RANZCP ACT Branch Let's MEET

RANZCP ACT Branch and Canberra Health Service welcomes you to attend the final Let's MEET.

We will be welcoming Professor Greg de Moore who will be presenting on Finding Sanity: John Cade, lithium and the taming of bipolar disorder 
If you go to Tokyo or New York or London, or indeed any major world destination, it is likely that psychiatrists in those cities will only know one thing about Australia’s contribution to mental health: the discovery of lithium for bipolar disorder. This discovery – Australia’s greatest contribution to mental health – was made just after WW2. But it is the story of that discovery and how it almost lost its way that is full of intrigue.

Melburnian, John Cade, was a young doctor when WW2 started. He enlisted and before long was captured by the Japanese spending nearly 4 hideous years as a POW in Changi POW camp on the island of Singapore. In this unlikely refuge, Cade’s fertile mind set upon a path to discovery that led to lithium when he returned to Australia. But that pathway to lithium was anything but straight. Indeed it took the intervention of another doctor, a refugee to Australia, to help save Cade’s discovery. 

The presentation will take you through this remarkable Australian story, and there will be a free biography of Cade for all attendees.

And Dr Nathan Emmerich who will present Self and Meaning: Existentialism, Therapy and Psychedelics. 
Emerging in the middle of the 20th century, existentialist philosophy arguably responded to a crisis in meaning, one that resulted from the realisation that the universe was absurd, or that it was not possible to establish a foundational, transcendental or metaphysical meaning of human existence. Since its inception, existentialism has played a significant role in psychotherapeutic discourse. Given that questions about meaning are seemingly coming to the fore once again, it is worth reflecting on the contribution existentialism might make today, particularly in the context of the (re)development of Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy and the meaning-full nature of such experiences.

Program

12.30-1.20pm Lunch
1.30-2.10pm   Presentation by Professor Greg de Moore
2.10-2.50pm   Presentation by Dr Nathan Emmerich
2.50-3.20pm   Break
3.20-4.50pm   Networking activity
4.50-5pm        Event closing remarks

Ticket pricing

This event is free to attend

Cancellation policy

There is no cancellation policy as this is a free event. Please email ranzcp.act@ranzcp.org if you do not plan to attend as there are limited numbers.

Contact

Lisa Meredith
ACT/NT Branch Coordinator
ranzcp.act@ranzcp.org
02 6229 2800