Behrendt, Ralf-Peter

Ralf-Peter Behrendt studied medicine and biophysics (medical cybernetics) in Moscow, Russia. He came to England in 1997, where he trained in psychiatry, pursuing special interests in psychoanalysis and neuropsychiatry. He now works as a consultant in old-age psychiatry. He has published several articles and book chapters in the field of psychopathology and neurobiology of mental illness, especially in the interface with philosophy. He is the author of "Neuroanatomy of Social Behaviour: An Evolutionary and Psychoanalytic Perspective" (Karnac, 2011).