每個時代都有其特殊的心智科學問題，本演講先以Molyneux question、潛意識與無意識因果力量、自由意志三類歷史上的科學驗證，說明當代腦科學與神經影像的發展，應對應到哪種時代氛圍或具有時代特性的問題。其中最關鍵的是完整有效的心智生物學，需要包含哪些部分，要多久才能發展出來？

Eric Kandel (2012)指出腦部的掃描可能發現了憂鬱的神經訊號，但貝多芬交響樂則展現了對該一憂鬱狀態的真正感覺，所以以此為例，心智生物學應如何才能真正應用到藝術與科學的對話，以及人類的主觀內在經驗之上，這些都是值得以後觀察與發展的課題。

Addiction treatment practitioners are confronted with a challenging treatment environment. Worldwide, the international War on Drugs has failed to reduce the supply or consumption of illegal drugs. The drug war’s law enforcement criminal justice model punishes the individual substance user with costly police procedure and imprisonment. A public health strategy for addiction treatment is more effective and far less costly. Within a health care model there is room for medication-based management as well as psychological counseling. 

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Modern psychological methods offer opportunities for assisting with the trauma of adverse childhood experiences, with the spiritual damage to self and family produced by years of addiction, and with the challenges of living sober and re-entering society and the workplace. In this presentation, special attention will be paid to management of relapses because both heroin and methamphetamine stimulant, major illicit drugs in Taiwan, are well-known to produce repeated relapses. There are effective medications (methadone, buprenorphine) to assist in managing opioid dependence. But, the treatments for stimulant dependence remain with several kinds of “talking” treatments, best carried out by trained practitioners and supported by community-based services. Practitioners must expect repeated relapses and high levels of treatment dropouts.

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However, psychologists are well placed to use relapses as potential learning experiences on the irregular path to a stable recovery.

人類從無意識醒來，浮現意識自我，造出龐大而便利的物質文明體系，卻也越來越難以自拔。生態心理學與綠色照護檢視人與自然疏離的弊端，希望在生態環境崩毀前，找出一種消解物質文明成癮，彌合人與自然關係的新典範。