Critical Psychiatry Network

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CPN Symposium 2025: Recent trends in mental health and their clinical and political significance

UK Critical Psychiatry Network Symposium 2025

UK Critical Psychiatry Network Symposium

Thursday 3rd April 2025
Venue: Institute of Education, 20 Bedford Way, London WC1H 0AL

Programme

09:00 Tea/Coffee
09:25 – 09:30 Chair’s Welcome

Session 1

09:30 – 10:30 Eiko Fried (via video link)
Psychedelic treatments for mental health problems: promises and pitfalls
10:30 – 10:50 Tea/Coffee
10:50 – 11:35 Lucy Johnstone
Are we all neurodivergent nowadays?
11:35 – 12:10 Benji Waterhouse
You don’t have to be mad to work here
12:10 – 12:40 Discussion
12:40 – 14:00 Lunch

Session 2

14:00 – 14:45 James Davies
Sedated: How modern capitalism created our mental health crisis
14:45 – 15:30 Sami Timimi
The Mental Health Industrial Complex and Identity Politics
15:30 – 16:00 Discussion
16:00 Close

A symposium organised by the UK Critical Psychiatry Network

For further information or registration, please contact the organisers via the Critical Psychiatry Network website.

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