2010 JEMH Conference

Theme:

"Running the Moral Rapids"

Date:

May 13-15, 2010

Location:

Trinity Baptist Church, 1905 Springfield Road

Kelowna, British Columbia Canada

Hosted by the “Journal of Ethics in Mental Health” (www.jemh.ca) in association with McMaster University (Hamilton).

Sponsored by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (Toronto), the Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences (Whitby), The Royal Ottawa Health Care Group (Ottawa), and Northumberland Hills Hospital (Cobourg).

Click here to view the conference poster. 

Thursday May 13th, 2010

Real to Reel: Part I - A Day Long Workshop

"Popular Movies and Mental Disorders: What movies can teach us about ethics, boundaries and existential questions"

Frederick W. Engstrom MD

Medical Director, Brattleboro Retreat, Vermont, USA

Handouts:

Friday May 14th 2010

"The Virtuous Psychiatrist"

Jennifer Radden PhD

Dept. of Philosophy, University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA

"Suicide, Confidentiality & Family: the Case of Nadia Kajouji"

Rex Roman PhD

Fellow, Mental Health and Ethics

Mental Health in Medicine, Department of Psychiatry

Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, Canada

"'Moral' Problems with Moral Treatment"

Louis Charland PhD

Depts. of Philosophy and Psychiatry, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada

"Treatment Refusals in Psychiatry"

Jennifer Radden PhD

Dept. of Philosophy, University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA

"Ethics of Government Addictions Treatment Policies"

Janine Luce, Manager of Public Policy, & Wayne Skinner

Deputy Director, Addictions Program, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto & an invited panel.

“Deep Brain Stimulation for Neuroenhancement: Ethical and Social Implications” 

Francoise Baylis PhD FRSC

Canada Research Chair in Bioethics and Philosophy

Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada

"Recognition Rights and Mental Health Consumers"

Jennifer Radden PhD

Dept. of Philosophy, University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA