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13th International Conference of the International Network for Philosophy and Psychiatry (INPP) - 28th-30th june 2010

Real People : The Self in Mental Health and Social Care 28th to 30th June 2010, Manchester, United Kingdom Organised by the University of Central Lancashire and ENUSP



The conference aims :

It will :
• engage users and survivors of psychiatry and mental health professionals in a productive dialogue about the interface of conceptual ideas and psychiatric practice ;

• consider meaning and definition in mental health care and identify differences in interpretation of commonly used terms, such as person, self, recovery ;

• explore the philosophical, cultural, social, psychological, legal and ethical implications of developments in mental health care, pharmacology and neuroscience ;

• discuss the interface between generalised scientific methods and inquiry, and the priority for individual responses to individual needs and values.


Conference Organisation

Organised and hosted by : UCLan International School for Communities, Rights and Inclusion, Institute for Philosophy, Diversity and Mental Health, in association with the European Network of (ex-) Users and Survivors of Psychiatry (ENUSP).


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