[PHILOS-L] 2nd CFA - International Network of Philosophy and Psychiatry - 27th annual conference in Nijmegen

[Roy Dings]

 

Second Call for abstracts

27^TH INTERNATIONAL
NETWORK OF PHILOSOPHY AND PSYCHIATRY CONFERENCE

What can Philosophy do for Mental Health Care?

 

For the last decades philosophy has played an increasingly important role in debates on the legitimation, organization and practice of mental health care. It questions the aims of care, critically examines the boundaries of diagnoses and explores the roles of experience and expertise. But how might it actually inform practice? In other words, what can philosophy do for mental health care?

The 2026 INPP conference, to be held in Nijmegen, the Netherlands on October 8-9, 2026 aims to bridge the gap between philosophical theory and mental health care practice and to explore the diverse ways in which philosophy can contribute to the practice of mental health care. The conference brings  together researchers in the field of philosophy and psychiatry, clinical scientists, mental health care practitioners, experiential experts, and others interested in understanding and improving mental health care through philosophy.

 

Abstract instructions

We invite submissions for abstracts on a wide range of topics at the intersection of psychiatry and philosophy.  We prioritize submissions which actively seek to bridge the gap between theory (e.g. philosophical, ethical or phenomenological) and practice (e.g. mental health care design, treatment or organization).

Topics include but need not be limited to:

• Philosophical foundations of psychiatric diagnosis (e.g., the ontological status of psychiatric disorders and the validity of diagnostic categories, neurodiversity approaches).
• Epistemological issues in mental health care practice (e.g., the nature of clinical expertise; epistemic negotiations in clinical practice, experiential expertise).
• Ethical issues in clinical care (e.g., the role of acknowledgement and acceptance in therapy, patient autonomy,  informed consent, euthanasia, involuntary treatment).
• Philosophy of mind (e.g., how philosophical concepts of mind influence psychiatric diagnoses and treatment approaches).
• Philosophical training for mental health practitioners (e.g., training in conceptual competence, phenomenology, moral deliberation).
• Relational and embodied approaches to psychiatry (e.g., shared meaning-making, advances in recovery oriented mental health care, phenomenological and enactivist accounts of psychopathology and (psycho)therapy).
• Mental illness and society (e.g., depictions of illness in media; stigma and social recognition; societal views on illness; societal costs of mental health care).
• Emerging issues in philosophy and psychiatry (e.g. novel treatments such as psychedelics; novel societal developments such as the use of chatbots by patients; impact of social media).
• Neurophilosophy (e.g. the implications of advances in neuroscience for understanding mental illness, and therapeutic interventions).
• Philosophy of science in psychiatry (e.g. theoretical frameworks underlying psychiatric research, including discussions on reductionism, holism, and the role of evidence in psychiatry).

Abstracts of no more than 200 words, with a clear abstract name. The abstract has to be prepared for anonymous review. Submissions will be confirmed by a returning email message.  Abstracts are due on March 27th 2026. Notices of acceptance or rejection will be sent early May 2026. Presentations will be strictly limited to max 25 minutes, followed by minimally 5 minutes for discussion.

You may submit your abstract at www.inpp2026.com/abstracts

Bovenkant formulierFor questions, feel free to reach out to in...@inpp2026.com

 

Local Organizing Committee

Prof. Derek Strijbos (chair)
Dr. Roy Dings
Prof. Sanneke de Haan
dr. Wouter Kusters
dr. Alan Ralston
Bram Salman
Karlijn van Vlerken

 

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