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  • International News and Notes

Conferences and Symposia

Germany

DATE: 15-16 September 2011
EVENT: International Congress
THEME: 100 Years of Karl Jaspers' "General Psychopathology"
LOCATION: University of Heidelberg

New Zealand

DATE: 5-7 July 2012
EVENT: 15th International INPP Conference
THEME: Culture and Mental Health
ORGANIZATION: International Network for Philosophy and Psychiatry
CONFERENCE website: TBA
CONTACTS: Grant Gillett, Neil Pickering, Judy Trevena, Richard Mullen

Sweden

DATE: 2-4 September 2011
EVENT: 14th International INPP Conference
THEME: Ethics, Experience and Evidence: Integration of Perspectives in Psychiatry
ORGANIZATION: International Network for Philosophy and Psychiatry
CONFERENCE website: http://sffp.se/eee
CONTACT: helge.malmgren@filosofi.gu.se

USA

DATE: 14-15 May 2011
EVENT: 23rd Annual Meeting
THEME: The Future of Psychiatric Nosology
ORGANIZATION: Association for the Advancement of Philosophy & Psychiatry
LOCATION: Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
CONTACT: Linda Muncy, linda.muncy@utsouthwestern.edu

United Kingdom

DATE: 20-21 May 2011
EVENT: Interdisciplinary Workshop
THEME: Normative Neutrality and the Theory of Autonomy
LOCATION: TBA

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

Canada

ORGANIZATION: Association for the Advancement of Philosophy & Psychiatry - Canadian Affiliate Group, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
CONTACT: Edwin Hersch, M.D., 586 Eglinton Ave. E., Suite 707, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4P1P2; edwinhersch@bellnet.ca [End Page 107]

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; thomas_fuchs@med.uni-heidelberg.de; Dr. Martin Heinze, Klinikum Bremen-Ost; Martin.Heinze@Klinikum-Bremen-Ost.de; www.dgppn.de
ORGANIZATION: Gesellschaft für Philosophie und Wis-senschaften der Psyche
CONTACT: Dr. Christian Kupke, c/o Charité Klinik für Psychiatrie und psychotherapie Schumannstr. 20/21, 10117 Berlin, kupke@onlinehome.de; 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; 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, 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

Romania

ORGANIZATION: Free Psychiatrists Association
CONTACT: Professor Aurel Romila, Pentru Dialog-Social, 120 Calae Victoriei, Sector 1, Bucharest

Scandinavia

ORGANIZATION: Nordic Network for Philosophy, Medicine and Mental Health
CONTACT: Dr. Jennifer Bullington, Department of Health and Society-Linkoping University, 58183 Linkoping, Sweden [End Page 108]

Scotland

ORGANIZATION: Scottish Group for Philosophy and Psychiatry
CONTACT: Dr. David Tait, Murray Royal Hospital -Perth PH2 7BH

Spain

ORGANIZATION: Societa de Historia y Filosofia de la Psiquiatria
CONTACT: Professor Filberto Fuentenebro, President Sociedad de Historia y Filosofia, Dep. De Psiquiatria-Faculdad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense - 28040 Madrid

Sweden

ORGANIZATION: Swedish Group for Philosophy, Medicine and Mental Health
CONTACT: Professor Lennart Nordenfelt, Department of Health and Society, Linkoping University -58183 Linkoping

Turkey

ORGANIZATION: Psychiatry and Philosophy Working Unit of the Turkish Psychiatric...

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