2012 JEMH Conference

Theme:

"Sentenced to Ethics"

Date:

November 28-30, 2012, Wednesday (all day), Thursday (all day), Friday (half day)

City:

Peterborough, Ontario, Canada (1.5 hours northeast of Toronto, 3 hours west of Ottawa)

Location:

Market Hall (Wednesday & Friday)

Galaxie Cinemas (Thursday)

Hosted by:

The "Journal of Ethics in Mental Health" (www.jemh.ca) in association with McMaster University (Hamilton, Canada) and The Scattergood Program for the Applied Ethics of Behavioral Health, University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia).

Conference Poster:

Sponsored by:

• Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (Toronto)

• Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences (Whitby)

• Royal Ottawa Health Care Group (Ottawa)

• Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care (Penetanguishene)

• Northumberland Hills Hospital (Cobourg)

Wednesday November 28th, 2012

Welcome & Introduction (Concert Hall)

John Maher MD FRCPC

Editor-in-Chief, JEMH

What Disturbs Our Blood: A Son's Quest To Redeem The Past

James FitzGerald

Toronto, Ontario

Anorexia Nervosa as a Passion

Louis Charland PhD

Departments of Philosophy and Psychiatry

University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario

Big Pharma: the ABCs of information Distortion and Control

John Trainor MSW

Global Health Advisory Committee - Open Society Foundations.

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto.

Director, Community Support and Research Unit, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario

Incentivizing Treatment Compliance and Healthy Behaviours

Barbara Russell MBA PhD

Bioethicist, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario

From Personal Experience to Scientific Research: My Life with Mental Health and Illness Issues

Jeff Kelland MSc PhD (candidate)

Community Health and Humanities, School of Medicine

Memorial University, St John's, Newfoundland

Thursday November 29th, 2012

Placebo Therapy as an Ethical Alternative

Irving Kirsch PhD

Associate Director, Placebo Studies, Harvard Medical School.

Professor of Psychology, University of Plymouth, UK

Psychiatric Advance Directives

Daniel L. Ambrosini LLB BCL MSc PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Law School

Harvard University, Cambridge MA, USA

Categories and Controversies: The Ethical Dimensions of the DSM-5

Dominic Sisti PhD

Director, Scattergood Program University of Pennsylvania

&

Marna S. Barrett PhD

Clinical Associate Professor of Psychology, Psychiatry Mood & Anxiety Disorders Treatment Research Program, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA, USA

Adjudicating Indian Residential Schools Abuse Claims: A Grant Exercise in Therapeutic Jurisprudence

Michael Bay JD

Adjudicator, Indian Residential School Adjudication Secretariat

Associate Professor (PT), Department of Psychiatry and Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton Ontario

Unsound Minds, Expert Opinions and Sound Judgments

The Honourable Christopher Corkery

Judge, Ontario Superior Court of Justice

Peterborough, Ontario

NOT AVAILABLE

Friday November 30th, 2012

Practical Wisdom: The Right Way to Do the Right Thing

Barry Schwartz PhD

Dorwin Cartwright Professor of Social Theory and Social Action, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore PA, USA

The Ethical and Health Implications of For-profit Health Insurance: A Personal Account

Nicola Wright PhD

Psychologist

Ottawa, Ontario

and

NOT AVAILABLE

Out of the Blue: Emerging from Workplace Depression

Jan Wong

Author of: Out of the Blue: A Memoir of Workplace Depression, Recovery, Redemption and, Yes, Happiness

Professor of Journalism, St Thomas University Fredericton, New Brunswick