{"id":2275,"date":"2013-01-08T12:06:22","date_gmt":"2013-01-08T11:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/medical-ethics\/?p=2275"},"modified":"2013-01-08T12:06:22","modified_gmt":"2013-01-08T11:06:22","slug":"call-for-participants-concepts-of-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/medical-ethics\/2013\/01\/08\/call-for-participants-concepts-of-mental-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Participants: Concepts of Mental Health"},"content":{"rendered":"

British Postgraduate Philosophy Association Masterclass 2013<\/strong>
\nApril 12th-13th, <\/strong>University College London<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n

This year\u2019s BPPA masterclass will be on concepts of mental health, and applications are invited from graduate researchers within the field of philosophy and mental health.<\/p>\n

A masterclass involves a mixture of seminars, group workshops, presentations by students and experts and critical discussion.\u00a0 The small number of participants (8-10) means that all will have a chance to speak and discuss their research as well as getting to know others working in similar areas.\u00a0 It is an excellent way of deepening and broadening understanding of a given area and further developing one\u2019s own research.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s masterclass will be led by experts committed to furthering interdisciplinary research into mental health issues, combining philosophical training with clinical experience.\u00a0 Professor Bill Fulford is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy and Mental Health at the University of Warwick and is a Member of the Philosophy Faculty at the University of Oxford.\u00a0 His previous posts include Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist at the University of Oxford and Special Adviser for Values-Based Practice in the Department of Health.\u00a0 Dr Hanna Pickard is a fellow of All Souls College at the University of Oxford and a Wellcome Trust Biomedical Clinical Ethics Research Fellow in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Oxford.\u00a0 She also holds a clinical post as a therapist at the Complex Needs Service with the Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust.\u00a0 The experts will be leading group-workshops and seminars and will present on their own research over the course of the masterclass.<\/p>\n

The broad focus of the masterclass will be on exploring the varying conceptions of mental health and illness and the assumptions accompanying and lying behind these conceptions.\u00a0 The aim is to explore the assumptions and often false dichotomies which shape perceptions of mental health, from the perceptions of those in the field of psychiatry to those found amongst other medical professionals and the non-medical public.\u00a0 Topics we expect to be discussed include, but are not restricted to<\/p>\n