Come gather in the yurt at the
Stand in the Square for another in the series of
Explaining data collection and breaking it down for us, exploring the stigmatisation around mental illness, and weighing up the advantages of therapy against the medicinal treatment of depression, Lawrie gives us all of the facts we need to construct a well-informed opinion on the topic.
Explaining data collection and breaking it down for us, exploring the stigmatisation around mental illness, and weighing up the advantages of therapy against the medicinal treatment of depression, Lawrie gives us all of the facts we need to construct a well-informed opinion on the topic. However, the audience remains divided and discussion goes on to reveal the shockingly vast amount of information that is still unknown to modern medicine when it comes to depression. The yurt soons becomes a safe place for discussion where attendees bounce thoughts and life-experiences off one another – some even make personal first-time revelations to the audience of strangers present.
Although the event was certainly thought-provoking and educational, it consisted largely of audience members’ personal stories of mental illness and treatment courses which although appropriate and interesting, did detracted from the debate. Moreover, restricted to an hour, many questions were left unanswered or cut short. The event would have benefited from a longer running time where ideas and arguments could be better teased out.
This event was a one-off, but The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas offers a number of other talks also given by academics over the coming weeks,. These shall cover topics such as ‘Are Designer Babies a Slippery Slope?’ and ‘Are We Wasting Your Data?’. So head over to the Stand in the Square for a thought-provoking educational break from the frivolous fun of the festival.
