Perhaps you’ve experienced this in your own daily life, or you know someone who has gone through something like this. You might be wondering why this happens and how to prevent it. Sometimes, news events or environmental factors can throw us off balance and destabilize us emotionally. When we lose our balance, it depends on many different factors.

What are these factors? Does it depend on how information and risks are communicated? Does timing play a role? How should we deal with this? How can we influence our mental well-being? How can we take care of ourselves and others? Men are more likely to take their own lives than women. How do men’s and women’s thoughts and behaviors differ? What barriers prevent men from seeking help? Why, for example, do men go for cancer screenings less often?

The presentation provides insights into our research.

"We Research. For You." Program (internal link)

About the Author: Dr. Franziska Bäßler studied medicine in Freiburg, Spain, and the United States. She is a research group leader in the Department of General Internal Medicine and Psychosomatics at Heidelberg University Hospital and a WIN Fellow at the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities the project “Physical, Bodily, and Mental Stability in Extreme Situations.” Her research areas include communication, health services research, and improving the education and training of (prospective) physicians, as well as communication barriers in cancer prevention.

About the lecture series: For over 20 years now, this public lecture series has been taking place, featuring presentations by scholars from the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities well Academy of Sciences and Humanities from its seven sister academies. The lectures are aimed at a broad audience and are designed to provide insights into the research being conducted. Afterward, there will be an opportunity to chat with the scholars over pretzels and wine in the Academy’s courtyard garden.

We are grateful that the vhs Heidelberg is also promoting the series.

Additional lectures, every Wednesday at 6:15 p.m.:

• June 19, 2024: Excerpts as a Foundation. News from the Marx-Engels Collected Works(internal link)
• July 3, 2024: Women’s Spaces: Ceiling Paintings in Baroque Residences Commissioned by or for Women(internal link)
• June 17, 2024: Not Just in Hebrew: How the Jewish Middle Ages Read the Bible(internal link)

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