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In conversation with Dr Gareth Owen: Interdisciplinarity, capacity paradigms and new challenges for capacity.
From the Mental Capacity Law and Policy website: "In a slightly different ‘in conversation with,’ in that the tables...
Advance directives for mental illness raise deep ethical questions, Tania Gergel – Psyche
"How can we be sure that someone lacks ‘decision-making capacity’?", writes Tania Gergel in Psyche magazine. Psyche is...
Event: Supported Decision-Making: Meaning and Practice
A one day seminar organised by the Centre of Medical Law and Ethics About this event The concept of supported...
Bound to the Mast – BBC Radio 4 documentary
On Tuesday 17 May 2022 at 16:00, a BBC Radio 4 documentary will air, looking at Advance Directives, and feature Dr...
Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience video featuring Tania Gergel
Tania Gergel gives a brief summary of workstream 3’s recent study on service user views on ‘self-binding directives’,...
Odysseus and the Sirens – can a Homeric myth offer insights for contemporary psychiatry? – a talk by Dr Tania Gergel
On 9 September 2021, Tania Gergel gave a short talk, “Odysseus and the Sirens - can a Homeric myth offer insights...
Our Duty to the Past and Our Past Selves – Marc Sanders Foundation
On 10 June 2021, Tania Gergel had a wonderful opportunity to discuss 'self-binding directives' with the inspirational...
Performing Metacognition, Sarah Carpenter (2021), in collaboration with Bethlem Gallery
As part of the Mental Health and Justice project, artist researcher Sarah Carpenter has been collaborating with...
Alex Ruck Keene presents on capacity in the context of suicide risk at the Royal College of Psychiatrists International Congress 2021
Alex Ruck Keene formed part of a panel on Suicide, psychiatry and the law at the Royal College of...
When justice fails. Violence and mental health in Palestine
We are a team of mental health researchers and practitioners from King’s College London, Birzeit University, and the...
Capacity and independence in crisis situations: in conversation with Hanna Kienzler
In this ‘in conversation’ with Dr Hanna Kienzler, we discuss her work in Palestine as part of the Mental Health and...