2015 Loebel Lecture 1: Neurobiological materi...

This lecture investigates changing attitudes and beliefs about the persistence of the self. Many revolutionary positions in philosophy – skepticism, materialism, hard determinism – have disturbing implications. By contrast, the revolutionary idea that there is no persisting self ...  Show more

The second of three public lectures which took place in Oxford in November 2015. Series title: The theoretical challenge of modern psychiatry: no easy cure The 2015 Loebel Lectures in Psychiatry and Philosophy were delivered by Professor Steven E. Hyman, director of the Stanley C ...  Show more

Professor Paul Harrison discusses the genetics of mental health conditions Professor Paul Harrison speaks to Daniel Maughan about his recent research into the genetics of mental health conditions. He discusses the implications of his findings on the future of psychiatric treatmen ...  Show more

This lecture is the first of two that address: Personality development, early life experiences, complex trauma, personality disorders, schemas, subpersonal, culture, unconscious, drives, affects, attachment, self and other distinctions, trust, empathy, attunement and more. Contac ...  Show more

In an age where pharmacy is a global industry, stigma and medicine are now in the position where they are the co-constructors of illness on one hand and mutually exclusive players on the other. Professor Sonia Ryang (Anthropology and International Studies, University of Iowa) ext ...  Show more