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Irish author and scientist Ian Hughes will be in the gallery to talk about his forthcoming book Disordered Minds: How Dangerous Personalities Are Destroying Democracy. He will also be signing copies (we’ll have books for sale in our shop). By bringing together his experience in science, psychology and political science, he will be able to answer questions on why a small proportion of people with dangerous personality disorders are responsible for much of the violence and greed that scars our world. Clinical psychologist Paul D'Alton will introduce Ian on the night. Paul head of the Department of Psycho-oncology at St Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin and Adjunct Lecturer at The School of Psychology, University College Dublin.
Ian Hughes is a scientist, psychologist and author. He graduated with a PhD in atomic physics from Queen’s University in Belfast, and worked in some of the top research laboratories in Europe and the United States. These included JET, the world’s largest nuclear fusion machine, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the United States. In mid-career he trained in psychoanalytic psychotherapy, where he learned about human development, and the absence of same that results in dangerous personality disorders. You can find more information about the book at disorderedworld.com
Irish author and scientist Ian Hughes will be in the gallery to talk about his forthcoming book Disordered Minds: How Dangerous Personalities Are Destroying Democracy. He will also be signing copies (we’ll have books for sale in our shop). By bringing together his experience in science, psychology and political science, he will be able to answer questions on why a small proportion of people with dangerous personality disorders are responsible for much of the violence and greed that scars our world. Clinical psychologist Paul D'Alton will introduce Ian on the night. Paul head of the Department of Psycho-oncology at St Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin and Adjunct Lecturer at The School of Psychology, University College Dublin.
Ian Hughes is a scientist, psychologist and author. He graduated with a PhD in atomic physics from Queen’s University in Belfast, and worked in some of the top research laboratories in Europe and the United States. These included JET, the world’s largest nuclear fusion machine, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the United States. In mid-career he trained in psychoanalytic psychotherapy, where he learned about human development, and the absence of same that results in dangerous personality disorders. You can find more information about the book at disorderedworld.com
