Medical Sunday Special 2026: “Are You Crazy…?” – On Mental Health and Illness and the Public
Please note: The event will no longer take place in Lecture Hall 1 on the main campus, as previously announced, but in Building 7 on the Magdeburg University Medical Center campus.
Under the title “Are You Crazy…?” – On Psychiatric Health and Illness and the Public, this free event explores the connections between brain health, freedom, responsibility, and social coexistence.
The focus will be on lectures by Prof. Dr. Hans-Jochen Heinze, Medical Director of the University Hospital Magdeburg, and Prof. Dr. Thomas Nickl-Jockschat, Director of the University Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Magdeburg. They will address key questions of the event and explain the role brain health plays in individual freedom of choice, personal responsibility, and social coexistence.
- Date: June 14, 2026, 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
- Location: New Lecture Hall, Building 7, Leipziger Straße 44, 39120 Magdeburg
- Parking: Free parking is guaranteed for the event. Visitor parking spaces are clearly marked.
In public discourse, phrases like “He’s crazy!” are often used to react to dissenting opinions or unusual behavior. But where exactly does the line lie between mental health and psychiatric illness in the medical sense? Can such phenomena be explained neurobiologically? Can they be treated? And how do they relate to our social discourse?
Photo (from left): Prof. Dr. Hans-Jochen Heinze and Prof. Dr. Thomas Nickl-Jockschat. Photo: UMMD
Medical Sunday is open to anyone interested and is a joint initiative of Urania Magdeburg e.V., the Volksstimme, and Magdeburg University Medical Center. In addition to exciting insights into current medical and social issues, the event also offers the opportunity to speak directly with experts and ask individual questions.
Grafik Lageplan Haus 7. Quelle: UMMD