Mads Gram Henriksen

Teaching

Short Presentation

Mads Gram Henriksen, mag.art, ph.d.

My research takes place in the interface between philosophy and psychiatry.

AoS Phenomenology, Phenomenological Psychopathology, Psychopathology, Philosophy of Psychiatry, Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders, EASE, Self-disorders, Psychosis 

AoC Continental Philosophy, Psychopathology, Schizophrenia, Philosophy of Psychiatry

Teaching 

• Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy (Philosophy Section, University of Copenhagen)
• Applied Philosophy (Philosophy Section, University of Copenhagen)
• EASE - introduction and advanced courses (see www.easenet.dk)
• Psychopathology and Clincial Practise (European Psychiatric Association, Section of Philosophy & Psychiatry, Florence)
• Philosophy and Ethics (Specialist education in Psychiatry in Denmark, I-course, Copenhagen)
• Psychosis and double Bookkeeping in the module Psychoapthology 1 (Specialist education in Psychiatry in Denmark, H-course, Copenhagen)

Supervision

• Phenomenology
• Existential Philosophy
• Phenomenological psychopathology
• Philosophy of Psychiatry

CV

Date of birth: November 18, 1979 (Naestved, Denmark)

Education

• 2012  PhD in Psychiatry, Center for Subjectivity Research, University of Copenhagen.
• 2008  Extended Master's Degree [Danish mag.art.] in Philosophy, University of Copenhagen.
• 2004  Exam.art. [BA] in Philosophy and an elective module in Mathematics, University of Copenhagen.

Employment        

• 2019- Senior Researcher, Mental Health Centre Amager, University Hospital of Copenhagen.
• 2018- Associate Professor in Philosophy of Psychiatry, Center for Subjectivity Research & Philosophy Section, Department of Media, Cognition and Communication, University of Copenhagen. 
• 2017- Senior Lecturer & Researcher, Mental Health Center Glostrup, University Hospital of Copenhagen.
• 2017 Part-time Lecturer, Philosophy Section, Department of Media, Cognition and Communication, University of Copenhagen.
• 2015-2017  Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Psychiatric Center Hvidovre/Glostrup & Center for Subjectivity Research, University of Copenhagen (“The Disrupted We”, collaborative research project).
• 2013–2014  Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Center for Subjectivity Research & Psychiatric Center Hvidovre, University of Copenhagen ("What is Psychosis?", individual research project).
• 2012  8 months of research at Psychiatric Center Hvidovre 
• 2008-2011  PhD-student at Center for Subjectivity Research 

Grants

• 2013  The Carlsberg Foundation: travel grant (DKK 6.850)
• 2013  The Velux Foundation: collaborative research grant (DKK 5.305.042) for the project: “Self-understanding and Self-alienation: Existential Hermeneutics and Psychopathology”. In addition to the Velux grant, the project is co-financed by the Faculty of Theology and Psychiatric Center Hvidovre (DKK 2.615.500). Principal applicant and PI: Prof. Arne Grøn.
• 2012  The Carlsberg Foundation: two-year postdoctoral research grant (DKK 1.073.642) for the project: “What is psychosis?”
• 2012  The Lundbeck Foundation: travel grant (DKK 15.249)

On the Editorial Board of

• Consulting editor for Journal of Phenomenological Psychology

Journal referee

• Autism
• Canadian Journal of Psychiatry / La Revue canadienne de psychiatrie
• Cognitive Neurodynamics
• Comprehensive Psychiatry
• European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience
• European Review of Applied Psychology / Revue Européenne de Psychologie Appliquée
• Frontiers in Cognitive Science
• Frontiers in Psychiatry
• Journal of Consciousness Studies
• Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
• Journal of Phenomenological Psychology
• Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences
• Philosophical Psychology
• Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology
• Progress in Neuropsychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry
• Psychological Medicine
• Psychopathology
• Review of Philosophy and Psychology
• Schizophrenia Bulletin
• Schizophrenia Research

Book refereee

• Mohr Siebeck, Peter Lang

Referee for funding agencies

• German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
• National Science Centre, Poland (NCN, Narodowe Centrum Nauki)
• Polish Reseach Council
• The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO, the Dutch Research Council)
• Wellcome Trust Foundation (UK)

PhD assessment

• Official PhD examiner/opponent: Børge Baklien (Norges Teknik-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet, February 12, 2016); Ricko Damberg Nissen (University of Southern Denmark, September 13, 2019).

Administrative posts

• Founding member and board member for Institute for Psychopathology (Denmark).
• Member of the international advisory board for the undergraduate programme in Social Psychiatry, University of Malmö (since 2014). 
• Member of the steering group for the collaborative, cross-faculty research project Self-understanding and Self-alienation: Existential Hermeneutics and Psychopathology, University of Copenhagen (2014-2018).

