Abstract

This conference's title refers to the possibility of the heredity of pathological trauma. This heredity is controversial, as well as the underlying potential mechanisms.
Firstly, the conference will explain common misunderstandings (overlapping between the concepts of heredity and genetics, separation of the genetic and environmental concepts and the unilaterality of the genotype-phenotype dichotomy) and presents the difficulties when approaching and studying the subject (nature-nurture, innate-learned and neurodevelopment).
Secondly, the circularity genotype - environment - phenotype will be analysed in detail, based on what is already known about the heredity of mental illnesses, in general, and pathological trauma, in particular.
Finally, the conference will focus on the existing knowledge about the heredity of pathological trauma and the potential paths for future researches within this field.
This conference will be followed by a public debate.

Biographic Note

Rui Mota Cardoso, Ph.D, is a Psychiatrist and Professor at the School of Medicine of the University of Porto.

João Arriscado Nunes, Ph.D, is a Researcher at the Centre for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra, as well as an Associate Professor With Aggregation at the School of Economics of the same university.

Discussant: João Arriscado Nunes

Organization: Trauma Centre

Note: Free Entrance