Eating Disorders: Perspectives in Philosophy, Psychology, and Psychiatry

Workshop Announcement: 

Eating Disorders: Perspectives in Philosophy, Psychology, and Psychiatry

Interdisciplinary one day round table workshop

6th June 2014, 9.30 a.m. - 6 p.m.

King’s College London Strand Campus, Room K0.16  

There are limited places available due to format and venue location. To reserve a seat, please email to [email protected]

The event is part of a series of workshops hosted by the concepts of health research strand at the Wellcome Trust Centre for the Humanities and Health.  

Topics

Diagnostic Thresholds and Categories

The Concept of Compulsion

Varieties of Self-Control

Recovery    

Speakers  

Nikola Kern (Psychiatry, London)

Derek Bolton (Philosophy & Psychology, London)

Wojtek Wojcik (Psychiatry, Edinburgh)

Annemarie Kalis (Philosophy, Utrecht)

Denise de Ridder (Psychology, Utrecht)

Richard Holton (Philosophy, Cambridge)

Lucy Stephenson (Psychiatry, London) 

Elselijn Kingma (Philosophy, Southampton/Eindhoven)  

Programme

09:00 - 09:30 Registration  
09:30 - 09:50 Start: Tea & Coffee
09:50 - 10:00 Opening Remarks

 
10:00 - 11:15 Block 1 - Diagnostic Thresholds and Categories

Speaker 1: Dr Nikola Kern Consultant Psychiatrist in Eating Disorders at South London and the Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Speaker 2: Prof Derek Bolton Professor of Philosophy & Psychopathology, Hon. Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London 

Discussion Chair: Prof MM McCabe Professor of Philosophy, King’s College London

11:15 - 11:45 Break: Tea & Coffee  

11:45 - 13:00 Block 2 - The Concept of Compulsion    

Speaker 1: Dr Wojtek Wojcik Consultant Psychiatrist in Eating Disorders and Liaison Psychiatry, Edinburgh 

Speaker 2: Dr Annemarie Kalis Research Fellow, Department of Philosophy, Utrecht University

Discussion Chair: Prof Derek Bolton Professor of Philosophy and Psychopathology, Honorary Consultant, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London

13:00-14:00 Break: Lunch

14:00- 15:15 Block 3 - Varieties of Self-Control

Speaker 1: Prof Denise de Ridder Professor of Health Psychology, Director of the Self Regulation Lab, Utrecht University

Speaker 2: Prof Richard Holton Professor of Philosophy, Cambridge University, Fellow of Peterhouse

Discussion Chair: Prof David Papineau Professor of Philosophy, King’s College London & Graduate Center, City University of New York  

15:15 - 15:45 Break: Tea & Coffee

15:45- 17:00 Block 4 - Recovery

Speaker 1: Dr Lucy Stephenson Junior Psychiatrist at South London and the Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, Visiting Fellow King’s Centre for Humanities and Health

Speaker 2: Prof Elselijn Kingma Lecturer in Philosophy, Southampton University & Socrates Professor in Philosophy and Technology in the Humanist Tradition, University of Eindhoven

Discussion Chair: Dr Wojtek Wojcik Consultant Psychiatrist in Eating Disorders and Liaison Psychiatry, Edinburgh

17:00 - 17:30 Contingency time/closing remarks   17:30Reception

Organising committee:

Stefan J Wagner (King’s College London)
Lucy Stephenson (South London/Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust & King’s College)

The organisers gratefully acknowledge the support of the Centre for the Humanities and Health at King's, the Wellcome Trust, King’s Venues, and the Maudsley Philosophy Group.