CONFERENCE

Treating Mental Health Today: Critical Perspectives from Psychoanalysis

Co-hosted by the Association for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy in Ireland (APPI), Irish Circle of the Lacanian Orientation (ICLO-NLS), Shine, Independent College, Dublin, DCU School of Nursing
September 17th 2011. Time: 9:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Venue: DCU, School of Nursing, Mella Carroll Theatre (Collins Ave. Entrance)

Key Note Speakers

Dr. Patrick Bracken, MD, PhD, Consultant Psychiatrist and Clinical Director of West Cork Mental Health Services

Prof. Marie-Héléne Brousse (Université Paris 8), Psychoanalyst, Member of the Ecole de la Cause Freudienne

John O’Donoghue, Poet and Commentator

Dan Neville, T.D.

Conference Fee:  €50 General admission   €20 unwaged/student

Email marybarry101@gmail.com/0867849145 for booking form and more information

Programme
8:45 – 9:30    Registration
9:30 – 9:50    Introductory Remarks by Mr. Dan Neville T.D.
Chaired with remarks by Ms. Patricia Seager, Assistant Director Shine
9:50 – 10:50    Keynote Presentations I – Dr. Pat Bracken (Chair: Martin Daly)
10:50 – 11:15    Coffee Break
11:15 – 12:15 Keynote Presentation II – Professor Marie-Helene Brousse
(Chair: Olga Cox-Cameron)
12:15 – 1:15    Panel Presentation ‘Mental Health and Analysis: A Necessary Engagement?’
(Chair: Hugh Arthurs)
Speakers: Alan Rowan, Mary-Rose Kiernan, Claire Hawkes, Eve Watson.
1:15 – 2:15    Lunch
2:15 – 3:15    Panel Presentation ‘The Psychoanalytic Subject: Plurality and Singularity.’
(Chair: Rob Weatherill)
Speakers: Carol Owens, Gerry Moore, Harriet Parsons, Kevin Murphy.
3:15 – 3:45    Guest Presentation: John O’Donoghue, Poet and Commentator
(Chair: Kevin Murphy)
3:45 – 4:00    Coffee Break
4:00 – 5:00    Panel Presentation ‘Perspectives and Challenges: The Next Decade’
(Chair: Mary Cullen)
Speakers: Dr. Anthony McCarthy, Cathal Morgan, Donna Redmond, Florencia Shanahan
5:00 – 6:00    Roundtable Entitled ‘What is Working in the Treatment of Mental
Health?’
(Chair: Eve Watson)
Participants: Dr. Pat Bracken, Marie-Helene Brousse, Dr. Anthony McCarthy, Alan Rowan.
6:00 p.m.    Conference Close

*An exhibition of art will be on display throughout the day.

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