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MONDAY, JULY 22 2024

10:10 A.M. to 12:10 P.M.

10:10 A.M. to 12:10 P.M.

10:10 A.M. to 12:10 P.M.

  • D204 - The Interplay Between Mental Health and Punition: Costs and Projections (I)
  • D206 - (TJ) Therapeutic Jurisprudence: What Now? Where Next?
  • D205 - (DLS) Disability Subordination Under Law: Policing, Punishment, and Institutionalization in Historical Context
  • D207 - Criminology at the Coal Face: The Importance of Applied Criminology in Supporting Wellbeing and Mental Health
  • D208 - Wellness, Professionals and Vulnerability
  • D301 - Distress on the Farm: The Impacts of Agricultural Policies on Farmer Mental Health
  • D302 - Death and Dying: Perspectives from the 21st Century
  • D304 - Criminal Practice, Criminal Adjudication
  • D305 - The Impact on Children of Community Violence & School Shootings
  • D306 - Feminicide, Therapeutic Witness, Therapeutic Innovation, and Human Bonds
  • D309 - Kantian Cosmopolitanism 

13:45 P.M. to 15:45 P.M.

10:10 A.M. to 12:10 P.M.

10:10 A.M. to 12:10 P.M.

  • D206 - (TJ) Mental Health in Criminal Defense: A Case Comparison of Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity and Extreme Emotional Disturbance Defenses
  • D203 - Medical Assistance in Dying in a Rural Healthcare Setting
  • D204 - The Value of Intra-Professional Consultation in Forensic Mental Health
  • D205 - Evaluation of Substance-Related Policies: Where We Stand Today?
  • D207 - The Interplay Between Mental Health and Punition: Costs and Projections (II)
  • D208 - Repairing Trust Violations in Separated and Divorced Families: The Role of Apologies, Forgiveness and Therapeutic Reconciliation in Family Law
  • D301 - Oppressed Groups
  • D302 - The Rorschach Method: Methodological Developments in Clinical and Forensic Diagnosis
  • D304 - Decisions and Decision-Making in Scandinavian Forensic Psychiatric Assessments, Past and Present
  • D305 - The Complexity of Trauma Associated with COVID-19
  • D306 - Forensic Models to Update the Law Regarding Undue Influence
  • D307 - The Multiple Players in Law and Mental Health: From Lawyers to Treatment Specialists

15:55 P.M. to 17:55 P.M.

10:10 A.M. to 12:10 P.M.

15:55 P.M. to 17:55 P.M.

  • D206 - (TJ) Assessment in Forensic Psychiatric Investigations: Methodology and Subgroups
  • D203 - (DLS) Unveiling the Complexities of Community Treatment Orders: Weighing the Controversies, Shortcomings, and Legal Implications
  • D204 - The Traumatized Family
  • D205 - Sexuality, Law, and Mental Health
  • D207 - Controversies in Mental Health Care in the United States: Praxis, Technology, and Regulation
  • D208 - Criminality and Violence: Military, Elderly, and Mentally Challenged Profiles
  • D301 - Attend to Children: Developmental Foundation of Mental Disorders, Mental Health, Violence, and Violence Prevention 
  • D302 - Mental Health and Capacity Legislation in England & Wales: Developments and Practice Considerations 
  • D304 - Mental Health Law Reform and Associated Laws
  • D305 - (DLS) "Wicked Problems":  Understanding and Assessing Capacity 
  • D306 - The DIMENSIONS Project: Legal, Philosophical and Scientific Dimensions of Criminal Unaccountability
  • D307 - Sexual Health and Rights in Custodial Settings in Germany and the U.S. 

TUESDAY, JULY 23 2024

8:00 A.M. to 10:00 A.M.

10:10 A.M. to 12:10 P.M.

10:10 A.M. to 12:10 P.M.

