The Prince of Wales International Centre for SANE Research (POWIC) in Oxford houses investigations into finding the causes of and better treatment for serious mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia and depression.
[1] In 2003,[2] POWIC was built with donations from the Xylas shipping family, the late King of Saudi Arabia Fahd bin Abdel Aziz Al-Said, and the Sultan of Brunei.
[3] The building was formally opened by SANE's Patron, The Prince of Wales in February 2003, although the scientific programme had been running for the previous nine years.
[2] Crow was appointed the honorary scientific director of SANE based at the Department of Psychiatry at Warneford Hospital, part of Oxford University.
POWIC's quest for an organic basis for mental illness is pursued using three levels of explanation: The Dalai Lama, who visited Oxford in 2008, gave his support to the new Centre and the scientific examination of the Mindfulness approach: "My primary concern is not to propagate religion, but to benefit humanity.