Good and Evil - the Challenge for Psychiatry

Next Programme for Members of the Spirituality SIG, to be held at the Royal College of Psychiatrists on 1st February 2002

10.15 Coffee
10.45 Preliminary notices: Dr. Andrew Powell (Chair)
11.00

'Capacities and Dispositions - reflections on good and evil from a forensic psychiatrist'.

Dr. Gwen Adshead, Consultant Psychotherapist, Broadmoor Hospital, Consultant Psychiatrist, Traumatic Stress Clinic, UCL. Chair, Philosophy SIG.

11.45 Discussion
12.30 Lunch
1.45

'Is Evil necessary? - The psychology of religious belief'.

The Right Revd. Dominic Walker, Bishop of Reading. Member of the Church of England Working Party on the Ministry of Healing

2.30 Discussion
3.15 Tea
3.30

'Does Evil have to exist to be real? - The discourse of evil and the practice of mental health care'.

The Revd. Dr. John Swinton, Senior Lecturer in Practical Theology, University of Aberdeen.

4.15 Discussion
5.00 End of meeting

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