Nikolas Rose - What is mental health today...

Social scientist Nikolas Rose believes that social factors shape neurobiology, rather than the opposite. He describes how the recent developments in the neurosciences are changing the way individuals consider their identity in health and disease. He argues that the search for biomarkers raises serious ethical issues. For further information about the 12th EMBO | EMBL Science & Society conference please visit: http://www.embo.org/science-policy/science-society/conferences/2011.html.