Wingate 60-61

Speaker(s):

Rakhshan Rouhakhtar, Pamela, PhD

Description

This talk will provide an in-depth exploration of how psychosis can be misidentified, both symptomatically and diagnostically. Broad pathways for misidentification or misattribution will be explored, including: 1) when psychosis is misperceived as the primary diagnosis; 2) when it is missed as a relevant symptom, and; 3) when it is critical to identify overlap in psychosis and other distressing experiences, such as OCD, depression, and Autism. The talk will conclude with a focus on best practices and tools to appropriately assess and diagnose psychosis (or not) and a discussion of how diagnoses related to psychosis impact individual mental health care and associated care systems.

Objectives

1. Distinguish psychosis as a syndrome from primary psychotic spectrum diagnoses
2. Identify the main pathways for misdiagnosis or misidentification of psychosis
3. Review techniques and considerations useful for appropriate and sensitive assessment and diagnosis of psychosis spectrum diagnoses
4. Discuss the implications of psychosis spectrum diagnoses on client mental health and care systems

Rouhakhtar – I can’t believe it’s not psychosis.pptx

Wingate 60-61

Speaker(s):

Rakhshan Rouhakhtar, Pamela, PhD

Description

This talk will provide a overview of psychosis symptoms, highlighting the developmental trajectory and severity spectrum of mental illness with psychosis. A brief broad over of psychosis with precede an in depth review of early identification and intervention for early and attenuated psychosis. Practical considerations and best practices practices for screening and assessment of attenuated and early psychosis will be discussed, and challenges and special considerations for early psychosis identification reviewed.

Objectives

1. Identify the symptoms and typical developmental trajectories of mental illness with psychosis.
2. Distinguish between the constructs/conditions of attenuated and early psychosis.
3. Describe best practices and tools for the screening and assessment of early/attenuated psychosis.
4. Discuss some of the challenges and special considerations for psychosis screening and assessment.

Rouhakhtar – Screening and Diagnosis of Psychosis.pptx

Wingate 60-61

Speaker(s):

Woodruff, Jodi, PhD

Description

This presentation will discuss the current, regional prevalence of schizophrenia spectrum disorders in Missouri. We will demonstrate the progression of diagnoses, across the lifespan using administrative data specific to Missouri, to highlight the importance of early recognition and need for treatment to reduce the lifetime prevalence of schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Finally, we will discuss the individual and environmental factors, using an epidemiological approach, that affect diagnosis and access to treatment.

Objectives

1. Review regional difference in people living with psychosis in MO Medicaid
2. Describe the progression of diagnoses across the lifespan for persons diagnosed with a schizophrenia spectrum disorder
3. Identify critical age groups and regions needing care for persons experiencing first episode psychosis