Madness and Mental Health: London Lectures 2023-4

What is mental health? Can we make sense of psychosis? What’s the connection between mental health and concepts including race & evolution? Explore these questions, among others, through the lens of philosophy at the 2023/4 London Lectures.

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London Lectures · Madness and Mental Health: 2023-4

Rethinking Disenchantment and the Immanent Frame in Mental Health and Disability 

Why is it so tempting to understand spirituality / religion as counter to our conception of mental health, both in terms of its causality and its therapeutic restoration? Camillia Kong seeks to provide a philosophical diagnosis of the problem.

· London
London Lectures · Madness and Mental Health: 2023-4

Beyond Psychiatry: Rethinking Madness Outside Medicine 

Justin Garson contrasts the frameworks of ‘madness-as-dysfunction’ and ‘madness-as-strategy’ and outlines their implications for research, treatment and stigma.

· London
London Lectures · Madness and Mental Health: 2023-4

Mad Knowledge and Relations: Living the Impossible 

Can we live the lives we dream rather than dreaming that we live? Jasna Russo and Erick Fabris present this talk.

· London
London Lectures · Madness and Mental Health: 2023-4

Ethnic Inequalities in Experience of Mental Distress and Illness and Care 

Over six decades of research shows that there are ethnic inequalities in the experiences and outcomes of severe mental illness. Kam Bhui shares his views on conceptual confusions, causes, crises, and campaigns drawing on recent research.

· London
London Lectures · Madness and Mental Health: 2023-4

The Person in Psychiatry: An Ecohumanist, Enactive Approach 

Many people suffer from psychiatric disorders and mental distress, yet much is still unclear – both regarding how to understand these problems and how to best treat them. Sanneke de Haan presents this talk.

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London Lectures · Madness and Mental Health: 2023-4

How Can We Make Progress in Mental Healthcare Research? 

Neil Armstrong and Nicola Byrom consider what form social science and humanities research needs to take if it is to be of benefit to clinical research.

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London Lectures · Madness and Mental Health: 2023-4

How (Not) to Talk to Young People about Mental Health 

When young people seek help from mental health professionals, these encounters can undermine or increase their sense of agency. Rose McCabe, Michele Lim and Lisa Bortolotti talk about communication in video-recorded encounters between young people and mental healthcare practitioners in emergency services.

· London
London Lectures · Madness and Mental Health: 2023-4

Mental Disorder and the Criminal Law: Doctrines of Legal Insanity 

Claire Hogg discusses the theoretical basis for the defence of "legal insanity".

· London
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London Lectures · Madness and Mental Health: 2023-4

Mental Disorder and the Criminal Law: Doctrines of Legal Insanity 

Claire Hogg discusses the theoretical basis for the defence of "legal insanity".

· London
London Lectures · Madness and Mental Health: 2023-4

Ethnic Inequalities in Experience of Mental Distress and Illness and Care 

Over six decades of research shows that there are ethnic inequalities in the experiences and outcomes of severe mental illness. Kam Bhui shares his views on conceptual confusions, causes, crises, and campaigns drawing on recent research.

· London
London Lectures · Madness and Mental Health: 2023-4

How (Not) to Talk to Young People about Mental Health 

When young people seek help from mental health professionals, these encounters can undermine or increase their sense of agency. Rose McCabe, Michele Lim and Lisa Bortolotti talk about communication in video-recorded encounters between young people and mental healthcare practitioners in emergency services.

· London
London Lectures · Madness and Mental Health: 2023-4

Health and Disease: Experimental Philosophy of Medicine 

Somogy Varga and Andrew J. Latham look at how we understand concepts of health and disease, a central debate in the philosophy of medicine.

· London
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