Following its cancellation in 2020, the CPN conference returned online in 2021. 75 members met over a May afternoon to hear from three speakers, the talks sharing reflections on socio-political aspects of psychiatry.
The Toronto Critical Psychiatry Reading and Discussion Group has been meeting since 2018. It has been open to all interested people. The aims of the group have included: 1) a better understanding and evaluation of some of the assumptions of psychiatry; 2) fostering an engagement between psychiatry and the humanities; 3) considering psychiatric care beyond the current dominant
By Hugh Middleton. During the pre-Covid years, the Critical Psychiatry Network ran a series of successful one-day conferences at the University of Nottingham each April. A move to London was planned for 2020 but the coronavirus pandemic intervened, and it was rearranged as an online conference, which was held in April 2021. The Nottingham conferences
By Joanna Moncrieff. The Critical Psychiatry Network’s 2017 conference “Recovery in a Time of Austerity” raised some tricky issues for the audience and like-minded people, but also pointed to the potential for radical transformation of our approach to mental health problems. Three top quality speakers, big names in the Recovery field, gave inspiring and provocative talks.
Crisis – What Crisis_Simon Wessely Future of Psychiatry_Nick Manning Perspectives in Future of Psychiatry_Peter Kinderman (1) Perspectives in Future of Psychiatry_Peter Kinderman (2) Open Dialogue_Val Jackson Open Dialogue_Mark Hopfenbeck
A One Day Conference organised by the UK Critical Psychiatry Network. University of Nottingham, 16 April 2015 Following successful one day conferences in 2013 and 2014, and continuing concerns about the nature, provenance and consequences of contemporary psychiatric practice, the UK Critical Psychiatry Network has organised a further opportunity for psychiatrists to consider how their
A One Day Conference organised by the UK Critical Psychiatry Network. University of Nottingham, April 17th 2014. Following a successful one day conference in 2013 and continuing concerns about the nature, provenance and consequences of contemporary psychiatric practice, the UK Critical Psychiatry Network has organised a further opportunity for practicing UK psychiatrists to consider emerging perspectives.
Reviews of conference by Jackie Newey, Project Officer/Swyddog Prosiect, Powys Association of Voluntary Organisations (PAVO) Psychiatry beyond the current paradigm Open Dialogue in Nottingham Mental distress – who has the power First published on Powys Mental Health Blog
September Conference Programme Review of conference. Jackie Newie Powys Mental Health Blog Keynote Speech Jacqui Dillon Workshop abstracts
Programme Encouraging change in practice. Peter Tyrer Rethinking Psychiatric Drugs. J Moncrieff Relationships come first. Rex Haigh Building a service that maximises outcome. S Timmimi Cutting the traumatic roots of psychosis. B Johnson The psychiatrist’s role in the recovery movement. S Mullins Clinical Psychiatry as Narrative. P Thomas Dealing with coercion in clinical practice. H