Research abroad 

• 2 months of PhD research at UniversitätsKlinikum Heidelberg: Phänomenologie-Sektion (Prof. Thomas Fuchs).

Teaching

• “Etik og filosofi”, underviser på Introduktionskursus (I-kursus) for speciallæger i psykiatri, Glostrup Hospital, Jan 11, 2018
• "Psychopathology 1", co-instructor on this H-course (hoveduddannelses-kursus) with Dr. Julie Nordgaard, Dr. Lennart Jansson, Dr. Peter Handest—more specifically, I taught on the subject of psychosis and double bookkeeping. Mental Health Center Glostrup, Sept 13-15, 2017.
• "EASE introductory course", co-instructor with Dr. Julie Nordgaard, Dr. Lennart Jansson, Dr. Peter Handest, Prof. dr.med. Josef Parnas, PhD-student Lars Siersbæk Nilsson, PhD-student Andreas Rosén Rasmussen, and PhD-student Maja Zandersen. Mental Health Center Glostrup, Sept 6-8, 2017.
• "EASE advanced course", co-instructor with Dr. Julie Nordgaard, Middelfart, Aug 16-17, 2017.
• "Anvendt Filosofi"; BA course (7,5 ECTS); co-instructor with Dr. Kristian Martiny. Department of Media, Cognition, and Communication, Philosophy Section, University of Copenhagen, March-May 2017.
• "Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy"; BA course (15 ECTS); co-instructor with Dr. Søren Gosvig Olesen & Prof. Dan Zahavi. Department of Media, Cognition, and Communication, Philosophy Section, University of Copenhagen, Feb-June 2017.
• "EASE introductory course", co-instructor with Dr. Lennart Jansson and Dr. Peter Handest, Middelfart, Nov 7-9, 2016.
• "EASE introductory course", co-instructor with Dr. Julie Nordgaard, Dr. Lennart Jansson, Dr. Peter Handest, Prof. dr.med. Josef Parnas, PhD-student Lars Siersbæk Nilsson, and PhD student Maja Zandersen. Psychiatric Center North Zealand, Hillerød, Aug 31-Sept 2, 2016.
• "Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy" BA course (15 ECTS); together with Dr. Søren Overgaard & PhD-student Zeynep Üsüdür, Department of Media, Cognition, and Communication, Philosophy Section, University of Copenhagen, Feb-June 2016.
• "Psychopathology and Clinical Practice"; co-instructor with Prof. Dr. Giovanni Stanghellini, Dr. Andrea Fiorello, and Dr. Andrea Raballo. Organized by European Psychiatric Association (EPA) Section on Philosophy and Psychiatry & Scuola di Psicoterapia e Fenomenologea Clinica, Florence, Italy, Jan 22-24, 2016.
• “Etik, filosofi og normalitet”, Instructor on the Introductory Course (I-course) for the Specialist training in Psychiatry, Glostrup Hospital, Jan 11, 2016.
• “EASE course”, co-instructor with Dr. Julie Nordgaard, District Psychiatric Center Bispebjerg, Copenhagen, Dec 10-11, 2015.
• "EASE introductory course", co-instructor with Dr. Julie Nordgaard, Dr. Lennart Jansson, Dr. Peter Handest, Prof. dr.med. Josef Parnas, and PhD-student Lars Siersbæk Nilsson, Psychiatric Center Region Zealand, Roskilde, Nov 25-7, 2015.
• “Fænomenologiske perspektiver på skizofreni”, co-instructor with Dr. Julie Nordgaard, Lokal Psykiatrien Vejle, Nov 6, 2015.
• “Fænomenologiske perspektiver på skizofreni”, co-instructor with Dr. Julie Nordgaard, Kolding Fjord Hotel, Nov 5, 2015.
• "EASE introductory course", co-instructor with Dr. Julie Nordgaard, Middelfart, Aug 18-20, 2015.
• "EASE introductory course", co-instructor with Dr. Julie Nordgaard, Dr. Lennart Jansson, Dr. Peter Handest, Prof. dr.med. Josef Parnas, Psychiatric Center Hvidovre, May 27-29, 2015.
• "Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy" BA course (15 ECTS); together with Dr. Søren Overgaard & PhD-student Zeynep Üsüdür, Department of Media, Cognition, and Communication, Philosophy Section, University of Copenhagen, Feb-June 2015.
• "EASE advanced course", co-instructor with Dr. Julie Nordgaard, Dr. Lennart Jansson, Dr. Peter Handest, and Prof. Dr.med. Josef Parnas, Psychiatric Center Hvidovre, Nov 6-7, 2014.
• "EASE introductory course", co-instructor with Dr. Julie Nordgaard, Dr. Lennart Jansson, Dr. Peter Handest, and Prof. Dr.med. Josef Parnas, Psychiatric Center Hvidovre, Nov 3-5, 2014.
• "EASE introductory course", co-instructor with Dr. Julie Nordgaard, Dr. Lennart Jansson, Dr. Peter Handest, and Prof. Dr.med. Josef Parnas, Psychiatric Center Hvidovre, May 13-15, 2014. 
• "Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy" BA course (15 ECTS); together with Dr. Søren Overgaard & PhD-student Felipe Leon, Department of Media, Cognition, and Communication, Philosophy Section, University of Copenhagen, Feb-June 2014.
• “EASE introductory course”; PhD course; co-instructor, Psychiatric Center Hvidovre, Copenhagen, Denmark, Nov 20-22, 2013.
• "Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy" BA course (15 ECTS); together with Dr. Søren Overgaard, Department of Media, Cognition, and Communication, Philosophy Section, University of Copenhagen, Sept-Dec 2013.
• “EASE introductory course”; PhD course; co-instructor, Psychiatric Center Hvidovre, Copenhagen, Denmark, Jan 16-18, 2013.
• “EASE advanced course”; co-instructor, McLean Hospital, Harvard University, Boston, U.S., April 2-4, 2012.