  • D309 - Obesity and Legal Challenges 
  • D206 - (TJ) Cultivating a Life in the Law and Beyond
  • D204 - (DLS) Disability, Law and Society (1)
  • D205 - Shared Decision Making and Informed Consent in Challenging Patient Populations
  • D207 - Systemic Solutions to Addressing Criminal Legal System Involvement for People with Serious Mental Illness (I)
  • D208 - Human Trafficking Innovative Intervention
  • D301 - Managing Specific Forensic Problems in an Integrated Forensic Program (I)
  • D302 - Dangerousness: Perspectives from Criminal Law, Psychiatry, and AI
  • D304 - Truth…. and Doubt. Perspectives on Appellate Lethal Injection Cases in the United States
  • D305 - Killing the Spirt of Children & Adolescents - Wrongful Convictions in Jail and Prisons 
  • D306 - Coercion in Psychiatry and Forensic Psychiatry
  • D307 - Safeguarding Sexual Autonomy of Mentally Disordered Female: China

10:10 A.M. to 12:10 P.M.

10:10 A.M. to 12:10 P.M.

10:10 A.M. to 12:10 P.M.

  • D309 - Child's Rights and Abuse: Historical and International Comparisons
  • D206 - (TJ) Reconceptualizing U.S. Health Law Toward Health Equity
  • D204 - (DLS) Disability, Law and Society (2)
  • D205 - Considering Mental Health Care and Planning for the Next Public Health Emergency
  • D207 - Systemic Solutions to Addressing Criminal Legal System Involvement for People with Serious Mental Illness (II)
  • D208 - The Future of the Concept of Disability in Biomedicine and Health Law (I)
  • D301 - Variables in Treatment and Assessments: Frequently Encountered Forensic Challenges
  • D302 - Global Mental Health in Context
  • D304 - The Psychological Impact of Working with Potentially Distressing Material
  • D305 - The Intersection of the Opioid Epidemic and the Criminal-Legal System in Kentucky
  • D306 - (TJ) Tension in Legal System Treatments and Processes
  • D307 - Being in the Minority: How Does Being a Minority Impact Athletes and Celebrities?

13:45 P.M. to 15:45 P.M.

13:45 P.M. to 15:45 P.M.

13:45 P.M. to 15:45 P.M.

  • D206 - (TJ) Reimagining Law and Policy Affecting Individuals with Substance Use Disorders and Pain Conditions
  • D309 - (DLS) Disability, Law and Society (3)
  • D204 - Psychiatry of Flying - Clinical and Regulatory Aspects
  • D205 - Linking Legally-Involved Individuals to Needed Health Services
  • D207 - Custodial Issues in the 21st Century
  • D208 - (DLS) Community Engaged Responses to Complex Needs
  • D301 - Institutional Betrayal, Trauma, and Human Rights
  • D302 - Mad or bad? Dilemmas in Criminal Justice and Mental Health Care. How to combine punishment with care?
  • D304 - Migrant Mental Health and Policy in International Context
  • D305 - Therapeutic Response to Adults Disclosing Child Sexual Abuse During Jury Selection (I)
  • D306 - Healing Individuals and Communities Following Violence and Trauma: A Collaborative Approach
  • D307 - Victimisation, traumas, violences et désistance

15:55 P.M. to 17:55 P.M.

13:45 P.M. to 15:45 P.M.

13:45 P.M. to 15:45 P.M.

  • D206 - (TJ) TJ and Public Policy
  • D309 - (DLS) Disability, Law and Society (4)
  • D204 - Corrections and Forensic Psychiatry
  • D205 - Understanding the Impact of Personality Disorders in Divorce
  • D207 - Exploring Human Trafficking: Studies of Economics, Technology, and Gangs
  • D208 - Critiquing Jurisdictional Disparities: Exploring the Varied Implementation of Community Treatment Orders
  • D301 - Legislation and Ethical Considerations in Healthcare
  • D302 - The Future of the Concept of Disability in Biomedicine and Health Law (II)
  • D304 - The Guises of Parenthood: Diversification in Rapidly Changing Contexts
  • D305 - Alternative Clinical Approaches to Support Marginalized Youth
  • D306 - Immigrant Patients: New Problems, New Solutions - or not?
  • D307 - Familias en crisis: La importancia de la colaboración entre el derecho, la medicina y la bioética para la protección de los más vulnerables

WEDNESDAY, JULY 24 2024

8:00 A.M. to 10:00 A.M.

10:10 A.M. to 12:10 P.M.

