Bochum Salus Project Public Lecture
  1. 8Nov.2018
    Bochum
    1. 1630 — 1800
      Alexandrinenstraße 3
      Klinik für Psychiatrie, Psychotherapie und Präventivmedizin, LWL-Universitätsklinikum, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
      Konferenzraum 3
      Lecture
      Tanja Henking
      Die S3-Leitlinie "Verhinderung von Zwang: Prävention und Therapie Aggressiven Verhaltens bei Erwachsenen" – Rechtliche und Ethische Perspektiven
    Workshop and lecture on decision-making capacity by Louis C. Charland
  1. 5Dez.2018
    Bochum

    On December 5, Louis C. Charland will give a workshop at the Institute for Medical Ethics and History of Medicine and a lecture at the LWL University Hospital of the Ruhr University Bochum. Louis Charland is Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Western Ontario and he is author of the Stanford Encyclopedia article on decision-making capacity. Abstracts can be found below.

    Attendance is free. Registration for the lecture is not required. To register for the workshop, please send a short message to bochum-salus-project@rub.de.

    These events are organized by the BMBF research group SALUS (https://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/malakow/ethic_psych/projekte/index.html.en#SALUS). The SALUS group is sponsored by the German Ministry of Education and Research.

    1. 1000 — 1200
      Markstraße 258a
      Institute for Medical Ethics and History of Medicine, Ruhr University Bochum
      Seminar room on the 7th floor
      Workshop
      Louis C. Charland
      Decision-Making Capacity and Informed Consent: A Role for Emotions

      Decision-Making Capacity and Informed Consent: A Role for Emotions

      Theories of informed consent, and in particular the element of decision-making capacity in informed consent, tend to be framed in cognitive terms. When emotions are considered, they are only recognized in terms of their negative contribution to consent and capacity: how they interfere, compromise, or impair consent. However, this negative portrayal of emotions as ‘enemies of reason’ and impairments of cognition can be argued to be clinically inaccurate as emotions also figure positively in human decision-making and deliberation. What positive role then could emotions play in consent and could emotion even be necessary for valid consent?

    2. 1600 — 1730
      Lecture
      Louis C. Charland
      Loss of Control and Addiction
    Bochum Salus Project Public Lecture
  1. 9Mai.2019
    Bochum
    1. 1630 — 1800
      Alexandrinenstraße 3
      Klinik für Psychiatrie, Psychotherapie und Präventivmedizin, LWL-Universitätsklinikum, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
      Konferenzraum 3
      Lecture
      Andrea zur Nieden
      Psychiatrischer Alltag: Zwang und Reform in den Anstalten des Landschaftsverbandes Rheinland (1970 - 1990)
    Book Symposium and Public Lecture
  1. 27 — 28Jun.2019
    Bochum

    In Men in White Coats (OUP, 2018), George Szmukler discusses a wide array of ethical problems related to involuntary medical treatment in psychiatry, arguing that mental health laws warranting involuntary treatment based on the presence of a ‘mental disorder’ and a ‘risk to self or others’ discriminate against persons with mental disorders. As a solution to this problem, Szmukler develops a ‘Fusion Law Proposal,’ which bases involuntary treatment squarely on a lack of decision-making capability and ensures that involuntary treatment respects the rights, will and preferences of the person under treatment.

    Registration

    Registration for the public lecture is not necessary. To register for the workshop, please send a brief e-mail to bochum-salus-project@rub.de. Having read the chapters is not a requirement for participation in the workshop, but copies of the chapters can be made available upon request.

    Organization

    The lecture and book symposium are organized by the Bochum SALUS project. The Bochum SALUS project is sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research.

    1. 27. Jun. 2019
      1630 — 1800
      Alexandrinenstraße 1-3
      Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Preventive Medicine, LWL University Hospital Ruhr University Bochum
      Seminar Room 3
      Lecture
      George Szmukler, Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry and Society, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neurosience, King's College London
    2. 28. Jun. 2019
      1000 — 0500
      Malakowturm / Markstraße 258a
      Institute for Medical Ethics and History of Medicine
      Seminar Room, 7th floor
      Symposium
      George Szmukler