First Annual UNC Philosophy and Psychiatry Conference

The First Annual UNC Philosophy and Psychiatry Conference

Free Online Conference, Open to the Public, No Registration Required

Speakers:

Jonathan Lear, Ph.D., is  the John U. Nef Distinguished Service Professor at the Committee on Social Thought and in the Department of Philosophy at The University of Chicago.

Hilde Lindemann, Ph.D., is a Professor of Philosophy at Michigan State University

John Z. Sadler, M.D., is the Daniel W. Foster, M.D., Professor of Medical Ethics and Professor of Psychiatry and Clinical Sciences at the 

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas.

Kathryn Tabb, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Bard College

Commentators:

Derek Bolton, Ph.D., is a Professor of Philosophy and Psychopathology at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King’s College, London.

Brent Kious, M.D., Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Adjunct Professor in the Program in Medical Ethics and Humanities in the Department of Internal Medicine, and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Utah. 

Ryan Preston-Roedder, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Occidental College

Rebecca Walker, Ph.D., is a Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Social Medicine at UNC Chapel Hill

Program: April 8, 2021

10:30-10:45 (EST), Opening Remarks

10:45-12:00, Kathryn Tabb, “Centrifugal and Centripetal Thinking in the Philosophy of Psychiatry: Revisiting the Biopsychosocial Model” with comments by Derek Bolton

1:00-2:15, John Z. Sadler, “Psychiatric Diagnosis” with comments by Brent Kious

2:30-3:45, Hilde Lindemann, “Ethical Issues in Dementia Care” with comments by Rebecca Walker

4:00-5:15, Jonathan Lear, “Transience and Hope: A Return to Freud in a Time of Pandemic” with comments by Ryan Preston-Roedder

5:15-5:30, Closing Remarks

The Conference will be live-streaming at the UNC Department of Psychiatry's Youtube channel. Questions from the Youtube comments will be considered for the Q&A with the speakers.

Contact the event organizer if you have any questions.