Event
Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry and the Culture and Clinic Speaker Series
Thursday, November 24, 2022 15:00to16:30
Push and pull: Instrumentalising identity in the battle for individuation
By Dr. Christian Desmarais,ÌýPsychiatrist, first-episode psychosis program & polarisation team
Department of Psychiatry, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ
Dr. Sarah Hanafi,Ìý5th year Psychiatry Resident
Department of Psychiatry, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ
Bios:
Christian Desmarais is a psychiatrist working with the first-episode psychosis program and the Polarisation team. His research activities aim at elaborating the representations of polarized political ideas at the collective and individual levels.
Sarah Hanafi is a fifth-year psychiatry resident at Ï㽶ÊÓƵ. She is interested in understanding the role of culture and identity in fostering resilience.