UO Psychology Graduate Seminar Winter 2006
Trauma & Psychosis
Syllabus (Version: 12 March 2006)
Winter 2006 Psychology 607 Seminar
Title: Sem Trauma & Psychosis
CRN: 24310
Instructors: Jennifer Freyd & Pamela Birrell
Grading option: Optional
Credits: 1-4
Time: T 12:00-13:50 in 143 Straub Hall
Application Form: Instructors Consent
is Required for graduate students not enrolled in Psychology graduate program
(for both students who wish to register and those who wish to audit). Applications
will be considered as long as there is space available.
Course Home Page http://dynamic.uoregon.edu/~jfreyd/psy607-win06/
Course Materials for Registered Students Located at http://blackboard.uoregon.edu/
Clinical Elective: This seminar can be used as a clinical elective
for grad students in UO Clinical Psychology program.
Overview: We will consider empirical research and theory on the relationship
between trauma exposure and psychosis, including the illness model of schizophrenia,
biological, social and psychological approaches to etiology, pharmacology, and
evidence-based psycho-social interventions.
Required book for the course:
J. Read, L.R. Mosher, & R.P. Bentall (Eds) Models of Madness: Psychological,
Social and Biological Approaches to Schizophrenia. New York: Brunner-Routledge,
2004.
(This book will be available for purchase in the text book section of the UO
bookstore, and will be on reserve at Knight Library.)
Course Work: Students will be expected to attend all class meetings,
do all assigned readings, and to participate actively in seminar discussion.
In addition each participant will lead a class discussion and, in advance of
the class meeting, create a set of discussion questions by the Friday at noon
before the Tuesday class. The student will send the questions to the instructor
and then the questions will be distributed to the class via email by the instructor
prior to the discussion. After the class, the student(s) leading discussion
will create a document including the discussion questions, any other presentation
material, and capturing important discussion points from class. This revised
document must be submitted to the instructor for posting on the course web site
by the Wednesday at noon following class. The revised version of the handout
must be in either powerpoint, word, or rich text format.
Topics & Readings by Week
(RMB = readings from required book)
January 10: Introduction and Organization
Discussion Leaders: Jennifer Freyd & Pam Birrell
January 17: The Illness model of schizophrenia -- History
Discussion Leader: Bridget Klest
Readings:
- Barlow, D.H. and Durand, V.M. (2005) Abnormal Psychology: An Integrative
Approach. Belmont, CA:Thomson/Wadsworth -- Chapter 13 ("Schizophrenia
and Other Psychotic Disorders" -- pages 454-487)
- American Psychiatric Association (2000). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual
of Mental Disorders DSM-IV-TR (Text Revision). Washington DC: American
Psychiatric Association. -- "Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders"
(pages 297-343)
- RMB 1 -- Schizophrenia is not an illness
- RMB 2 -- A history of madness
- RMB 3 -- The invention of schizophrenia
January 24: The Illness model of schizophrenia -- Evidence
Discussion Leader: Dan Friend
Readings:
- RMB 4 -- Genetics, eugenics and mass murder
- RMB 5 -- Does schizophrenia exist? Reliability and validity
- RMB 6 -- Biological psychiatry's lost cause
- RMB 7 -- Schizophrenia and heredity: why the emperor has no genes
- Morrison, A., Read, J., & Turkington, D. (2005). Trauma and psychosis:
Theoretical and clinical implications. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica,
112(5), 327-329.
- James, O. (2005). Think again. The Guardian. London.
- Stuttaford, T. (2005). Is early abuse at the root of schizophrenia? Unlikely.
The Sunday Times. London.
January 31: The Illness model of schizophrenia -- Treatment
Discussion Leader: Melissa Foynes
Readings:
- RMB 8 --Electroconvulsive therapy
- RMB 9 -- Antipsychotic medication: myths and facts
- RMB 10 -- Drug companies and schizophrenia: unbridgled capitalism meets
madness
- Read, J., van Os, J., Morrison, A. P., & Ross, C. A. (2005). Childhood
trauma, psychosis and schizophrenia: A literature review with theoretical
and clinical implications. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 112(5),
330-350.
- Whitaker, R. (2004). The case against antipsychotic drugs: A 50-year record
of doing more harm than good. Medical Hypotheses, 62, 5-13.
February 7: Social and psychological approaches to understanding madness
Discussion Leader: Annmarie Cholankeril
Readings:
- RMB 11 -- Public opinion: bad things happen and can drive you crazy
- RMB 12 -- Listening to the voices we hear: clients' understandings of psychotic
experiences
- RMB 13 -- Poverty, ethnicity and gender
- Jacobs, N., Myin-Germeys, I., Derom, C., Vlietinck, R., & Os, J. (2005).
