Is “normality” a stable category, or a changing social construct that evolves with each era? What have we historically called madness, and what do we call mental health today? How did we move from rejection and stigmatization to concepts such as well-being, personal growth, and psychological resilience?
Thanks to a lecture by Prof. Dr. Tamara Džamonja Ignjatović, one of the most prominent experts in the psychology of mental health, we will learn about the challenges involved in defining “normality” and how attitudes toward “madness” and people with mental disorders have changed throughout history. We will also discuss how the very conceptualization of psychopathology has evolved—from the neuroses of Freud’s era to the personality disorders of the contemporary period—as well as the question of whether the prevalence of disorders is actually changing or whether the way we recognize and interpret them is changing.
Join us for a lecture that opens space for an important and challenging question: where is the boundary between the “normal” and the “pathological,” and who draws that boundary?
Admission is free, and no registration is required.