Association for the Advancement
of Philosophy & Psychiatry
The Association for the Advancement of Philosophy and Psychiatry (AAPP) was establlished in 1989 to promote cross-disciplinary research in the philosophical aspects of psychiatry and to support educational initiatives and graduate training programs.
AAPP is dedicated to philosophical inquiry in psychiatry. AAPP aims to enhance the effectiveness of the psychiatrist as teacher, researcher, and practitioner by illuminating the philosophical issues embedded in these activities. AAPP also aims to encourage philosophical inquiry by making psychiatric phenomena more accessible to philosophers. Topics of interest include the identification, understanding, and explication of abnormal experience and behavior; the problem of psychiatric classification; the relationship between neuroscience and cllinical practice; the evaluation of clinical methods; and psychiatric ethics.
The goals of AAPP are realized through:
- Fostering research in the philosophical aspects of psychiatric theory and practice.
- Sponsoring educational courses, an annual meeting, international meetings, regional meetings with local chapters and symposia with other societies.
- Developing bibliographies and monographs in the areas of philosophy and psychiatry.
- Providing consultation to graduate training programs.
Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology (PPP) is the official journal of the organization, published in conjunction with the Royal College of Psychiatrists Philosophy Group by The Johns Hopkins University Press.
We are a small organization and vitally
need your support. Your comments, suggestions, and active
partcipation are most welcome. Philosophy and psychiatry have
never been as relevant to each other as they are today. AAPP
is an energetic association, and we can promise you genuine collegiality,
an opportunity to contribute and to learn, lively topics for consideration,
and instructive and enjoyable meetings.
For more information about AAPP contact Linda
Muncy
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