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Are We Mad? Critical Perspectives on the Canadian Mental Health System
Keynote speakers include authors Bob Whitaker and Don Weitz at this University of Alberta event in Canada starting 1 March 2008.
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Mar 01, 2008 06:35 PM
to Mar 02, 2008 06:35 PM |
| Where | University of Alberta, Canada |
| Contact Name | Scott McAnsh |
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The treatment of [those considered] "mentally ill" in Canada, both by the law and
by larger societal forces, is an ongoing source of concern. This
conference will examine this treatment and provide critical
perspectives which, although prevalent in much academic literature, are
generally not understood or appreciated by the public. In particular,
the legal, social and ethical implications of the medicalisation of
mental illness, disease mongering by the pharmaceutical industry, the
inherent power disparities and grievous dangers attendant to the idea
of involuntary hospitalization, revisionistic and patient-centric
positions on patient rights, and the ramifications of widespread
xenophobia with respect to the mentally ill will all be addressed.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
Robert Whitaker, Pulitzer Prize nominated journalist and author of Mad in America: Bad Science, Bad Medicine, and the Enduring Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill
Don Weitz, co-founder of the Coalition Against Psychiatric Assault (CAPA)
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS:
Deadline: February 4th, 2008.
See conference web site for more information.
