2010 JEMH Conference

Fourth JEMH Conference on Ethics in Mental Health

Theme:         "Running the Moral Rapids"

Date:             May 13-15, 2010

Location:       Peterborough, Ontario Canada

Registration: Click here for registration form

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), and the Royal Ottawa Health Care Group (Ottawa).

What is Special about the Region: Make a weekend of it in the beautiful Kawartha Lakes region of Ontario. There are lots of interesting things to see and do in the area: Whetung Native Art Gallery, Warsaw Caves, Lang Pioneer Village, Hope Mill…

 Conference Highlights:

Great music…
A private musical event with Cape Breton fiddling sensation Natalie MacMaster!

Great venues…

Day 1)  Galaxy Cinemas
Day 2)  The Canadian Canoe Museum
Day 3)  Peterborough Theatre Guild

Some of our Distinguished Speakers:

  1. Louis Charland PhD, Departments of Philosophy and Psychiatry, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada. Professor Charland's areas of specialization are the philosophy of emotion and the philosophy of psychiatry. 
  2. Jennifer Radden PhD, Department of Philosophy, University of Massachusetts, Boston; Ethics Consultant, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts. Professor Radden has published extensively on mental health concepts, the history of medicine, and ethical and policy aspects of psychiatric theory and practice. Her next book, The Virtuous Psychiatrist: Character Ethics in Psychiatric Practice, co-authored with Dr. John Sadler, will be published by 2010.
  3. Francoise Baylis PhD FRSC, Canada Research Chair in Bioethics and Philosophy, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada. Professor Baylis’  research is focused on the potential impact of emerging neurotechnologies on the ongoing process of identify formation.

Accommodations for all budgets (click here): Trent University residence rooms, hotels, B&B’s, Lakeside resorts

Click here for the conference poster.

Click here for registration information.

Thursday May 13th, 2010:    
Location: Galaxy Cinemas, 320 Water Street, Peterborough Ontario
8:00 am Registration (Breakfast Provided)    
8:45-
9:00 am		 Welcome    
 
Real to Reel: Part I - A Day Long Workshop
       
9:00-
5:00 pm		 "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
12:00-12:30 pm Lunch provided    
5:00-
6:30 pm		 Supper on your own in downtown Peterborough    
 
Real to Reel: Part II (Open to the public)
       
6:30-
7:00 pm		 "Ethical Issues in a National Mental Health Arts and Film Festival"
Lee Knifton, Neil Quinn
Glasgow School of Social Work
Universities of Strathclyde and Glascow, Scotland		    
7:00-
9:00 pm

“The Savages”:  An ethically thought provoking film presented in association with the “Behind the Mind’s Eye Film Festival”

   
9:00-
10:00 pm

Followed by a panel discussion hosted by Tim Krahn BA, Research Associate, Novel Tech Ethics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada.

   

Panel members: Sarah Garside MD, John Trainor MSW, Barbara Russell PhD, John Henderson RN, John Dick

Friday May 14th 2010:   
Location: Canadian Canoe Museum, 910 Monaghan Road
       
8:00-
9:00 am

Breakfast provided
Explore the wonderful Canadian Canoe Museum over the course of the day…

    
 
Pretense
9:00-
10:00 am		 "The Virtuous Psychiatrist"    

Jennifer Radden PhD
Dept. of Philosophy, University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA
10:00-
10:15 am		 Nutrition Break    
 
Intense
10:15-
11:15 am		 "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
Past Tense
11:15-
12:15 pm		 "'Moral' Problems with Moral Treatment"    

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

  
12:15-
1:00 pm		 Lunch provided    
 
Present Tense
1:00-2:00 pm "Treatment Refusals in Psychiatry"    

Jennifer Radden PhD
Dept. of Philosophy, University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA
2:00-
3:00 pm		 "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.
3:00-
3:15 pm		 Nutrition Break    
 
Future Tense
3:15-
4:15 pm

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

   

Francoise Baylis PhD FRSC
Canada Research Chair in Bioethics and Philosophy
Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
4:15-
5:15 pm

"Ethics of Mental Health: Legal and Regulatory Issues"

    

Angelique Reitsma MD MA
Scattergood Program for the Applied Ethics of Behavioural Health University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
5:15-
6:00 pm		 Supper Provided    
 
Portents
6:00-
7:00 pm

"Recognition Rights and Mental Health Consumers"

    

Jennifer Radden PhD
Dept. of Philosophy, University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA
 
Friday Evening
7:00-
8:00 pm

A wonderful, private musical event in the grand foyer of the Canadian Canoe Museum with Cape Breton fiddling sensation Natalie MacMaster…

    
Saturday May 15th 2010:    
 
Location: Peterborough Theatre Guild, 364 Rogers Street
8:00-
8:30 am		 Breakfast provided    
 
Head to Head
8:30 am-
12:30 pm

Two Teams, Hot Topics, Hot Debates!
You vote on the 'right answer'!

    

Team 1

1. Sarah Garside, McMaster University, Psychiatrist 
2. Angelique Reitsma, U of Pennsylvania, Bioethicist   
3. Bernard Dickens, University of Toronto, Law Professor Emeritus      
4. John Trainor, CAMH, Community Services            
5. Theresa Claxton, Ont. Assoc. of Patient Councils, Consumer      

Team 2

1. Raj Bhatla, University of Ottawa, Psychiatrist    
2. Jennifer Radden, U. of Massachusetts, Philosopher   
3. Michael Bay, Toronto, Lawyer            
4. Gail Czukar, CAMH, Policy, Education, Health Promotion        
5. John Dick, OSCMHS, Patient Council Coordinator

Head to Head Topics

"Be it resolved that..."

