This 8-day online lecture sequence covers a wide range of topics on the relationship between the brain and the mind in health and disease. Brain mechanisms of major cognitive functions will be reviewed. Brain mechanisms and cognitive characteristics of major disorders affecting cognition will also be reviewed.

48 CE credits are offered for completion of the 8-day program (6 CE credits per day) for most mental health professions. The participants will be able to print out the certificate immediately after filling out a short quiz. The fee is $3,360 for an 8-day sequence / $450 for a single day (6 hours) participation. There is a separate $8 processing fee per day / 6 CE credits charged by CE credit sponsor R. Cassidy Seminars.

Format:
online workshop

Duration:
6 hours / day (48 hours total)

Basic neuroanatomy. Perception and agnosias. Motor functions and apraxias. Language and aphasias. (Recorded on November 10, 2018)

Agenda:

Basic functional neuroanatomy.
Major brain structures and neurotransmitters and their contributions to neural computation.
Perception and perceptual disorders.
Agnosias, cerebral hemispheres, and distributed mechanisms of perception.

Executive functions. (Recorded on November 11, 2018)

Agenda:

Motor functions and motor disorders.
Apraxias and hierarchic organization of motor control and action.
Language and language disorders.
Aphasias and distributed nature of the mechanisms of language.

Executive functions (continuation). Hemispheric specialization. (Recorded on November 24, 2018)

Agenda:

The deciding brain.
Neural mechanisms of executive functions of the frontal lobes and dysexecutive syndromes.
The bicameral brain. Structural and functional hemispheric asymmetries.
Novel approaches to hemispheric specialization.

Hemispheric specialization (continuation). Emotions. (Recorded on November 25, 2018)

Agenda:

The emotional brain. Limbic and cortical contributions to emotional regulation.
Laterality and emotional control.
Attention and attentional disorders.
Voluntary attention and ADHD. Automatic attention and hemiinattention.

Arousal and attention. Memory and amnesias. Cognitive aging and neuroplasticity. (Recorded on December 8, 2018)

Agenda:

Memory and amnesias. Neuroanatomical components of memory circuits.
Types of memory and amnesias.
Brain development and aging.
Current concepts of neuroplasticity. Factors behind healthy cognitive aging.

Dementias. Cerebrovascular disorders. (Recorded on December 9, 2018)

Agenda:

Major dementias. Alzheimer’s disease.
Lewy body, frontotemporal, cerebrovascular, and mixed dementias. Mild Neurocognitive Impairment (mNCI) and its relationship to dementias.
Cerebrovascular disorders.
Cerebrovascular accident (CVA) and transient ischemic attack (TIA). Aneurisms and AVM's.

Traumatic Brain Injury. Neuropsychiatric disorders. (Recorded on December 15, 2018)

Agenda:

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). Neuroanatomy, subtypes, natural history, cognitive profiles, and diagnosis.
Forensic aspects of TBI.
Neuropsychiatric disorders. Schizophrenias; diagnostic and differential diagnosis issues.
Affective disorders; diagnostic and differential diagnosis issues.

Neurodevelopmental disorders. Infectious encephalopathies, neoplasms, movement disorders, and seizures. Addictions. (Recorded on December 16, 2018)

Agenda:

Neurodevelopmental disorders. Dyslexias, non-verbal learning disabilities.
Autism, ADHD, Tourette’s syndrome.
Infectious diseases of the brain. Bacterial (Lyme), viral (HIV and Herpes Simplex), prion (Jacob-Kreuzfeld) encephalopathies. Seizures and their effect on cognition. Classification, neurobiology, and cognitive profiles. Diagnostic and differential diagnosis issues.
Neoplasms and their effects on cognition. Types of brain tumors and their effects on cognition. Movement disorders. Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, ALS and their effects on cognition. Addictions and substance abuse. Alcohol abuse and Korsakoff syndrome.

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About the Instructor

The series of mental health courses and workshops are provided by Elkhonon Goldberg, Ph.D., ABPP (wikipedia) with the participation of additional select faculty. Elkhonon Goldberg is a clinical neuropsychologist and a cognitive neuroscientist with more than 30 years of experience. Goldberg’s clinical practice spans the whole range of neuropsychological disorders, including traumatic brain injury, dementias, neurodevelopmental disorders, and forensic neuropsychology. Goldberg research includes cortical organization, hemispheric specialization, frontal lobes, memory, traumatic brain injury, dementias, schizophrenia, and other topics. Goldberg has authored several influential books and published a number of research papers in peer-reviewed journals. Goldberg is also a sought-after educator who lectures worldwide. He was a Visiting Professor at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, University of Sydney and has taught at other major universities worldwide. He has mentored a number of students and post-doctoral trainees, many of whom have become prominent neuropsychologists and neuroscientists in their own right. Elkhonon Goldberg is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Neurology of New York University School of Medicine and a Diplomate of The American Board of Professional Psychology in Clinical Neuropsychology. He is a recipient of The Copernicus Prize for his “contributions to interdisciplinary dialogue between neurosciences and neuropsychology, and the Tempos Hominis medal for international medical sciences education.” He is a foreign member of The Venetian Institute of Science, Literature and Arts. His books The Executive Brain (2001), The Wisdom Paradox (2005), and The New Executive Brain (2009) have been translated into close to 20 languages. He co-authored (with Alvaro Fernandez) The SharpBrains Guide to Cognitive Fitness and is the Chief Scientific Adviser of www.sharpbrains.com Elkhonon Goldberg was a student and close associate of Alexander Luria, one of the “founding fathers” of neuropsychology as a scientific discipline.