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Current and Future Applications of Phenomenology in Psychiatry (Workshop, Durham, 20 July 2013)

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Research Summary: Phenomenology in Psychiatry Workshop

Event Type: Academic workshop and symposium
Date & Location: 20 July 2013, Grey College, Durham University
Key Topics: First-person phenomenological psychopathology, psychiatric ethics, auditory verbal hallucinations analysis
Notable Speakers: Nev Jones (DePaul), Giovanni Stanghellini (Università di Chieti), Tim Thornton (UCLan), Angela Woods and Matthew Ratcliffe (Durham)
Context: Centenary celebration of Karl Jaspers' General Psychopathology; part of three-centre symposium (Durham, Kings College London, Oxford)
Registration: Free but limited spaces; deadline 20 June 2013
Audience: Students, healthcare professionals, and service users particularly welcomed
Funding: Supported by the Laces Trust
Organisers: Amanda Taylor Aiken and Hannah Bowden

Current and Future Applications of Phenomenology in Psychiatry
Durham University
20th July 2013

As part of the celebrations marking the centenary of Karl Jaspers’ General Psychopathology, we are pleased to announce a one-day workshop at Grey College, Durham University exploring the theme Current and Future applications of Phenomenology in Psychiatry. This workshop will take place on the 20th July 2013, and is part of the three-centre symposium Philosophy and Psychiatry: The Next Hundred Years (Held at Durham, Kings College (London) and Oxford).

Speakers include:

  • Nev Jones (DePaul University) Back to the Future: Rethinking the ‘First Person’ in Phenomenological Psychopathology
  • Giovanni Stanghellini (Università di Chieti) Incomprehensibility: A New Ethics for Psychiatry
  • Tim Thornton (UCLan) TBA
  • Angela Woods and Matthew Ratcliffe (Durham University) Steps Toward a Phenomenological Analysis of Auditory Verbal Hallucinations

Registration is free but spaces are limited, so please register via email by the 20th June. We particularly welcome participation from students, health care professionals, and service users.

We are grateful to the Laces Trust for funding this workshop.

Organisers: Amanda Taylor Aiken and Hannah Bowden

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