Philosophy & Humanities in Psychiatry
Vision & Mission
Promoting philosophy and humanities in the practice of contemporary psychiatry through collaboration, academic and educational activities, publication and other initiatives.
Collaboration
Includes various WPA Sections, International Network for Philosophy & Psychiatry, Royal College of Psychiatrists Philosophy Group, Values-based Practice Collaborating Centre, St Catherine’s College, Oxford, the UK Mental Health Foundation, and people with lived experience.
Academic & Educational Activities
Involvement at international meetings - Five Inter-Sectional Symposia at World Congress in Bangkok Co-launching International Meta-Masters on Values Based Practice, Phenomenology & Mental Health
Promoting philosophy and humanities in the practice of contemporary psychiatry through collaboration, academic and educational activities, publication and other initiatives.
Collaboration
Includes various WPA Sections, International Network for Philosophy & Psychiatry, Royal College of Psychiatrists Philosophy Group, Values-based Practice Collaborating Centre, St Catherine’s College, Oxford, the UK Mental Health Foundation, and people with lived experience.
Academic & Educational Activities
Involvement at international meetings - Five Inter-Sectional Symposia at World Congress in Bangkok Co-launching International Meta-Masters on Values Based Practice, Phenomenology & Mental Health
Section Officers
Secretary
Anna Bergqvist
Department of History, Politics and Philosophy Faculty of Arts and Humanities Manchester Metropolitan University
Manchester M15 6LL
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Chair
Michael Wong
Department of Psychiatry, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Pokfulam
Hong Kong, China
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Co-Chair
Werdie Van Staden
Department of Psychiatry Faculty of Health Sciences University of Pretoria
Private Bag X323 Arcadia Pretoria 0007 South Africa
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Section member list can be found here
