2006 JEMH Conference

Theme:

"Subtle, Perceived, insidious: The Guises of Power"

Date:

May 26-27 2006

Location:

Metro Toronto Convention Centre Toronto, Ontario Canada

Hosted by the "Journal of Ethics in Mental health" (www.jemh.ca) in association with the Whitby Mental Health Centre and McMaster University and the Centre for Addiction and Mental health.

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May 26th 2006

Pre-Conference Institute

Introduction to Mental Health Ethics

Robert Butcher PhD

Hospital Ethics Consultant, London, Ontario

Ethical Crossroads Along the Way: Stories about Medical Training and Psychiatry

John Maher MD FRCPC, Whitby Mental Health Centre, Canada

Openning and Welcome

Our Vision for the new Journal of Ethics in Mental Health

Kelly MacRae PhD MA BScOT,

Ronald Ballantyne MSW MBA

All Disquiet on the Western Front

"Day to Day Ethics on the Frontline: ER, Inpatient Unit, Outpatient Care" - a panel presentation

Steve Abdool, RN, BA(h), MA, PhD(c), Bioethicist, University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics and St. Michael's Hospital & Staff Bioethicist and Director, Regional Centre for Excellence in Ethics, Homewood Health Centre, Guelph, Canada;

Brian Furlong, MD, FRCP, Director, Acute Care, Homewood Health Centre, Guelph;

Ken Balderson, MD, FRCP, Director of Inpatient Psychiatry, St. Michael's Hospital & Lecturer, University of Toronto

Community Psychiatry: Assertive, Coercive, or Disabling?

Sarah Garside PhD MD FRCPC, Haldimand-Norfolk ACT Team, Canada; John Maher MD FRCPC, Peterborough ACT Team, Canada

A CIVIL PLIGHTS MARCH

Six Speakers and Six Perspectives on the Real Issues

1. Client, 2. Family member, 3. Caregiver, 4. Advocate, 5. Lawyer, 6. Politician

BURDENS

Moral Distress and Mental Health Practitioners

Wendy Austin PhD, MEd, RN;

John Dosseter Health Ethics Centre, University of Alberta; Canada Research Chair in Relational Ethics in Healthcare

Science or Politics? The Abortion Debate

Paul Dagg MD FRCPC, Clinical Director, Tertiary Mental Health, Interior Health Authority of British Columbia, Canada

REFLECTIONS

An Ethics Free for All

Moderator - Robert Butcher PhD.

The day's presentations have stimulated your thinking... Specialists (a lawyer, an ethicist, and a psychiatrist) will field your questions on any mental health ethics topic.

Bernard Dickens LLD PhD, Francois Baylis PhD, and Sidney Bloch MB ChB PhD DPM FRCPsych FRANZCP DipPhilMed

TRANSFORMATIONS

Mental Health Ethics: An Exciting Journey

Sidney Bloch MB ChB PhD DPM FRCPsych FRANZCP DipPhilMed, Professor Department of Psychiatry and Centre for the Study of Health and Society, University of Melbourne, Australia

May 27th 2006

Directions the Journal of Ethics in Mental Health should go…

Breakfast discussion hosted by Michael Bay

LANDMARKS

The Ethics of ‘Ethics’: Black and White or Shades of Grey

Bernard Dickens LLD PhD FRSC; Professor Emeritus of Health Law and Policy, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Medicine, Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto, Canada

Patterns of Practice: Do they Help in Clinical Ethics?

Julian C. Hughes MA MB PhD, Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry, Institute for Ageing and Health, University of Newcastle, UK

MENTAL HEALTH LAWS: DO THEY SERVE US WELL?

Human Rights of People Lacking Capacity: Theoretical and Practical Problems

Peter Bartlett LLB PhD, University of Nottingham, UK

Making the Law Match the Reality; Making the Reality Match the Law

Michael Bay LLB JD; Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

An Ethics Free for All – Part 2” Ask your questions on any mental health ethics topic… Poll the audience on their positions…

Moderator: Michael Bay LLB JD

Panel: Peter Bartlett LLB PhD, Robert Butcher PhD, Raj Bhatla MD, John Trainor MSW, Lana Frado Consumer advocate

STATE OF THE HEART

Mental Health Ethics in Canada

Remi Quirion PhD FRSC CQ; Scientific Director, Douglas Hospital Research Centre; Scientific Director, Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction of CIHR (INMHA); Professor, Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

ON THE STREETS

Against Compassion: Towards an Ethic of Generosity in Gift Relations to the Vulnerable

Joe Hermer, DPhil, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Criminology, University of Toronto, Canada

VULNERABILITY

Informed Consent in Child Mental Health

Jocelyn Hattab MD, Director, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Jerusalem Mental Health Center; Chairman, Faculty of Psychiatry, Hebrew University Medical School, Israel

Ethics of Neuroimaging in Children

Michael Hadskis, Health Law Institute, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada

BRAIN SCIENCE THROUGH A PHILOSOPHER'S EYE

Neuroethics: What is it and what comes next?

Francoise Baylis PhD; Professor, Dept of Bioethics and Philosophy, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada; Canada Research Chair in Bioethics and Philosophy

CLOSING REMARKS

Closing Remarks

Paul Dagg MD FRCPC Clinical Director, Tertiary Psychiatry Services, Interior Health Authority, British Columbia, Canada