"Affective Agnosia: A New Approach to Understanding Impairments in Mental Representation of Emotion and Their Treatment"
Richard D. Lane, MD, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
Learning Objectives for "Affective Agnosia: A New Approach to Understanding Impairments in Mental Representation of Emotion and Their Treatment"
In relation to the goal of ultimately improving patient care, participants will be able to:
1. Appreciate the strengths and limitations of the leading measure of alexithymia.
2. Describe the distinction between anomia and agnosia and how it applies to emotion.
3. Explain the role of the medial prefrontal cortex in the neural model of affective agnosia.
4. Understand the treatment implications of the model including the importance of mentalizing.
The objective of the Psychiatry Grand Rounds series is to provide mental health professionals with updates on a variety of psychiatric topics with the goals of increasing knowledge, competence, and patient care.
All Faculty, CME Planning Committee Members, and the CME Office Reviewer have disclosed that they do not have any relevant financial relationships with commercial interests that would constitute a conflict of interest concerning this CME activity.
The University of Arizona College of Medicine at the Arizona Health Sciences Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The University of Arizona College of Medicine at the Arizona Health Sciences Center designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.