be the biggest barrier to re-integrating into life after diagnosis. Yet most schizophrenia treatments have not addressed these serious symptoms, which include a lack of motivation, reduced emotional expression and a decreased ability to speak (or less interest in speaking).
In this webinar, a person diagnosed with schizophrenia, a caregiver and a clinician will discuss constructive ways to approach and manage negative symptoms. They’ll also share clinician strategies for working with patients and their caregivers to understand the degree of burden negative symptoms are causing and design a treatment plan to address them.
Speakers to be announced soon!
The cognitive symptoms of schizophrenia can have a significant negative impact on a person’s employment, ability to attend school and social functioning. Cognitive problems can lead to social isolation, which can worsen symptoms and make relapses more likely. They also can prevent a person with schizophrenia from being able to live independently.
While cognitive impairment can be present even before the first symptoms appear, it is not always obvious. As a result, it’s not always considered a key component of schizophrenia or an important treatment target. In this webinar, a person diagnosed with schizophrenia, a caregiver and a clinician will discuss the real-world impact of cognitive symptoms and the importance of treating them to optimize a person’s ability to re-integrate into their social environment, school, work and society.
Speakers to be announced soon!
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