 | James MacCabe is an academic psychiatrist, specialising in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. He is director of the Maudsley Debates, which holds public debates three times a year on topics relevant to mental health. He conducts research on the causes and treatment of severe mental disorders and works half time in the NHS as a consultant psychiatrist at the National Psychosis Unit at the Bethlem Royal Hospital. |
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"I was impressed by the intensity of the debate and the high level of intellectual engagement, not least by the audience. It was an invigorating, even exhilarating experience to be part of a festival based on the conviction that disagreement is good. The Battle of Ideas is a fantastic concept, may it spread epidemically to the rest of the world. I am already looking forward to next year's event."
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