14:30
King's College London
November 25
Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) Room: Small Lecture Theatre IoPPN, 16 De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AB
Title: The Divided Mind - A new way of thinking about mental health
Professor Bullmore will talk about this recently published book, The Divided Mind: why did he write it, what was he trying to say that it would have been difficult to communicate in a peer-reviewed paper, and who was he hoping might read it? He will summarise the content and key themes of the book, with time for discussion.
“The Divided Mind tries to tell two occasionally interwoven histories. First, the world history of what we now call schizophrenia, especially the controversy between Freudian (brainless) and Kraepelinian (mindless) tribes, the dark crisis of the Kraepelinian concept of dementia praecox before and during World War 2, and its long-lasting imprint on how we continue to think about schizophrenia to this day. Second, my personal story as I became a psychiatrist and tried to get to grips with scientific questions about the origins of schizophrenia and the prospects for better treatments or preventions in future.” – Professor Ed Bullmore, Head of School of Academic Psychiatry, IoPPN
Presenter: Professor Ed Bullmore, Regius Professor of Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London
Location: Small Lecture Theatre, IoPPN Main Building and Online