Conversations about the Mind

Fascination with where the mind is located, how it works and how its function becomes disordered have occupied man’s thoughts from antiquity to present. The current consensus is that (i) the mind is located largely in the limbic system of the brain, (ii) it can be interrogated in real time through electrical recording, various types of imaging and targeted conversation; and (iii) its function can be modified by pharmacology and various learning techniques used in psychiatry. Join us to explore how all of this seems to work.

Oct 5: Establishing that mind is in brain

Oct 19: Human behavior and some abnormalities

Oct 26: Key aspects of psychiatry including the psychiatric exam

Nov 2: History of psychiatry and its treatments

Nov 9: Neuroscience and psychopharmacology

Nov 23: Future of psychiatry

Nov 30: Response to worldwide mental health

Dec 7: Philosophy of Mind: An Alternative Perspective?

Presenter: Stanley Misler, MD, PhD, Emeritus Faculty, Washington University Medical Center

with guest William S. Nelson, BSEE