PSYCHOANALYSIS, TRAUMA AND MILITARY MENTAL HEALTH

PSYCHOANALYSIS, TRAUMA AND MILITARY MENTAL HEALTH Day Conference at The Anna Freud Centre 18 October 2014 9.30am - 5.00pm Military conflict and its psychological consequences has been an important factor in the development of psychiatry and psychoanalysis in the 20th century, and the treatment of casualties of war have led to a new understanding of complex trauma. This important conference looks at the lessons that can be learned from past and current forms of diagnosis and treatment. SPEAKERS AND TITLES Michael Molnar Lingering Trauma: Freud's War with Psychiatry Tom Harrison Strange Meetings at Northfield: Dilemmas of Psychiatry at War Emile Wijnans Ten Years Down: An Army Psychologist’s Reflections Mike Swinburne A War in the Mind: Some Challenges of Working Psychoanalytically with Homeless Veterans Felicity de Zulueta Psychological Effects of War Jo Stubley Psychoanalytic principles in the understanding of complex trauma John Gale A therapeutic community for traumatised veterans
Admission
£60 Adults / £45 students/concessions (£5 discount for Members of Freud Museum)

Website
http://www.freud.org.uk/events/75659/psychoanalysis-trauma-and-military-mental-health/

Source: http://www.culture24.org.uk//se000274?id=EVENT501614