International News and Notes

Conferences and Symposia

Australia

DATE: 24–25 September 2005
EVENT: 2005 Meeting of the Australasian Association for Logic
LOCATION: Perth, Western Australia
CONTACT: H. Slater; e-mail: slaterbh@cyllene.uwa.edu.au

China

DATE: 15–16 September 2005
EVENT: International Perspectives in Applied Ethics: Recent Developments in China and the U.S.
LOCATION: Wuhan University, Hebei Province, Wuhan
CONTACT: Mark E. Lmeaney, Ph.D.; e-mail: mmeaney@regis.edu

Denmark

DATE: 8–9 September 2005
EVENT: Schizophrenia: Boundaries, Psychopathology, and Pathogenesis
LOCATION: Copenhagen
CONTACT: Louise Dahl; e-mail: Louise.Dahl@hh.hosp.dk

Netherlands

DATE: 28 June–1 July 2006
EVENT: 9th International Conference on Philosophy, Psychiatry and Psychology
THEME: Philosophy, Psychiatry, and the Neurosciences
LOCATION: Leiden, the Netherlands
CONTACT: Gerrit Glas; e-mail: g.glas@zolsepoort.nl

Portugal

DATE: 17–19 November 2005
EVENT: International Congress of Philosophy
THEME: Person and Society: Perspectives for the Twenty-First Century
LOCATION: Braga
CONTACT: Professor João J. Vila-Chã; e-mail: jvila-cha@facfil.ucp.pt or rpf@facfil.ucp.pt; web site: http://www.facfil.ucp.pt/cong_int_2005_ing.htm

United Kingdom

DATE: 5–6 September 2005
EVENT: Phenomenology and Psychiatry for the 21st Century
LOCATION: Institute of Psychiatry, London, England
CONTACT: Professor Dr. Gareth Owen and Dr. Robert Harland; e-mail: phenomenology@iop.kcl.ac.uk; www.iop.kcl.ac.uk

U.S.A.

DATE: 6–8 October 2005
EVENT:8th International Conference on Philosophy and Psychiatry
THEME: New Philosophies for Community Psychiatry: Recovery-Oriented, Evidence-Based, and Beyond
LOCATION: New Haven, Connecticut
CONTACT: Larry Davidson; e-mail: larry.davidson@yale.edu; web site: www.yale.edu/pppconference

DATE: 20–21 May 2006
EVENT: 18th Annual Meeting
ORGANIZATION: Association for the Advancement of Philosophy and Psychiatry
THEME: Psychiatry and the Moral Emotions
LOCATION: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
CONTACT: Linda Muncy, Department of Psychiatry, UT Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX 75390-9070; e-mail: linda.muncy@utsouthwestern.edu; web site: http://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, Voßstr. 4, D-69115 Heidelberg; e-mail: thomas_fuchs@med.uni-heidelberg.de; Dr. Martin Heinze, Klinikum Bremen-Ost; e-mail: Martin.Heinze@Klinikum-Bremen-Ost.de; web site; www.dgppn.de

ORGANIZATION: Gesellschaft für Philosophie und Wissenschaften der Psyche
CONTACT:Dr. Christian Kupke, c/o Charité Klinik für Psychiatrie und psychotherapie Schumannstr. 20/21, 10117 Berlin; e-mail: kupke@onlinehome.de; web site: www.gpwp.de

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 & Dr. Richard Mullen, Bioethics Research Centre, University of Otago...