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    Oct 2006: Dr Mike Slade and Professor Ming T. Tsuang

    08 October 2006

    This podcast focuses on two papers from the October 2006 British Journal of Psychiatry

    Dr Mike Slade

    Dr Slade, Clinical Psychologist at the Institute of Psychiatry in London, talks to Dr Persaud about whether measuring scientifically how patients are doing can impact on their care

    Read the article: Use of standardised outcome measures in adult mental health services: Randomised controlled trial

    Hear about this in more detail and answer the test for CPD credit in the eLearning Hub.

    (Interview starts at: 0 mins 0 secs)

    Professor Ming T. Tsuang

    Professor Tsuang, Genetic Epidemiologist from the Universities of Harvard and California, talks to Dr Persaud as to whether it is possible to spot the psychological differences between those at high risk of developing schizophrenia in the future and the general population. In theory could this lead us to predicting who will develop schizophrenia many years before onset, and can the illness be prevented?

    Read the article: Psychopathology, personality traits and social development of young first-degree relatives of patients with schizophrenia

    Hear about this in more detail and answer the test for CPD credit in the eLearning Hub.

    (Interview starts at: 14 mins 47 secs)