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About the Presentation:
Problems with low motivation, apathy and social withdrawal are common outcomes across a range of psychiatric and neuropsychological disorders (e.g. schizophrenia, head injury, dementia). These types of problems exert a substantial drag on recovery outcomes and are a common source of concern and emotional burden for the patient and their family. These problems are also hard to treat with traditional interventions and there is much work to be done on improving the care of patients faced by these difficulties. The emergence of more sophisticated transdiagnostic clinical models of amotivation, apathy and withdrawal are beginning to convert into viable psychological treatment options. In this talk, I will set out some of the key assessment and formulation issues relevant to designing focused and personalised psychological interventions.

Learning Objectives:

1. Understand how to apply a transdiagnostic perspective to assessing low motivation, apathy, and social withdrawal

2. Describe common psychological and neuropsychological processes that maintain low motivation, apathy, and social withdrawal

3. Use those processes to improve treatment plans for patients exhibiting problematic low motivation, apathy, and/or social withdrawal

   
   

About the Presenter:

Hamish McLeod, PhD, CPsychol

Hamish McLeod qualified as a Clinical Psychologist in New Zealand in 1992 and then went on to complete his PhD at Imperial College, London, while practicing in the NHS. His career has been built on a combination of clinical practice, research, and leadership of post-graduate professional training. He has been co-investigator on multiple RCTs of traditional and digitally augmented psychological treatments for complex mental health and neuropsychological conditions. He is currently the Programme Director for the University of Glasgow Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, Professor of Clinical Psychology, and Honorary Consultant Clinical Psychologist with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.