2007 JEMH Conference

Conference on Ethics in Mental Health

Theme: "Mental Illness within Spiritual Contexts"

Date: July 6-7 2007

Location: Lakefield Ontario Canada

Hosted by the "Journal of Ethics in Mental health" (www.jemh.ca) in association iwth McMaster University (Hamilton) and the Centre for Addiction and Mental health (Toronto).

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Friday July 6th 2007				PPT	Audio

	Welcome and Introductions
		Challenging Our Worldviews		-
			John Maher MD FRCPC Whitby Mental Health Centre, Whitby, ON
	Friday Daytime Presentations
		Ethical Issues in the Provision of Health Care in the Context of Religious Belief		-	-
			Robert Butcher PhD, Foundations: Consultatants on Ethics and Values Mirium Overton MTS Huron College, University of Western Ontario London, ON
		The Ethics of Evidence Based Psychiatry
			Mona Gupta MD FRCPC Postgraduate Bioethics Coordinator, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto; Program Leader, Mental Health in Medicine, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, Ontario
		The Chaplain as a Member of the Healthcare Team - an Ethical Risk?
			Janet Young M.T.S., CAPPE Specialist, Staff Chaplain Mary-Lou Martin RN, MEd, MScN, Clinical Nursing Specialist, Rosemary Garside CAOT (non practicing), Consumer Centre for Mountain Health Services, St. Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, Ontario
		Is it Psychosis, Mystical Experience, or Just my Everyday Reality?		-
			Nicola Wright PhD Allison Freeland MD FRCPC Schizophrenia Program, Royal Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario
		Native World Views and Mental Health
			Cindy Baskin PhD Department of Social Work Ryerson University Toronto Ontario
		Understanding Religious Experience: Theory, Therapy and Description		-
			Murray Littlejohn, Professor of Philosophy Department of Humanities and Languages University of New Brunswick Saint John
		Leaving the Room to Scream: The Place of Mercy in Mental Health Care		-
			Andrew Fullerton PhD, Minister and Lecturer, The Presbyterian Church in Canada, Stratford, Ontario
		Mental health Perspectives and the Humanity Gap		-
			Roy Bonisteel Mandy Bonisteel

Saturday July 7th 2007:				PPT	Audio

	Saturday Daytime Presenters
		The Human Journey from Fallibility to Fault to Forgiveness and Reconciliation		-
			Murray Littlejohn
		Strange Journey: What's a Nice Jewish Girl Doing in a Place Like This?		-
			Shauna Corbin PhD, C.Psych
		The Psyche and the Soul: Language and its Impact on Treatment Strategies with Spiritually Oriented Clients
			Robert Camargo PhD, C.Psych Southdown Institute, Aurora, Ontario
		Assessing Spiritual and Religious People
			Philip Dodgson PhD., C.Psych. Southdown Institute, Aurora, Ontario
		The Pastor as Partner in Therapy
			Miriam D. Ukeritis CSJ, PhD Southdown Institute, Aurora, Ontario
		Psychology and Religion: Competitors or Collaborators in the Service of Health and Holiness
			Raymond F. Dlugos OSA PhD, Southdown Institute, Aurora, Ontario