REGISTRATION FOR SUPAA - SYMPOSIUM ON EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHIATRY

It is with great pleasure that we invite you to our Symposium on Evolutionary Psychiatry, organized by the Service of Old-Age Psychiatry (SUPAA), and taking place on:

Friday, November 7th, 2025, 13:30 to 17:45 pm

Psychiatric Hospital, route de Cery, 1008 Prilly nearby Lausanne Auditoire Aloïse Corbaz

or by Webex (the link will be provided by e-mail on the registration basis). 

Programme

13:30 Introduction
Pr Armin von Gunten

13:45 The Evobiopsychosocial Model
Dr Riadh Abed

14:30 Evolution of the social brain
Pr Martin Brüne

15:15 Break

15:45 Evolutionary psychotraumatology
Pr Alfonso Troisi

16:30 Evolution of aging and neurodegeneration
Pr Emiliano Bruner

17:15 Round table discussion

18:00 The round table will be followed by a cocktail
to continue the discussion with the experts
and the participants present on the spot.

Please find the full programme in the appendix on the present communication.

Registration an ticketing are available following the link below : 

Symposium on Evolutionnary Psychiatry | Infomaniak Events

You will receive an e-mail confirmation !

Price : CHF 50.00 // Free for members of DP-CHUV

The conferences are held in english

Evolutionary psychiatry is inspired by insights and concepts from evolutionary theroy and ethology to address enduring questions such as why rather than how psychiatric disorders come along or why severe and harmful psychiatric diseases remain so common in our societies. 

The aim of the Symposium is to present evolutionary insights by renowned speakers and to exchange with them on how the human mind has been forged over evolutionary times and evoke links with current psychopathology. We wish to raise awareness among interested attendees about the evolutionary perspective on psychopathlogoy. 

The programme will gather prominent European representatives in the fields of evolutionary psychiatry and palaeontology. 

We are very excited to welcome you to this afternoon!

Pr Armin von Gunten

Pr Pierre Vandel