The Night of Ideas is back for a new edition!
Since 2016, the Night of Ideas has brought together thousands of people each year in nearly 190 cities around the world with a shared goal: to foster dialogue among ideas, knowledge, and cultures.
Coordinated internationally by the Institut français, the Night of Ideas returns to Oslo for a new edition on Wednesday, September 30, at 18:00 at Cinemateket i Oslo.
A new edition on the topic of artificial intelligence and mental health
Recent advances in artificial intelligence have profoundly transformed many fields, including mental health. A growing number of digital tools, such as psychological support apps and chatbots, claim to offer therapeutic assistance accessible to all.
This development, however, raises numerous questions. Can these devices truly be considered effective forms of therapy? Do they not risk diminishing the essential human dimension of the patient-therapist relationship? While some see them as a way to broaden access to care and improve patient monitoring, others denounce a potential dehumanization of the therapeutic process.
Thus, the question arises: does artificial intelligence represent a beneficial advancement for mental therapies, or a threat to the quality of patient care?
First part: A discussion with professionals in the field
Gaël Dias
Gaël Dias is a Full Professor at the University of Caen Normandy (France) and an Associate Professor at Munster Technological University (Ireland).
As co-director of the GREYC Research Laboratory (CNRS), he specializes in natural language processing and multimodal machine learning applied to mental health. His research focuses on digital phenotyping and modelling mental disorders using linguistic and behavioral data. He leads the interdisciplinary MENTAL.AI@CaeSAR project, investigating AI’s impact on psychiatric diagnosis and monitoring.
With over 170 international publications, he develops computational methods to advance the understanding of the cognitive and emotional mechanisms underlying mental health pathologies.
Raphaël Terrisse
Raphaël Terrisse is a psychiatrist at CHU Brest and focuses on issues related to psychiatric research.
His work and research also focus on educational innovation and the transformation of medical practices, particularly through the use of artificial intelligence in the training of healthcare professionals.
Moderator : Dr. Helene Amundsen Nissen-Lie
Dr. Helene Amundsen Nissen-Lie is a Norwegian psychologist and professor of clinical psychology at the Department of Psychology, University of Oslo. She is also a trained psychoanalyst and member of the International Psychoanalytic Association (IPA).
Her scholarly work focuses on psychotherapy process and outcome research, with a particular emphasis on therapist development, relational factors, and mechanisms of change across therapeutic methods, such as psychoanalytic/psychodynamic, emotion focused, MBT, and integrative psychotherapies.
Dr. Nissen-Lie is interested in diverse topics on clinical psychology and the current zeitgeist, in particular the use of artificial intelligence in psychotherapy as viewed from a psychanalytic and existential stance.
Second part: Screening of the documentary On the Adamant by Nicolas Philibert
The Adamant is a completely unique day centre floating on the Seine in the heart of Paris. It welcomes adults suffering from mental health issues and provides them with treatment and art therapy. Its unique wooden structure eliminates all forms of institutionalisation and creates an open space where people feel comfortable and want to return.
This warm and empathetic documentary gives us an intimate look at the nurses, psychiatrists, educators and patients at the Adamant. The film won the most prestigious award at the Berlinale: the Golden Bear.
Watch the movie trailer here.
The movie will be shown in French with Norwegian subtitles.
Practical Information
Date: September 30
Time: The event begins at 18:00 and is expected to end around 9:30 p.m.
Location: Cinemateket i Oslo – Dronningens gt. 16, 0105 Oslo
Registration: Free event, registration required.
Languages: The discussion will be held in English. The documentary will be shown in French with Norwegian subtitles.