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There is a rising number of people of all ages...

Early Protestant Missions to the Americas

Protestant settlers in the Americas believed it was their duty to convert indigenous peoples to the true Gospel. Yet the task proved unexpectedly difficult. The effort revealed and challenged deep European assumptions about culture and the nature of Christianity itself. From Massachusetts to Chile, Protestant would-be missionaries took roads that were paved mostly, but not entirely, with good intentions. This lecture will show where they led.

Psychosis: Making and Inhabiting a Different Reality

Professor Fletcher proposes that it can be understood in terms of the normal functioning of the mind, which seeks to construct a working model of reality even though it has very little direct contact with that reality.

Understanding Violent People

What can we do to reduce levels of violence in our society?

How Spontaneous Gestures Connect to Thinking

I will argue for the essential unity of speech and gesture in the transmission of thought, and suggest that we have underestimated the considerable communicative significance of these movements.

The Right Stuff: How Do We Make 'Good' Doctors?

An exploration of the concept of the 'good' doctor, and how we can ensure that our doctors are 'good'. This question is crucial at time when morale in the health services appears low and inquiries reveal poor practice by some health care professionals.

The Right Stuff: Information, Privacy and the Ethics of Disclosure

Personal information is understood as the property of individuals, but this way of thinking about information raises questions about the ethics of information sharing, particularly in relation to medical research and the management of risk in healthcare.

The Right Stuff: How Do We Make Moral Choices?

A review of developments in moral psychology over the last two decades, specifically the neuroscience of moral decision-making, and the implications of this research for ethical issues such as moral responsibility. Particularly focus will be given to the capacity to make unwise decisions...

The Zika Virus, Dengue and the Yellow Fever Mosquito

The Zika virus originated in Africa and causes a febrile illness but was little known until it spread within Brazil in 2014. The lecture will also discuss the ‘nightmare scenario’ of the increased range of the mosquito as a result of climate change.

Changing Minds and Changing Risk

Professor Gwen Adshead looks at the risks factors and the common types of violence, within the context of treatment and therapy issues

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Living with Mental Health

Early Protestant Missions to the Americas

Psychosis: Making and Inhabiting a Different Reality

Understanding Violent People

How Spontaneous Gestures Connect to Thinking

The Right Stuff: How Do We Make 'Good' Doctors?

The Right Stuff: Information, Privacy and the Ethics of Disclosure

The Right Stuff: How Do We Make Moral Choices?

The Zika Virus, Dengue and the Yellow Fever Mosquito

Changing Minds and Changing Risk

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