Deconstructing the familiality of the emotive component of psychotic experiences
in the general population. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 112(5), 394-401.
- Gunther, N., Drukker, M., Feron, F., Korebrits, A., & Os, J. (2005).
The combination of shared family environment and individual-specific developmental
deviance as a cause for treated psychiatric morbidity in children. Acta
Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 112(5), 376-384.
February 14: Social and psychological approaches to understanding madness
Discussion Leaders: Catherine Tenedios & Aiko Takahashi
Readings:
- RMB 14 -- Abandoning the concept of schizophrenia: its cognitive psychology
of hallucinations and delusions
- RMB 15 -- Psychodynamic psychotherapy of schizophrenia: its history and
development
- Roy, A., & Janal, M. (2005). Family history of suicide, female sex,
and childhood trauma: Separate or interacting risk factors for attempts at
suicide? Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 112(5), 367-371.
- Whitfield, C. L., Dube, S.R., Felitti, B.J., & Anda, R.F. (2005). Adverse
childhood experiences and hallucinations. Child Abuse & Neglect,
29, 797-810.
- Bak, M., Krabbendam, L., Janssen, I., Graaf, R., Vollebergh, W., & Os,
J. (2005). Early trauma may increase the risk for psychotic experiences by
impacting on emotional response and perception of control. Acta Psychiatrica
Scandinavica, 112(5), 360-366.
February 21: Social and psychological approaches to understanding madness
Discussion Leaders: Mary Ann Winter-Messiers & Shin Shin (Sharon) Tang
Readings:
- RMB 16 -- Childhood trauma, loss and stress
- RMB 17 -- Unhappy families
- Schubert, E. W., Henriksson, K. M., & McNeil, T. F. (2005). A prospective
study of offspring of women with psychosis: Visual dysfunction in early childhood
predicts schizophrenia-spectrum disorders in adulthood. Acta Psychiatrica
Scandinavica, 112(5), 385-393.
- Bebbington, P. E., Bhugra, D., Brugha, T., Sigleton, N., Farrell, M., Jenkins,
R., Lewis, G., & Meltzer, H. (2004). Psychosis, victimisation and childhood
disadvantage: Evidence from the second British National Survey of Psychiatric
Morbidity. British Journal of Psychiatry, 185, 220-226.
February 28: Evidence-based psycho-social interventions
Discussion Leaders: Carolyn Allard & Rie Mizuki
Readings:
- RMB 18 -- Preventing schizophrenia: creating the conditions for saner societies
- RMB 19 -- User-run services
- RMB 20 -- Cognitive therapy for people with psychosis
- Leask, S. J. (2004). Environmental influences in schizophrenia: the known
and the unknown. Advances in Psychiatric Treatment, 10, 323-330.
March 7: Evidence-based psycho-social interventions
Discussion Leader: Lisa Cromer
Readings:
- RMB 21 -- Psychodynamic psychotherapy for schizophrenia: empirical support
- RMB 22 -- The development of early intervention services
- RMB 23 -- Family therapy and schizophrenia: replacing ideology with openness
- RMB 24 -- Non-hospital, non-drug intervention with first-episode psychosis
March 14: Summing Up
Discussion Leaders: Pam Birrell & Jennifer Freyd
Readings:
- Birrell, P.J. (in press) Schizophrenia Under Siege: The Unmaking of a Disease
[Book Review]. Journal of Trauma & Dissociation. (Scheduled for
7(3)).
- Oyebode, F. (2004). Fictional narrative and psychiatry. Advances in Psychiatric
Treatment, 10, 140-145.
- Roberts, G. and P. Wolfson (2004). The rediscovery of recovery: open to
all. Advances in Psychiatric Treatment, 10, 37-49.
- Breggin, P.R. (2003) Psychopharmacology and Human Values. Journal of
Humanistic Psychology, 43, 34-49.
- Vedantam, S. (2005). Social Network's Healing Power Is Borne Out in Poorer
Nations. The Washington Post. June 27, 2005; Page A01.
Course Readings
Primary Text
- J. Read, L.R. Mosher, & R.P. Bentall (Eds) Models of Madness: Psychological,
Social and Biological Approaches to Schizophrenia. New York: Brunner-Routledge,
2004.
