Philosophy & Humanities in Psychiatry
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About
Vision & Mission
Promoting philosophy and humanities in the practice of contemporary psychiatry through collaboration, academic and educational activities, publication and other initiatives.
Collaboration
Includes various WPA Sections, International Network for Philosophy & Psychiatry, Royal College of Psychiatrists Philosophy Group, Values-based Practice Collaborating Centre, St Catherine’s College, Oxford, the UK Mental Health Foundation, and people with lived experience.
Academic & Educational Activities
Involvement at international meetings - Five Inter-Sectional Symposia at World Congress in Bangkok
Co-launching International Meta-Masters on Values Based Practice, Phenomenology & Mental Health
Section members
Chair:
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Michael Wong
Address: Department of Psychiatry, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine,
The University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China
E-mail: dr.mthwong@gmail.com
Co-Chair:
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Werdie Van Staden
Address: Department of Psychiatry
Faculty of Health Sciences University of Pretoria
Private Bag X323 Arcadia Pretoria 0007 South Africa
Phone: +27 12 319 9720
Mobile: +27 82 934 4668
E-mail: werdie.vanstaden@up.ac.za
Secretary:
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Anna Bergqvist
Address: Department of History, Politics and Philosophy
Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Manchester Metropolitan University
Manchester M15 6LL
United Kingdom
E-mail: a.bergqvist@mmu.ac.uk
Honorary Senior Advisor:
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Bill Fulford