Chris Meechan
@chrismeechan.bsky.social
WoS Psychiatry Higher Trainee. Interested in philosophical, historical and conceptual issues in psychiatry
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Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
Philosophy Special Interest Group
Annual Conference:
Autonomy and responsibility in psychiatry and
mental health care
Date: Friday 7 November 2025
Location: Royal College of Psychiatrists, London E1 8BB
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Annual Conference:
Autonomy and responsibility in psychiatry and
mental health care
Date: Friday 7 November 2025
Location: Royal College of Psychiatrists, London E1 8BB
www.rcpsych.ac.uk/docs/default...
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October 31, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Philosophy Special Interest Group
Annual Conference:
Autonomy and responsibility in psychiatry and
mental health care
Date: Friday 7 November 2025
Location: Royal College of Psychiatrists, London E1 8BB
www.rcpsych.ac.uk/docs/default...
Annual Conference:
Autonomy and responsibility in psychiatry and
mental health care
Date: Friday 7 November 2025
Location: Royal College of Psychiatrists, London E1 8BB
www.rcpsych.ac.uk/docs/default...
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If you missed our great discussion with Anil Seth @anilseth.bsky.social on consciousness and its potential biological basis, check it out here!
Very thought provoking, including nuanced discussions on AI consciousness.
Neuroscience & Philosophy Salon:
youtu.be/wZE4_Oa3YA0
Very thought provoking, including nuanced discussions on AI consciousness.
Neuroscience & Philosophy Salon:
youtu.be/wZE4_Oa3YA0
Anil Seth discusses consciousness and its potential biological basis
YouTube video by Neuroscience & Philosophy Salon
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October 26, 2025 at 4:55 PM
If you missed our great discussion with Anil Seth @anilseth.bsky.social on consciousness and its potential biological basis, check it out here!
Very thought provoking, including nuanced discussions on AI consciousness.
Neuroscience & Philosophy Salon:
youtu.be/wZE4_Oa3YA0
Very thought provoking, including nuanced discussions on AI consciousness.
Neuroscience & Philosophy Salon:
youtu.be/wZE4_Oa3YA0
Integrating dynamical systems theory and phenomenology to enhance early identification and treatment of psychotic disorders - The Lancet Psychiatry share.google/vk25t2cZiDAJ...
Integrating dynamical systems theory and phenomenology to enhance early identification and treatment of psychotic disorders
In the past three decades, psychiatric research has increasingly focused on the early
subthreshold stages of psychosis, with the aim of improving the early identification
and treatment of individuals ...
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October 26, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Integrating dynamical systems theory and phenomenology to enhance early identification and treatment of psychotic disorders - The Lancet Psychiatry share.google/vk25t2cZiDAJ...
Prof John Sadler - Vice and Psychiatric Diagnosis
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October 26, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Just went to see 'A want in her' - a simultaneously harrowing, poignant and hopeful documentary about addiction and mental illness from the perspective of daughter (and director) Myrid Carten. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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A WANT IN HER Trailer | OWR18
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October 22, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Just went to see 'A want in her' - a simultaneously harrowing, poignant and hopeful documentary about addiction and mental illness from the perspective of daughter (and director) Myrid Carten. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
youtu.be/YybSZmwWaz4?...
youtu.be/YybSZmwWaz4?...
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The series has been excellent. The concepts have been a helpful supplement to my training and should really be core to all psychiatry education.
October 22, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The series has been excellent. The concepts have been a helpful supplement to my training and should really be core to all psychiatry education.
I am constantly overwhelmed by the generosity of clinicians, academics and those with lived experience who have given up their precious time to speak for the SPG over the last 4 years 🙏🏻
Very excited to have Prof Luiz Pessoa (Entangled Brain) joining us on 20th Nov :)
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Very excited to have Prof Luiz Pessoa (Entangled Brain) joining us on 20th Nov :)
youtube.com/@speculative...
October 22, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I am constantly overwhelmed by the generosity of clinicians, academics and those with lived experience who have given up their precious time to speak for the SPG over the last 4 years 🙏🏻
Very excited to have Prof Luiz Pessoa (Entangled Brain) joining us on 20th Nov :)
youtube.com/@speculative...
