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

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:					PPT	Audio

	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:
			A Thousand Clowns Analyze This Bend it Like Beckham Fried Green Tomatoes Ghostbusters Good Will Hunting Grosse Pointe Blank Harold and Maude In the Heat of the Night Lantana	Local Hero One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Ordinary People Scent of a Woman Secrets and Lies Shirley Valentine The Hospital The Silence of the Lambs Truly Madly Deeply You Can Count of Me
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