Ethical Challenges in Mental Health
September 17 & 18, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has identified ethical challenges that arise when a health care system is stretched to its limits in providing care. Health professionals, social workers, and the public have faced these challenges. Healthcare professionals saw an increase in suicides or burnout, and they have expressed concern at the lack of support for mental/behavioral health needs for their members. The dynamics of healthcare changed during the pandemic through its extensive reliance on telemedicine. Some challenges are persistent, such as questions of suitable research subjects, the use of genomic data, and difficulties placing children in treatment facilities.
Agenda
Friday, September 17, 2021
9:00-9:05
Welcome and Introduction
Patricia Bayless, MD, Chairman of Board, Arizona Bioethics Network
9:05-9:45
Mental Health Stigma & Health Professionals
Tala Dajani, MD, MPH
9:45-10:30
Reset and Rejuvenate!
Shelley J. Tom, MS, LPC, RYT 200, CDWF
10:30-11:15
Ethical Concerns in the Treatment of Incapacitated Patients
Joanna Kowalik, MD, MPH, FAPA
11:15-12:00
Ethics in Research: Subjects with Mental Illness
Gwen A. Levitt, DO, DFAPA
12:00-12:05
Break
12:05-12:45
Optional Individualized Break-out Rooms for Further Discussion
Saturday, September 18, 2021
9:00-9:05
Welcome and Introduction
Patricia Bayless, MD, Chairman of Board, Arizona Bioethics Network
9:05-9:45
Divided Medicalization and the Neurodevelopmental Turn: Using Genomic Data to Predict a Changing Future
Elizabeth Fein, PhD
9:45-10:30
The Pipes are Clogged: Finding Flow in Children’s Higher Levels of Behavioral Health Care
Sala Webb, MD, CPH, FAPA, DFAACAP
10:30-11:15
Ethics in Providing Telepsychiatric Services During the Pandemic
Lisa Cobourn, MD, & Wendy Watson, MD, MPH
11:15-12:00
The Ethics and Laws Regarding Patients who Report Homicidal Thoughts
Zhi Y. Wu, MD
12:00-12:05
Break
12:05-12:45
Optional Individualized Break-out Rooms for Further Discussion
Disclosure Statement: There have been no actual or potential conflicts of interests found or disclosures needed in relation to this activity.