  1. Psychiatrists should be directly involved in the interrogation of terrorist suspects.
  2. Substance abuse is not a disease of the human brain, but is rather a weakness of will, a moral failing, and a competent choice.
  3. A personality disorder should nullify responsibility for a criminal act.
  4. Neuroscience clearly shows that our brains fool us into thinking we have free will when we are really just stimuli responsive automatons.
  5. Stigma towards people with mental illness is justified because some are very dangerous and we must teach our children how to be safe.
  6. Doctors who have had a mental illness should never disclose this to their patients.
  7. Mandatory treatment of people with mental illness is required in all cases where a person lacks insight, even if they are not a risk to themselves or others.
  8. Street drugs for personal use should be decriminalized; Portugal got it right.
  9. Biological reductionism has ruined psychiatry.
  10.  We should use drugs to immediately erase people’s memories of traumatic events.
  11.  Psychologists should prescribe psychotropic medications.
  12. Other hot topics solicited from conference participants…



Registration Cost
Individual $275
Groups of 4 or more: $250 each
Full-time Student $200
  • Amounts are in Canadian dollars.
  • Includes some meals.
  • Excludes accommodation costs.
  • Cost is for all three days. (No ‘per day’ rate is available)
  

A limited number of subsidies is available for people living with mental illness. Please contact Theresa Claxton for information:

e-mail: Theresa.claxton@sympatico.ca                  
tel: 416-633-9420 ext.16967


Registration

  

Payments may be made by credit card, bank draft or cheque. Please make your bank draft or cheque payable to:  Journal of Ethics in Mental Health

Mail your bank draft or cheque and your registration form to:

John Maher
349A George St. N., Suite 204
Peterborough, Ontario, Canada  K9H 3P6

 If paying by credit card you may fax or e-mail your registration form to:

fax: 705-742-1941       
e-mail: maherj@ontarioshores.ca                

Click here for registration form

Confirmation of Registration

You will receive a confirmation of registration by e-mail in advance of the conference. Receipts for payment and proof of attendance will be provided at the conference.

A processing fee of $50 will be retained on any cancellations. Deadline for cancellation is April 10, 2010. No refunds will be provided after this date.

If this conference is cancelled for any reason, registrants will be advised and full refunds will be issued.

Education Credits

An application to have this event accredited as a Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada has been submitted.

A “Certificate of Participation” will be provided at the end of the conference and may be used, together with the conference outline, to apply to other licensing boards and professional organizations for learning credit.

Proceeds

All proceeds from this conference will be used to fund the operations of the international, peer reviewed, web-based, “Journal of Ethics in Mental Health”.  This journal is available free of charge worldwide and does not accept or rely upon any corporate advertising. Its continued operation is dependent upon conference revenues, educational grants, and private donations. Thank you for your support. We look forward to seeing you in Peterborough.

For Additional Information

Telephone: John Maher at 705-742-9767 ext. 25

e-mail:maherj@ontarioshores.ca

fax:     705-742-1941

 

Peterborough Accommodation Options

Trent University Residence Rooms

Tel: 705-748-1260   Toll free:1-866-290-6491

1000 rooms available.

$36 per night single dorm room, common bathroom
$63 per night double bed, semi private bathroom

Hotels/Motels

Best Western Otonabee Inn
84 Lansdowne Street East
Peterborough, Ontario
705-742-3454
1-800-373-5843

www.bestwesternotonabeeinn.com

Peterborough Inn & Suites
312 George Street North
Peterborough, Ontario
705-876-6665
1-866-446-4451 

www.peterboroughinn.com

Blue Jay Motel
1165 Hwy 7 East
Peterborough, Ontario
705-745-5205      
1-888-745-5205   

www.bluejaymotel.ca

Quality Inn
1074 Lansdowne Street West
Peterborough, Ontario
1-877-316-9949

www.choicehotels.ca

Carriage Inn Motel
963 Hwy 7 East
Peterborough, Ontario
705-745-0573

www.carriageinnmotel.ca

Robyn's Motel
1136 Hwy 7 East
Peterborough, Ontario
705-745-3225

www.robynsmotel.com

Comfort Hotel & Suites Peterborough
1209 Lansdowne Street West
Peterborough Ontario
705-740-7000
1-877-316-9948

www.choicehotels.ca

Rock Haven Motel & Convention Centre
875 Lansdowne Street West
Peterborough, Ontario
705-742-8807

www.yourlocalmarketplace.com/on/rockhaven

Holiday Inn Peterborough Waterfront
150 George Street North
Peterborough, Ontario
705-743-1144

www.holiday-inn.com/waterfront  

Super 8 Motel Peterborough
1257 Lansdown Street West
Peterborough, Ontario
705-876-8898

www.super8peterborough.com

Motel 6 Peterborough
133 Lansdowne Street East
Peterborough, Ontario
705-748-0550
1-877-4-Motel-6

www.motel6.com

Trentwinds International Centre & Motel Hotel
264 Lansdowne Street East
Peterborough, Ontario
705-743-4271

trentintl@cogeco.net

Regional Accommodations Info www.thekawarthas.net/accommodations.html