Psychosis and Music Fest

[Drs. Shitij Kapur and Akira Sawa at the event, opening for singer Gladys Knight. Sawa was presented with a "Rising Star" award for his work with knockout mice schizophrenia genetics and gave an abundant technical talk.]

title The Story of Psychosis: Lessons from Mice, Men and Molecules
description Presentation at a posh Napa Valley mental health fundraiser (the next event is on Sept 13). The history of psychosis treatments, chlorpromazine then neuroleptics/antipsychotics since, PET scanning to calibrate dosage, plus cognitive and emotional aspects of psychosis.
producer Staglin Music Festival for Mental Health
featuring Dr. Shitij Kapur
format Flash
date 08/09/07
length 00:41:51
link http://www.music-festival.org/psychosis_story.html



Tags: brain video lecture psychosis PET neuroimaging neuropsychiatry antipsychotic mental_health