Philosophy and Psychiatry

Section Board

Giovanni STANGHELLINI, Chair
Bill K.W.M FULFORD, Co-Chair
Massimiliano ARAGONA, Secretary

Section Activities

2013
Giovanni Stanghellini and René Rosfort recently published a new book, Emotions and Personhood Exploring Fragility - Making Sense of Vulnerability.
The book explores the relationship between our emotion and our sense of self, using philosophy and psychopathology to develop a framework for understanding the vital role of the emotions within mental illness.
Read more here.

2012
Symposium: “Towards the Centennial of Karl Jaspers “General Psychopathology”, 20th European Congress of Psychiatry, Prague, 05.03.2012, h15:00-16:30; objectives: discussing the relevance of philosophy for psychopathological research.

Basic Course of Phenomenological Psychopathology. 2nd Edition. October 2011-June 2012, Florence (Italy); objectives: introduction to the methods and main clinical achievements of the phenomenological psychopathology

2011
Symposium: Hope in Psychiatry, 19th European Congress of Psychiatry, Vienna
Basic Course of Phenomenological Psychopathology. March-November 2011, Florence (Italy)
Basic Course of Phenomenological Psychopathology. 2nd Edition. October 2011-June 2012, Florence (Italy)
Residential Course of Phenomenological Psychopathology. 2011, Figline Valdarno (Italy)