The International Conference on Crisis and Mental Health - philosophical and social aesthetic perspectives, organized by the International Network of Philosophy and Psychiatry (INPP), is pleased to announce its 25th edition, to be held at the Sigmund Freud University in Vienna, Austria. Due to late rescheduling of another international conference in Vienna the conference will now take place from May 23-25, 2024.

Hosted by the The Human Values in Healthcare Forum. This event aims to provide a reflective ‘holding’ space to allow health and care professionals and others from different disciplines to connect, converse and to share stories, ideas, practical skills and resources. We will also hear from practitioners stories of overcoming difficulties in adversity.

In this talk, we will discuss Mozi (墨子, c. 470 BCE – c. 391 BCE), an intellectual figure during the Warring States period in ancient China. He advocated for the philosophy of Impartial Care, also referred to as Universal Love (兼愛, jian'ai), which posited that all actions should be grounded in the notion of undiscriminating care.

This article draws on philosophical value theory to interpret the lived experience of racial inequalities in mental health, thereby pointing the way to co-production as the basis of improved clinical care.