Supervision

• BA, MA, and PhD students

Papers

I have presented a total of 180 papers.

+100 papers at national Psychiatric Clinics, District Psychiatric Clinics, Forensic Psychiatric Clinics, Outreach Psychosis teams, and OPUS teams. The topics have covered schizophrenia spectrum disorders, self-disorders, delusion, hallucination, psychosis, insight into illness, double bookkeeping, mysticism, collective intentionality. These papers are not listed below.

16 papers at seminars at Center for Subjectivity Research, University of Copenhagen. These papers are also not listed here.

Below are listed invited papers and papers presented at major conferences or specialized meetings:

• 10.12.2018: "Interviews in phenomenological psychopathology". A new model for a dialogue between philosophy and psychiatry: phenomenological interviews. University of Heidelberg.
• 28.4.2017: "Ontological transformation of self and world in schizophrenia". Disordered Worlds: Self, Person and the Social in philosophy of psychiatry. Södertörn University. 
• 02.12.2016: "Intersubjectivity in schizophrenia: self-disorders, complicated we, and compensatory attitudes" (together with Lars Siersbæk Nilsson). The Philosophy and Psychopathology of the We. University of Copenhagn.
• 01.12.2016: "Disturbances of we-intentionality in schizophrenia and autism: an initial comparison" (together with Alessandro Salice). The Philosophy and Psychopathology of the We. University of Copenhagen.
• 10.11.2016: "Insight in Schizophrenia", University of Malmö.
• 13.9.2016: "The Disrupted We" (together with Dan Zahavi). University of Copenhagen Excellence Programme for Interdisciplinary Research Network meeting, Carlsberg, Copenhagen, Denmark.
• 24.1.2016: "Insight into illness and self-disorders in schizophrenia". Psychopathology and Clinical Practice; 3-day course organized by European Psychiatric Association (EPA) Section on Philosophy and Psychiatry & Scuola di Psicoterapia e Fenomenologea Clinica, Florence, Italy.
• 3.12.2015: "Mysticisme, skizofreni og selvet". Virkelighedsfølelse og selvfremmedgørelse: Årsmøde for Velux-projektet 'Selvforståelse og selvfremmedgørelse: Eksistentiel hermeneutik og psykopatologi', University of Copenhagen.
• 23.09.2015: “Self-disorders and double bookkeeping in schizophrenia”, Nordic Congress of Psychiatry, Copenhagen.
• 7.09.2015: “Indsigt i skizofreni”, Det Psykiatriske Uddannelsesakademi, Copenhagen.
• 21.05.2015: “Schizophrenia, double bookkeeping, and empathy”, Empathy, Phenomenology, and Psychiatry, Malmö University.
• 12.03.2015: “Sygdomsindsigt ved skizofreni”, Psykiatrigruppen for MedicinStuderende, University of Copenhagen.
• 8.10.2014: ”The Distrupted ’We’: Schizophrenia and Collective Intentionality” (together with Alessandro Salice), Thinking (about) Groups, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
• 17.9.2014: ”Psychosis and poor insight into illness”, World Psychiatric Association – XVI World Congress of Psychiatry:  focusing on access, quality and human care, Madrid, Spain.
• 24.4.2014: “Skizofreni: diagnose og psykopatologi ud fra et filosofisk perspektiv. Foredrag 1”, Akademisk Psykiatrisk Forum, The Danish Royal Library, Copenhagen.
• 24.4.2014: “Skizofreni: diagnose og psykopatologi ud fra et filosofisk perspektiv. Foredrag 2”, Akademisk Psykiatrisk Forum, The Danish Royal Library, Copenhagen.
• 10.04.2014: ”What is poor insight into illness in schizophrenia?”, World Psychiatric Association – Regional Congress: addressing mental health needs, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
• 26.02.2014: "Schizophrenia, psychosis, and self-disorders", New Perspectives on you, me and us, Center for Subjectivity Research Open House, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
• 05.02.2014: “Self-disorders and schizophrenia: empirical results”, CFS-IMC Joint Workshop: 1st, 2nd and 3rd person perspectives in clinical psychology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