Very excited to have Prof Luiz Pessoa (Entangled Brain) joining us on 20th Nov :)
youtube.com/@speculative...
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This should be fun! 😀
𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺
Is consciousness tied to biological brains?
Neuro&Philo Salon present+discussion with @anilseth.bsky.social of his BBS target paper!
October 23, noon USA eastern
#neuroskyence
Register: umd.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
doi.org/10.1017/S014...
Is consciousness tied to biological brains?
Neuro&Philo Salon present+discussion with @anilseth.bsky.social of his BBS target paper!
October 23, noon USA eastern
#neuroskyence
Register: umd.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
doi.org/10.1017/S014...
October 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
This should be fun! 😀
Correction: forthcoming book chapter *co-authored* with Zsuzsanna Chappell
(Apologies!)
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(Apologies!)
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October 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Correction: forthcoming book chapter *co-authored* with Zsuzsanna Chappell
(Apologies!)
share.google/P0kC7AKHlw3C...
(Apologies!)
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Talks from Awais aftab, John Sadler, Chloe Beale, George Ikkos, Bill Fulford, Sofia Jeppsson, Rebecca Lawrence, Linda Gask, Audrey Farley, Alistair Morgan, Richard Gipps, Gwen Adshead, Stephen Lawrie and more!
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Talks from Awais aftab, John Sadler, Chloe Beale, George Ikkos, Bill Fulford, Sofia Jeppsson, Rebecca Lawrence, Linda Gask, Audrey Farley, Alistair Morgan, Richard Gipps, Gwen Adshead, Stephen Lawrie and more!
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Speculative Psychiatry Group
The West of Scotland Speculative Psychiatry Group aims to create a space for professionals and the public to reflect on the future direction of Psychiatry. We aim to foster a multi-perspectival and pl...
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October 19, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Subscribe for all things philosophy of psychiatry!
Talks from Awais aftab, John Sadler, Chloe Beale, George Ikkos, Bill Fulford, Sofia Jeppsson, Rebecca Lawrence, Linda Gask, Audrey Farley, Alistair Morgan, Richard Gipps, Gwen Adshead, Stephen Lawrie and more!
www.youtube.com/@speculative...
Talks from Awais aftab, John Sadler, Chloe Beale, George Ikkos, Bill Fulford, Sofia Jeppsson, Rebecca Lawrence, Linda Gask, Audrey Farley, Alistair Morgan, Richard Gipps, Gwen Adshead, Stephen Lawrie and more!
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Huge thanks to @jeppsson.bsky.social for a wonderful talk for WoS Speculative Psychiatry Group.
Jeppsson discusses her forthcoming book chapter 'Philosophy of Madness' as well as her debut techno-fantasy novel “Kugghjulssjälar” (Cogwheel Souls).
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Jeppsson discusses her forthcoming book chapter 'Philosophy of Madness' as well as her debut techno-fantasy novel “Kugghjulssjälar” (Cogwheel Souls).
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Prof Sofia Jeppsson - Philosophy of Madness, Fiction of Madness
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October 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Huge thanks to @jeppsson.bsky.social for a wonderful talk for WoS Speculative Psychiatry Group.
Jeppsson discusses her forthcoming book chapter 'Philosophy of Madness' as well as her debut techno-fantasy novel “Kugghjulssjälar” (Cogwheel Souls).
Watch/subscribe 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z3X...
Jeppsson discusses her forthcoming book chapter 'Philosophy of Madness' as well as her debut techno-fantasy novel “Kugghjulssjälar” (Cogwheel Souls).
Watch/subscribe 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z3X...
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For #InternationalWomensDay2025, we've put together a special podcast series with 24 female professors at the IoPPN, in conversation with students, about their research, challenges in academia and their advice to new students #AcademicSky #WomeninSTEMM
Listen today!
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Listen today!
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Inspiring Women - Professors at the IoPPN
Podcast · Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience · Welcome to a captivating series of 10-minute student-led interviews highlighting the remarkable research and careers of female professors showcased in the "Inspiring Women - Professors at the IoPPN" portrait exhibition, located at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience in London, UK. Now, the IoPPN 25 student advisory group endeavors to amplify the influence of these portraits through the engaging interviews, each uniquely shaped by our students’ curiosity and engagement.
