Psychological Abuse, Mental Health and  Complex Systems

Psychological abuse is widespread, subtle and often goes undetected.

It can take many forms and take place in the familty, at school, in the workplace. In a science and engineering context, in research and scholarship.

The talk linked below is an excerpt  providing an overview of a novel approach to detecting psychological abuse and tackling it using a complex system approach.

A new initiative is seeking to form a COP (community of practice)  in relation to psychological abuse and systemic deviation in academia and research, linked  in particular  to whistleblowing, ie, where the psychological abuse is systemic and part of the institutional ethos,  the identification and reporting of which  is a type of whistleblowing.  For example, a serial abuser  finds his or her way to become nominated as the key person responsible for ethical supervision and investigation of harrasment.

To register your interest in providing a contribution (a use case, a method, an experience , a presentation, a panel or publication) and receive an inivatation to future initiatives please enter details at the bottom of this page (person information not to be shared for any other purpose than organising the initiative).