Wayne State University School of Medicine

Dept. of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neurosciences

Chairman's Grand Rounds

Date: Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Time: 1-2pm

Venue: Scott Hall - Margherio

Speaker:

Sarah Matto, MD

Resident (PGY-4)

General Psychiatry Residency Program

Dept. of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neurosciences 

Wayne State University School of Medicine

Discussant: Anindita Chakraborty, MD

No Commerical Relationship

TOPIC: 

"The Neurodevelopmental Hypothesis of Schizophrenia"

Objectives:

1.  Analyze the role of genetic and environmental factors in the development of schizophrenia according to the neurodevelopmental perspective. 

2.  Describe the structural and functional brain abnormalities associated with schizophrenia, as proposed by the neurodevelopmental hypothesis.

3.  Discuss the treatment implications of the neurodevelopment hypothesis of schizophrenia.