• 10.10.2013. "What is poor insight into illness in schizophrenia?", Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, UK.
• 16.05.2013. "Fænomenologiske aspekter ved skizofreni", Civilisation & Medicin, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
• 19.04.2013. ”Loss of world and disturbed affectivity in schizophrenia”, The significance of phenomenology: 11th Annual Meeting of the Nordic Society for Phenomenology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
• 05.04.2013. “Schizophrenia, phenomenology, and empathy”, Methods in Studying Social Cognition, Schloss Mickeln, Heinrich-Heine Universität, Düsseldorf, Germany.
• 11.12.2012. “Reconsidering verbal hallucinations in schizophrenia”, Center for Subjectivity Research, Copenhagen, Denmark.
• 06.12.2012. "Udviklingen af høre-hallucinationer fra basis symptomer”, Les Hallucinations, Hvidovre Hospital, Denmark.
• 29.11.2012. “Fænomenologiske perspektiver på høre-hallucinationer i skizofreni”. Forum for Eksistentiel Psykologi og Terapi, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
• 18.11.2012. “Applied Phenomenology: The Emergence of Auditory Verbal Hallucinations in Schizophrenia”.  Annual meeting of the Phenomenological Association of Japan (PAJ), Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
• 14.11.2012. “Self-disorders in schizophrenia spectrum conditions: theory and empirical studies”. University of Tokyo, Japan.
• 04.04.2012. “Overview of the empirical EASE studies”, McLean Hospital, Harvard University, U.S.
• 02.04.2012. “The EASE in Context”, McLean Hospital, Harvard University, U.S.
• 16.03.2012. “Clinical manifestations of self-disorders and the Gestalt of schizophrenia” (Knud Pontoppidan Competition), Danish Society for Psychiatry, Nyborg, Denmark.
• 16.03.2012. “Clinical manifestations of self-disorders and the Gestalt of schizophrenia” (Poster presentation), Danish Society for Psychiatry, Nyborg, Denmark.
• 14.03.2012. “Clinical manifestations of self-disorders and the Gestalt of schizophrenia” (Poster presentation), Danish Society for Psychiatry, Nyborg, Denmark.
• 02.03.2012. “How do auditory verbal hallucinations arise? A clinical-phenomenological account”, Danish Society for Philosophy, University of Roskilde, Denmark.
• 14.10.2011. “Beyond empathy? Genetic understanding in schizophrenia”, Grenzen der Empathie, Freiburg, Germany.
• 28.04.2011. “Can we understand bizarre schizophrenic delusions?”, Phenomenology in Times of Crisis: 9th Annual meeting of the Nordic Society for Phenomenology, Reykjavic, Iceland.
• 22.06.2010. “On incomprehensibility in schizophrenia”, UniversitätsKlinikum Heidelberg, Germany.
• 22.05.2010. “Psychosis and Psychotherapy: A Phenomenological Approach”. University Psychiatric Clinic Ljubljana, Slovenia.
• 12.04.2010. “Are bizarre schizophrenic delusions really incomprehensible?” (Poster presentation), PhD-day 2011, The Faculty for Health Sciences, Copenhagen, Denmark.
• 22.10.2009. “Autism and perplexity in schizophrenia: A Heideggerian approach”.Understanding Mental Disorders: 12th International Conference for Philosophy and Psychiatry, Lisbon, Portugal.
• 16.06.2009. “Understanding symptoms”, Differentiation, Integration and Development: 16thInternational Symposium for the Psychological Treatments of the Schizophrenias and other Psychoses (ISPS), Copenhagen, Denmark.
• 23.04.2009. “Destruction in Heidegger’s later works”. Husserl 150 years: 7th Annual meeting of the Nordic Society for Phenomenology, Tampere, Finland.
• 27.02.2009. “Forståelsens grænser: om skizofreni og vrangforestillinger”. Danish Society for Philosophy, Århus, Denmark.
• 27.04.2008. “The Notion(s) of »Destruktion« in Sein und Zeit”. Phenomenology and Human Sciences: 6th Annual meeting of the Nordic Society for Phenomenology, Kaunas, Lithuania.

Member of

• Interessegruppe for Fænomenologisk Psykopatologi
• Nordic Society for Phenomenology
• Association for Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences
• Research Group for Philosophical Hermeneutics