University of Michigan - Understanding Psychosis 

Introduction to the Course

Features of Psychosis

Introduction to Stigma and Recovery

Welcome & Syllabus

Get to Know Your Instructor!

Course Team and Acknowledgments

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Navigating the Course

[Optional] Article: Physical Health Disparities and Mental Illness: the Scandal of Premature Mortality (5 minute read).

[Optional] Resource/Pamphlet: Understanding Psychosis (2 minute read)

[Optional] Article: Peer-professional first-person account: schizophrenia from the inside—phenomenology and the integration of causes and meanings (34 minute reading)

[Optional] Article: Recovery and the Conspiracy of Hope (34 minute reading)

[Optional] TED Talk: Elyn Saks - A Tale of Mental Illness from the Inside (10 min)

[Optional] Article: Scientific and Consumer Models of Recovery in Schizophrenia: Concordance, Contrasts, and Implications (40 minute reading)

[Optional] Article: Recovery From Mental Illness (16 minute read)

[Optional] Article: Understanding the Impact of Stigma on People with Mental Illness (12 minute read)

[Optional] Recovering Our Sense of Value After Being Labeled: Mentally Ill

Module 1 Next Steps for Completion

Module 1 Conclusion

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Module 1, Lesson 1: Knowledge Check

Module 1, Lesson 2: Knowledge Check

Module 1, Lesson 3: Knowledge Check

Module 1 Quiz

Continuing Education Quiz - Module 1

Historical Perspectives

Approaches that Work

A Health Provider Toolkit

[Optional] Article: More people than ever before are receiving behavioral health care in the United States, but gaps and challenges remain (24 minute read)

[Optional] Article: My Experience With Psychiatric Services (10 minute read)

[Optional] The making of contemporary American psychiatry, part 1

[Optional] Article: Recovery From Schizophrenia: With Views of Psychiatrists, Psychologists, and Others Diagnosed With This Disorder (41 minute read)

[Optional] Article: Understanding Psychiatric Institutionalization: a Conceptual Review (37 minute read)

[Optional] Article: Towards an integrated, structural model of psychiatric rehabilitation (28 minute reading)

[Optional] Article: Recovery-Oriented Systems of Care: A Perspective on the Past, Present, and Future (27 minute read)

[Optional] Resource: SAMHSA's Working Definition of Recovery (6 minute read)

[Optional] Article: Recovery from Mental Illness (17 minute read)

[Optional] Article: Treatments for Schizophrenia in Adults: A Systematic Review (3 minute read)

[Optional] Article: First-Generation versus Second-Generation Antipsychotics in Adults: Comparative Effectiveness (2 minute read)

[Optional] Resource: APA Division 12

[Optional] Video Demonstration: Talk Therapy for Psychosis (Normalizing) (14 minute watch)

[Optional] Video Demonstration: Talk Therapy for Psychosis (Setting Goals) (32 minute watch)

[Optional] Video Demonstration: Talk Therapy for Psychosis (Voice Hearing) (21 minute watch)

[Optional] Article: Schizophrenia: An Overview (35 minute read)

[Optional] Article: Recent Developments in Family Psychoeducation as an Evidence‐Based Practice (35 minute read)

[Optional] Article: Family Psychoeducation and Schizophrenia (35 minute read)

[Optional] Article: Teach Back Method (20 minute read)

[Optional] Teach Back Training Toolkit (2 minute read)

[Optional] Resource: Sally Rigg's Trainings

[Optional] Eleanor Longden's TED Talk (10 minute watch)

[Optional] The Lancet’s Blueprint

Module 2 Next Steps for Completion

Module 2 Conclusion

Claim Continuing Education Credit for Module 2

Module 2, Lesson 1: Knowledge Check

Module 2, Lesson 2: Knowledge Check

Module 2, Lesson 3: Knowledge Check

Module 2 Quiz

Continuing Education Quiz - Module 2

Health Disparities

Healthcare System Deficiencies

Where Do We Go From Here?

[Optional] The Lancet’s Blueprint

[Optional] Article: Physical Health Disparities and Mental Illness: the Scandal of Premature Mortality (8 minute read)

[Optional] Article: Health Disparities Definitions (4 minute read)

[Optional] Resource: NASMHPD's White Paper on Health Disparities

[Optional] Resource: Social Determinants of Health

[Optional] Resource: Unnatural Causes Documentary

[Optional] The Lancet’s Blueprint

[Optional] Article: Social Conditions as Fundamental Causes of Disease (20 minute read)

[Optional] No Mental Health Without Oral Health (18 minute read)

Module 3 Next Steps for Completion

Module 3 Conclusion

Claim Continuing Education Credit for Module 3

Module 3, Lesson 1: Knowledge Check

Module 3, Lesson 2: Knowledge Check

Lesson 3: Knowledge Check

Module 3 Quiz

Continuing Education Quiz - Module 3

Trauma Basics

Trauma and Psychosis

Providing Trauma-Informed Care

[Optional] Resource: Social Determinants of Health (21 minute read)

[Optional] Resource: Defining Trauma (8 minute reading)

[Optional] TED Talk: Nadine Burke Harris (16 minute watch)

[Optional] Resource: Information About the ACE Study

[Optional] Resource: Structural Racism

[Optional] Resource: Recovery and Trauma-informed Care

[Optional] Article: Schizophrenia: An Overview (17 minute read)

[Optional] TED Talk: Eleanor Longden (14 minute watch)

[Optional] Article: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Racial Trauma (36 minute read)

[Optional] Resource: The Lancet’s Blueprint

[Optional] Article: Racial and ethnic disparities in research and treatment of people with schizophrenia (9 minute read)

[Optional] Resource: Laying the Groundwork for Trauma-Informed Care (19 minute read)

[Optional] Article: A Paradigm Shift: Relationships in Trauma-Informed Mental Health Services (54 minute read)

Module 4 Next Steps for Completion

Module 4 Conclusion

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Post-Course Survey

Module 4, Lesson 1: Knowledge Check

Module 4, Lesson 2: Knowledge Check

Module 4, Lesson 3: Knowledge Check

Module 4 Quiz

Continuing Education Quiz - Module 4