Mental Health and Law
13 September 2012
Time: 8:30am
Venue: Wolfson Institute, room 129&130, Charterhouse Square, London EC1M 6BQ
Provisional Topics and Invited Speakers
Chair: Professor Kamaldeep Bhui, Professor or Cultural Psychiatry and Epidemiology, Founding Director of MSc Mental Health Programme and Consultant Psychiatrist in Psychotherapy
An Introduction to Mental Health and Law - Professor Richard Ashcroft
Memory Disorders in the Law Courts - Professor Michael Kopelman
Criminal Law and Mental Health - Dr Richard Latham
International Mental Health and Law - Dr Albert Persaud
Terrorism, Psychiatry and the Law - Professor Andrew Silke
Mental Health Tribunal Reports - Judge Sarah Johnston
Ethical and Legal Challenges within Children’s Mental Healthcare - Dr Moli Paul
Homicide, Mental Health and The Law - Dr Ali Ajaz
Further Enquiries: Contact Dr. Yasmin Khatib
Email: yasmin.khatib@qmul.ac.uk
Telephone: 020 7882 2060
Conference Programme
8:30 – 9:00 Tea/Coffee and Registration
9:00 – 9:15 Welcome, Importance of Mental Health and Law and Overview of the Day -Professor Kamaldeep Bhui
Session 1: Chair: Professor Kamaldeep Bhui
9:15 – 9:55 An Introduction to Mental Health and Law
Professor Richard Ashcroft
9:55 – 10:35 Criminal Law and Mental Health
Dr. Richard Latham
10:35 – 11:15 Ethical and Legal Challenges within Children’s Mental Healthcare
Dr. Moli Paul
11:15 – 11:30 Coffee Break
Session 2: Chair: Professor Kamaldeep Bhui
11:30 – 12:10 Terrorism, Psychiatry and The Law
Professor Andrew Silke
12:10 – 12:50 Homicide, Mental Health and the Law
Dr. Ali Ajaz
12:50 – 13:50 Lunch
Session 3: Professor Kopelman
13:50 – 14:30 Mental Health Tribunal Reports
Judge Sarah Johnston
14:30 – 15:10 Memory Disorders in the Law Courts
Professor Michael Kopelman
15:10 – 15:50 International Perspectives on Mental Health Law
Dr. Albert Persaud
15:50 – 16.10 Panel Questions and Discussion
16:15 Close