Instant Expert: Mental Health
In-Person Event
Apr 14, 2018
London, England, GBOVERVIEW
Instant Expert: Mental Health is organized by New Scientist Ltd and will be held on Apr 14, 2018, at The Royal College Of General Practitioners, London, England, United Kingdom.
The target audience for this medical event is You are curious about mental health. Popular articles have whetted your appetite and you want to learn about the frontiers of research from scientists at the coalface.
Course Description :
Mental health has never been so much in the news, with princes and celebrities increasingly going public with their own personal struggles. Yet there is still much misunderstanding about what it means to be mentally ill, and a lingering social stigma that leaves many people and their loved ones unsure about how to cope.
In this one-day event, we will explore what it means to be mentally ‘normal’, and how that definition has varied throughout history and across the world. We explore how treatments have evolved from trepanation and exorcisms to an understanding of the brain in both health and disease. We’ll look at the many causes of mental illness, from genetics to life experience and a combination of both, and the emerging understanding of how bodily health interacts with the mind. And, whilst acknowledging the challenges that remain for the next generation of scientists, we will look at how we might tweak our own lives to protect our mental health.
Join us for a fascinating tour of the human mind, in sickness and in health.
Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.
The target audience for this medical event is You are curious about mental health. Popular articles have whetted your appetite and you want to learn about the frontiers of research from scientists at the coalface.
Course Description :
Mental health has never been so much in the news, with princes and celebrities increasingly going public with their own personal struggles. Yet there is still much misunderstanding about what it means to be mentally ill, and a lingering social stigma that leaves many people and their loved ones unsure about how to cope.
In this one-day event, we will explore what it means to be mentally ‘normal’, and how that definition has varied throughout history and across the world. We explore how treatments have evolved from trepanation and exorcisms to an understanding of the brain in both health and disease. We’ll look at the many causes of mental illness, from genetics to life experience and a combination of both, and the emerging understanding of how bodily health interacts with the mind. And, whilst acknowledging the challenges that remain for the next generation of scientists, we will look at how we might tweak our own lives to protect our mental health.
Join us for a fascinating tour of the human mind, in sickness and in health.
Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.
KEY DATES
14 Apr, 2018
Event Start Date
14 Apr, 2018
Event End Date
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