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The Impact of Current Developments in the Neurosciences on the Concept of Psychiatric Disease - Seminar - Deutschland

Date: 02.10.2007 to 09.10.2007
Location: Uniclub Bonn e.V. Konviktstraße 9 53113 Bonn
Bonn
Deutschland
Keywords: Neuroscience - Psychiatry - Psychology
Details: The neurosciences have experienced a spectacular boom during the past decades: new and improved methods in molecular- and cell-biology as well as imaging techniques have deepened our understanding of the nervous system and contributed to the understanding of neurological and psychiatric diseases. In addition, a range of novel interventional methods - e.g. from the fields of neuro-surgery, neuro-prosthetics and psycho-pharmacology - has been developed with partly impressive results. Despite of this considerable advance the relationship between neuro-scientific research and the clinical disciplines neurology and psychiatry proves to be strained at times. Especially in psychiatry the extent to which the neurosciences improve clinical practice or, to the contrary, amount to an undue ?scientification? of psychiatry is a hotly debated issue. The summer school wants to promote an in-depth discussion of the complex relationship between the neurosciences and psychiatry by focusing on the concept of psychiatric disease. This concept is used in a variety of meanings in scientific, clinical, legal and cultural settings. The lack of agreement concerning the adequate concept of psychiatric disease is not only responsible for misunderstandings between the neurosciences and clinical practice but has also considerable consequences on the impact of psychiatry on society. The summer school will convene young European researchers from a variety of disciplines such as medicine, the neurosciences, philosophy, law, the social sciences and related areas. In addition, lectures by international senior scientists and two excursions will enrich the discussions with state-of-the-art knowledge.
Organizer: Europäische Akademie zur Erforschung von Folgen wissenschaftlich- technischer Entwicklungen Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler GmbH Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie der Universität Bonn
Contact: Herr Dr. med. Felix Thiele, M.Sc.
Address:
Europäische Akademie zur Erforschung von Folgen wissenschaftlich- technischer Entwicklungen Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler GmbH Wilhelmstraße 56 53474 Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler
Tel: +49 - (0)2641 - 97 33 03
Fax: +49 - (0)2641 - 97 33 20
Email: felix.thiele@ea-aw.de
Webpage: http://www.neuroscience-psychiatry.de/

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