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March 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
For #InternationalWomensDay2025, we've put together a special podcast series with 24 female professors at the IoPPN, in conversation with students, about their research, challenges in academia and their advice to new students #AcademicSky #WomeninSTEMM
Listen today!
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Listen today!
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Buzzing after a wonderful evening at @rcpedin.bsky.social speaking with @suzypuss.bsky.social & @rebecca99.bsky.social about their books (Out of Her Mind, and An Improbable Psychiatrist) as well as the state of psychiatry for women, what is borderline personality disorder, and writing memoir #IWD
March 8, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Buzzing after a wonderful evening at @rcpedin.bsky.social speaking with @suzypuss.bsky.social & @rebecca99.bsky.social about their books (Out of Her Mind, and An Improbable Psychiatrist) as well as the state of psychiatry for women, what is borderline personality disorder, and writing memoir #IWD
Speculative Psychiatry Group [from the archive]
Dr Alistair Morgan - Continental Philosophy of psychiatry: the lure of madness
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Dr Alistair Morgan - Continental Philosophy of psychiatry: the lure of madness
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Dr Alastair Morgan - The Lure of Madness: A critical rescue of continental philosophy of psychiatry
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March 7, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Speculative Psychiatry Group [from the archive]
Dr Alistair Morgan - Continental Philosophy of psychiatry: the lure of madness
youtu.be/vEsje7HfS7A?...
Dr Alistair Morgan - Continental Philosophy of psychiatry: the lure of madness
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Re-reading a paper by Read & Moncrieff to use as an example of poor conceptual competence and had forgotten this gem.
February 18, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Re-reading a paper by Read & Moncrieff to use as an example of poor conceptual competence and had forgotten this gem.
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Germund Hesslow, "do we need a concept of disease?"
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Do we need a concept of disease? - Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics
The terms “health”, “disease” and “illness” are frequently used in clinical medicine. This has misled philosophers into believing that these concepts are important for clinical thinking and decision m...
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January 11, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Germund Hesslow, "do we need a concept of disease?"
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Can someone kindly remind me the name of/link the paper that uses the 'two people visiting a car mechanic' analogy as a critique of psychiatric diagnosis doing the 'heavy lifting'
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January 11, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Can someone kindly remind me the name of/link the paper that uses the 'two people visiting a car mechanic' analogy as a critique of psychiatric diagnosis doing the 'heavy lifting'
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A huge thanks to @rebecca99.bsky.social reflecting on her wonderful new book 'An Improbable psychiatrist' for the Speculative Psychiatry Group.
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Watch and subscribe! 👇
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Dr Rebecca Lawrence - An Improbable Psychiatrist
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December 30, 2024 at 4:50 PM
A huge thanks to @rebecca99.bsky.social reflecting on her wonderful new book 'An Improbable psychiatrist' for the Speculative Psychiatry Group.
Watch and subscribe! 👇
youtu.be/5pX1MBBAbvc?...
Watch and subscribe! 👇
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Heartspur
n.an unexpected surge of emotion in response to a seemingly innocuous trigger—the distinctive squeal of a rusty fence, a key change in an old pop song, the hint of a certain perfume—which feels all the more intense because you can’t quite pin it down.
n.an unexpected surge of emotion in response to a seemingly innocuous trigger—the distinctive squeal of a rusty fence, a key change in an old pop song, the hint of a certain perfume—which feels all the more intense because you can’t quite pin it down.
November 26, 2024 at 9:05 PM
Heartspur
n.an unexpected surge of emotion in response to a seemingly innocuous trigger—the distinctive squeal of a rusty fence, a key change in an old pop song, the hint of a certain perfume—which feels all the more intense because you can’t quite pin it down.
n.an unexpected surge of emotion in response to a seemingly innocuous trigger—the distinctive squeal of a rusty fence, a key change in an old pop song, the hint of a certain perfume—which feels all the more intense because you can’t quite pin it down.