International News and Notes

Conferences and Symposia

Germany

DATE: 23-26 September 2004
EVENT: 7th International Conference on Philosophy, Psychiatry and Psychology
THEME: Time, Memory and History
LOCATION: Heidelberg
CONTACT: Thomas Fuchs, M.D., Ph.D., Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik Heidelberg, Vosstr. 2, D-69115 Heidelberg, Germany; thomas_fuchs@med.uni-heidelberg.de; web site: www.psychiatrie.uni-hd.de, link: ppp2004

Italy

DATE: 10-13 November 2004
ORGANIZATION: World Psychiatric Congress: Treatments in Psychiatry
EVENT: A 3-three hour course on Phenomenological and Anthropological Psychiatry in the 21^st Century (sponsored by The Irwin Foundation)
LOCATION: Florence
CONTACT: Michael A. Schwartz; mindbrain1@aol.com

U.S.A.

DATE: 22-23 October 2004
ORGANIZATION: New England Institute for Cognitive Science and Evolutionary Psychology (NEI)
EVENT: conference
THEME: Language, Cognitive Science and Evolutionary Psychology
LOCATION: Portland, Maine
CONTACT: the Conference Planning Committee; TheInstitute@une.edu

DATE: 15-17 October 2004
ORGANIZATION: New York City Chapter of The Association for the Advancement of Philosophy and Psychiatry
EVENT: Retreat & Colloquium
THEME: Holism in Mental Health: Integrating the Biopsychosocial Subject
LOCATION: Woodstock, New York
CONTACT: Christian Perring, Department of Philosophy, Dowling College, Idle Hour Blvd., Oakdale, NY 11769, e-mail: perringc@dowling.edu

DATE: 18-21 November 2004
ORGANIZATION: Philosophy of Science Association
EVENT: Nineteenth Biennial Meetings
LOCATION: Austin, Texas
CONTACT: web site: http://www.temple.edu/psa2004/

DATE: 21-22 May 2005
ORGANIZATION: Association for the Advancement of Philosophy and Psychiatry
EVENT: annual meeting
THEME: Technology and Psychiatry
LOCATION: Atlanta, Georgia
CONTACT: Linda Muncy, Dept. of Psychiatry, UT Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX 75390-9070; 214-648-4960 (tel); 214-648-4967 (fax); e-mail: linda.muncy@utsouthwestern.edu; web site: www3.utsouthwestern.edu/aapp

National and Local Groups

Australia

ORGANIZATION: Interest Group for Philosophy and Psychiatry
CONTACT: Dr. Jeanette Martin and Dr. Stephanie Winfield, Australia/New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, 2/97 Edgecliffe Road, Bondi Junction-NSW 2002

Denmark

ORGANIZATION: Danish Group for Philosophy, Medicine and Mental Health
CONTACT: Dr. Soren Holm, Department of Medical Philosophy and Clinical Theory, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3C-2200N
CONTACT: Dr. Anton Aggernaes, Institute of Neurophysiology, University of Copenhagen, Buldborgvej 25-DK, 2000 Fredriksberg

Finland

ORGANIZATION: Finnish Group for Philosophy, Medicine and Mental Health
CONTACT: Professor Ingmar Porn and Dr. Markus Heinimaa, Department of Philosophy, University of Turku-20700 Turku

France

ORGANIZATION: L'Évolution Psychiatrique
CONTACT: Professor Yves Thoret, 53 Aven Anatole, 78300, Poissy

Germany

ORGANIZATION: Referat Philosophische Grundlagen der Psychiatrie, DGPPN (German Psychiatric Association)
CONTACT: Dr. Thomas Fuchs, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Psychiatrische Klinik, D-69115 Heidelberg, VoBstr. 4, e-mail: thomas_fuchs@med.uni-heidelberg.de

ORGANIZATION: Society for Philosophy and the Science of Psyche
CONTACT: Dr. Martin Heinze, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Lendesklinik Teupitz, Bucholzer Str. 21, D-15755 Teupitz (tel: -49-33766-66139; fax: -49-33766-66128; e-mail: heinzem@zedat.fu-berlin.de) and Dr. Christian Kupke, Grolman Str. 53-54, D-10625 Berlin (e-mail: kupke@csi.com)

Israel

ORGANIZATION: Society for Philosophy, Counseling and Psychotherapy
CONTACT: Dr. Ran Lahav, 25 Yarmin Street-Mevascret Zion 90805

Italy

ORGANIZATION: Società Italiana per la Psciopatologia
CONTACT: Dr. Giovanni Stanghellini, Via Venezia 14, 1-50121 Florence

ORGANIZATION: Italian Research Unit on Philosophy and Psychiatry
CONTACT: Dr. Emilio Mordini, Instituto Psicoanalitico per la Reserche Social, Via Avenula 21, 00186 Roma

Japan

ORGANIZATION: Japanese Association for Psychiatry and Philosophy
CONTACT: Dr. Takeshi Utsumi, Department of Psychiatry, Teikyo University School of Medicine, 2-11-1, Kaga, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, 173-8605, Japan, e-mail: utsumi@med.teikyo-u.ac.jp

The Netherlands

ORGANIZATION: Dutch Foundation for Psychiatry and Philosophy
CONTACT: Professor Evert van Leeuwen, Zuider Stationsweg 29-2061 HD Bloemendaal

New Zealand

ORGANIZATION: New Zealand Group for Philosophy and Psychiatry
CONTACT: Professor Grant Gillett and Dr. Richard Mullen, Bioethics Research Centre, University of Otago, PO Box 913, Dunedin

Northern Ireland

ORGANIZATION: Northern Ireland Ethics Forum
CONTACT: Dr. Ann Beglem, School of Nursing and Midwifery, The Queen's University-Belfast BT7 1NN

Norway

ORGANIZATION: Norwegian Group for Philosophy, Medicine and Mental Health
CONTACT: Dr. Erik Falkum, Legeforeingen, Lagasen 1324, Lysaker [End...