Readings from special issue on trauma & psychosis of Acta Psychiatrica
Scandinavica
- Bak, M., Krabbendam, L., Janssen, I., Graaf, R., Vollebergh, W., & Os,
J. (2005). Early trauma may increase the risk for psychotic experiences by
impacting on emotional response and perception of control. Acta Psychiatrica
Scandinavica, 112(5), 360-366.
- Gunther, N., Drukker, M., Feron, F., Korebrits, A., & Os, J. (2005).
The combination of shared family environment and individual-specific developmental
deviance as a cause for treated psychiatric morbidity in children. Acta
Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 112(5), 376-384.
- Jacobs, N., Myin-Germeys, I., Derom, C., Vlietinck, R., & Os, J. (2005).
Deconstructing the familiality of the emotive component of psychotic experiences
in the general population. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 112(5), 394-401.
- Janssen, I., Krabbendam, L., Hanssen, M., Bak, M., Vollebergh, W., de Graaf,
R., et al. (2005). Are apparent associations between parental representations
and psychosis risk mediated by early trauma? Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica,
112(5), 372-375.
- Kilcommons, A. M., & Morrison, A. P. (2005). Relationships between trauma
and psychosis: An exploration of cognitive and dissociative factors. Acta
Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 112(5), 351-359.
- Morrison, A., Read, J., & Turkington, D. (2005). Trauma and psychosis:
Theoretical and clinical implications. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica,
112(5), 327-329.
- Read, J., van Os, J., Morrison, A. P., & Ross, C. A. (2005). Childhood
trauma, psychosis and schizophrenia: A literature review with theoretical
and clinical implications. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 112(5),
330-350.
- Roy, A., & Janal, M. (2005). Family history of suicide, female sex,
and childhood trauma: Separate or interacting risk factors for attempts at
suicide? Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 112(5), 367-371.
- Schubert, E. W., Henriksson, K. M., & McNeil, T. F. (2005). A prospective
study of offspring of women with psychosis: Visual dysfunction in early childhood
predicts schizophrenia-spectrum disorders in adulthood. Acta Psychiatrica
Scandinavica, 112(5), 385-393.
Additional Readings
- American Psychiatric Association (2000). Diagnostic and Statistical
Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-IV-TR (Text Revision). Washington DC: American
Psychiatric Association. -- "Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders"
(pages 297-343)
- Barlow, D.H. and Durand, V.M. (2005) Abnormal Psychology: An Integrative
Approach. Belmont, CA:Thomson/Wadsworth -- Chapter 13 ("Schizophrenia
and Other Psychotic Disorders" -- pages 454-487)
- Bebbington, P. E., Bhugra, D., Brugha, T., Sigleton, N., Farrell, M., Jenkins,
R., Lewis, G., & Meltzer, H. (2004). Psychosis, victimisation and childhood
disadvantage: Evidence from the second British National Survey of Psychiatric
Morbidity. British Journal of Psychiatry, 185, 220-226.
- Birrell, P.J. (in press) Schizophrenia Under Siege: The Unmaking of a Disease
[Book Review]. Journal of Trauma & Dissociation. (Scheduled for
7(3)).
- Breggin, P.R. (2003) Psychopharmacology and Human Values. Journal of
Humanistic Psychology, 43, 34-49.
- Janssen, I., Krabbendam, L. Hanssen, B.M., Vollergh, W. de Graaf, R., &
van Os, J. (2004). Childhood abuse as a risk factor for psychotic experiences.
Acta Pscyhiatrica Scandinavica, 109, 38-45.
- James, O. (2005). Think again. The Guardian. London.
- Leask, S. J. (2004). Environmental influences in schizophrenia: the known
and the unknown. Advances in Psychiatric Treatment, 10, 323-330.
- Oyebode, F. (2004). Fictional narrative and psychiatry. Advances in Psychiatric
Treatment, 10, 140-145.
- Roberts, G. and P. Wolfson (2004). The rediscovery of recovery: open to
all. Advances in Psychiatric Treatment, 10, 37-49.
- Stuttaford, T. (2005). Is early abuse at the root of schizophrenia? Unlikely.
The Sunday Times. London.
- Vedantam, S. (2005). Social Network's Healing Power Is Borne Out in Poorer
Nations. The Washington Post. June 27, 2005; Page A01.
- Whitaker, R. (2004). The case against antipsychotic drugs: A 50-year record
of doing more harm than good. Medical Hypotheses, 62, 5-13.
- Whitfield, C. L., Dube, S.R., Felitti, B.J., & Anda, R.F. (2005). Adverse
childhood experiences and hallucinations. Child Abuse & Neglect,
29, 797-810.
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