University of Oxford Philosophy and Psychiatry Summer School to
host book launch of the new Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and
Psychiatry.
The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Psychiatry offers the most comprehensive reference
resource for this area ever published and we are delighted to announce the launch as part of the
Summer School. Sponsored by Oxford University Press, the launch will open with a short address
from Dr Anita Avramides (Reader in Philosophy of Mind, University of Oxford).
The book is written and edited by an international team comprising world-leading philosophers and
psychiatrists, resulting in an authoritative volume. We are very happy to welcome several of these
team members to the Summer School where they will be delivering key sessions:

Values in Mental Health Practice - Professor Bill Fulford (Emeritus Professor of Philosophy
and Mental Health, University of Warwick, and Member of the Philosophy Faculty, University
of Oxford)

Ordering Disorder: Mental Disorder, Brain Disorder and Therapeutic Intervention Professor George Graham (Professor of Philosophy and Neuroscience, Georgia State
University)
 Karl Jaspers and the Ethics of Incomprehensibility - Professor Giovanni
Stanghellini (Professor of Dynamic Psychology and Psychopathology, University of Chieti)
These sessions form part of an intensive programme delivered through keynote lectures and
seminars offering opportunities for substantial dialogue between philosophers, scientists and mental
health practitioners.
The Summer School will take place at St Catherine’s College, Oxford (14 – 19 July 2013) and includes
opportunities to network and socialise with fellow delegates, faculty members and invited speakers.
Residential and non-residential options are available.
Further details available: www.conted.ox.ac.uk/ox_ppss