Ethics, Addictions, Concurrent Disorders Workshop

Ethics, Addictions, and Concurrent Disorders Workshop

 

Complex… yes!     Challenging… yes!     Do-able… yes!

 

Workshop Purpose   Participants will increase their ethics-related knowledge and skills which are important in their work with people who live with an addiction or concurrent disorder as well as their work with colleagues.  Professor Arthur Frank will explain the ethically-rich concepts described in his book The Renewal of Generosity. His teaching will be complemented by insights from CAMH Addictions’ Program and Bioethics staff.  To increase their practical “take home” learning, participants will have opportunities to apply the concepts to everyday case scenarios.

Target Audience  Those who work with people living with an addiction or a concurrent disorder: community or hospital addictions and mental health workers and community supportive services staff.  Also welcome are students in the health disciplines.

Date and time    Thursday, April 30, 2009    8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Location    Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, The Meeting Centre, room 2029, 33 Russell Street, Toronto

Maximum attendance   70 people, given the workshop’s interactive format

Registration    $120.00 early bird rate ‘til April 9.  $135.00 after April 9.  Cancellation fee:  $15.00

To register, please click here.

Content Leaders

Arthur Frank PhD     Dr. Frank is a Professor in the University of Calgary’s Sociology Department.  For most of his academic career, he has focused on personal meanings of illnesses and the ways healthcare institutions and practitioners can unintentionally dampen or silence such meanings in their interactions with those who are ill.  His work spans 30 years and he has been invited to lecture at such prestigious institutions as the Hastings Center in New York and Cambridge University.

Wayne Skinner MSW RSW     Mr. Skinner is Deputy Clinical Director for the Addictions Program at CAMH and has worked in the addictions field for 30 years and concurrent disorders area for over 10 years.  He teaches in York University’s Social Work Program as well as the University of Toronto as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry.

Barbara Russell PhD MBA     Dr. Russell is the Bioethicist at CAMH and University of Toronto’s Joint Centre for Bioethics.  She has practiced in acute care, pediatric, and rehabilitation settings and taught ethics to undergraduate and graduate students.  She is a contributing editor to the Journal of Ethics in Mental Health.

Workshop Schedule

  8:00 – 8:30 a.m.      Registration; light breakfast

  8:30 – 8:45 a.m.      Welcome

  8:45 – 9:00 a.m.      Film

  9:00 – 9:40 a.m.      Arthur Frank  “What is generosity?”

  9:40 – 10:00 a.m.    Addiction practitioners’ panel

10:00 – 10:20 a.m.    Break

10:20 – 11:15 a.m.    Small group work

11:15 – 11:45 a.m.    Wayne Skinner  “Generosity and practice”

11:45 – 12:30 p.m.    Lunch

12:30 – 12:40 p.m.    Film

12:40 – 1:00 p.m.      Barbara Russell   “Generosity: remoralizing practice”

  1:00 – 1:45 p.m.      Small group work

  1:45 –2:05 p.m.       Break

  2:05 – 2:45 p.m.      Small group work

  2:45 – 3:15 p.m.     Arthur Frank  “Sustaining generosity”

  3:15 – 3:30 p.m.     Closing remarks

Funding support  CAMH

Questions?   For more information, please contact Dr. Russell at (416) 535-8501 or by email at barbara_russell@camh.net

 

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