Lectures: "Mental Disorders and Biological Cures: Lectures in the History of Psychiatry and Neuroscience" (UCLA Programs in Medical Classics, Winter-Spring 2002)
UCLA Programs in Medical Classics Winter-Spring 2002 http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/biomed/his2/medicalclassics.html The UCLA Programs in Medical Classics is a series of presentations designed to enhance an appreciation of the links among famous medical writings, clinical practice, basic research, and humanistic scholarship. Held monthly, October through May or June, these meetings bring together a convivial group of individuals of scholarly tastes-- both from the community and from the UCLA faculty, students and staff--to read, discuss and examine texts that embody advances in medicine and in the relationship of medicine to broader cultural settings. The 2001-2002 academic year is our eighteenth season. For the second half of the 2001-2002 season we are pleased to welcome an excellent group of physicians, medical scientists, and historians who will explore for us a variety of topics in which they have developed special interest and expertise. Program for February 2002 through May 2002 Mental Disorders and Biological Cures: Lectures in the History of Psychiatry and Neuroscience Tuesday, 12 February 2002 Psychopharmacology and the Naming of Disease: How Do We Get Out of This Dead End? Edward L. Shorter, Ph.D. Hannah Professor of the History of Medicine, University of Toronto Introduction by Peter Whybrow, M.D., Judson Braun Professor and Executive Chair of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, and Director, UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute Tuesday, 12 March 2002 How the Development of a Modern Consumer Culture Was Necessary for the Deinstitutionalization of Mental Patients in the Late 20th Century John C. Burnham, Ph.D. Professor of History and Psychiatry, Ohio State University Introduction by Alexander S. Young, M.D., M.S.H.S., Assistant Professor of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA Tuesday, 9 April 2002 Symptom Formation & Psychopathology: a Conceptual History German E. Berrios, M.D. University Lecturer in Psychiatry, Cambridge University Introduction by Theodore Porter, Ph.D., Professor of History, UCLA Tuesday, 21 May 2002 The Appearances of Science David Healy, M.D. Reader in Psychological Medicine, University of Wales College of Medicine Introduction by Kenneth B. Wells, M.D., M.P.H., Professor of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA These programs will take place at 6:00 pm in the UCLA Faculty Center, followed by wine, conversation, and an opportunity to examine some of the books discussed that evening. There is no charge for the lectures and receptions. An optional dinner with the speakers, at $21.00 per person, will take place in the Faculty Center about 7:30 pm. A reservation is required for dinner; please call the History & Special Collections Division of the UCLA Louise M. Darlin Biomedical Library at (310) 825-6940 to make a reservation. An abridged form of an appropriate text will be distributed to those persons who request it in advance. To request these texts or for more information, please send us an e-mail <biomed-ref@library.ucla.edu> with the words "Medical Classics Program" in the subject field, or call the History & Special Collections Division at (310) 825-6940.