10:10 A.M. to 12:10 P.M.

  • D309 - Legal Change as a Structural Determinant of Health
  • D206 - (TJ) Measurement and Evaluation Methods
  • D204 - (DLS) Disability, Law and Society (5)
  • D205 - Ethical and Legal Considerations of High-Risk Organ Donation and Withdrawal of Mechanical Circulatory Support
  • D207 - Mental Health Issues in Specific Patient Populations
  • D208 - The Growing Role of Dementia in the Justice System (I)
  • D301 - COVID, Custody and Closed Spaces: The Colours and Tone of Limitations to Freedom (I)
  • D302 - (DLS) Voice and Choice – Maximising Autonomy and Self-Direction in Scottish Mental Health, Capacity, and Adult Protection Law, Policy and Practice
  • D304 - De la coercition formelle à la coercition informelle
  • D305 - Mental Health Policy, Treatment and Care in the 21st Century
  • D306 - Neurolaw
  • D307 - Managing Specific Forensic Problems in an Integrated Forensic Program (II)

10:10 A.M. to 12:10 P.M.

10:10 A.M. to 12:10 P.M.

10:10 A.M. to 12:10 P.M.

  • D309 - The Politicization of Psychiatry
  • D204 - Leadership Skills and Issues Across Multiple Platforms
  • D205 - Therapeutic Response to Adults Disclosing Child Sexual Abuse During Jury Selection (II)
  • D207 - The Growing Role of Dementia in the Justice System (II)
  • D208 - Forensic Aspects in Alcohol Dependent Patients 
  • D301 - Teaching Healthy Law Students: An Exploration of Identity, Self-Transcendence, and Inner Artistry
  • D302 - Treatment and Therapeutic Intervention
  • D206 - (TJ) Training Mental Health Professionals for Working in the Court System
  • D304 - Restraints and Autonomy
  • D305 - (DLS) Scientific Advancement, Technology and Social Media – Friends or Foes?
  • D306 - (TJ) Innovative Approaches to Sentencing Design and Measurement
  • D307 - Trauma: Multidisciplinary Responses
  • D303 - Ethical Challenges in Disparate Mental Health Settings

13:45 P.M. to 15:45 P.M.

13:45 P.M. to 15:45 P.M.

13:45 P.M. to 15:45 P.M.

  • D206 - (TJ) TJ Focused Courts and Judging
  • D309 - Intergenerational Indigenous Healing Knowledges
  • D204 - Brazil: Updates and Reports
  • D205 - Identifying and Managing Vulnerabilities Across Forensic Settings
  • D207 - Innovations in Healthcare Education
  • D208 - Sex and Sex Offending
  • D301 - Mental Health Provision in the United Kingdom- Mental Health Policy, Roles, and Practice
  • D303 - Creating and Evaluating Trauma-Informed Systems
  • D304 - Reforms in Mental Health Law (I)
  • D305 - COVID, Custody and Closed Spaces: The Colours and Tone of Limitations to Freedom (II)
  • D306 - Combined Homicide-Suicide
  • D307 - Brain Science and Mental Health Policies

15:55 P.M. to 17:55 P.M.

13:45 P.M. to 15:45 P.M.

13:45 P.M. to 15:45 P.M.

  • D206 - (TJ) TJ-Related Pedagogy and Practice
  • D309 - Contemporary Appropriations of Lacanian Theory in Law
  • D204 - Workplace Violence Against Public Service Professionals
  • D205 - Neuroscience and the Law
  • D207 - Project Aim - Similar by its Spirit of Welcome to the Statue of Liberty, “The Welcoming” Monumental Sculpture for Quebec, Canada
  • D208 - Droit de la responsabilité et trouble psychique
  • D301 - The Role of Lawyers: Mental Health and its Specifities
  • D303 - Gender and Sex Issues in Alcohol Use Disorders
  • D304 - International Training in Forensic Mental Health
  • D305 - The AI Universe: New and Expected Impacts on Law and Mental Health (II)
  • D306 - Integrative Approaches in Education
  • D307 - Reforms in Mental Health Law (II)

THURSDAY, JULY 25 2024

8:00 A.M. to 10:00 A.M.

10:10 A.M. to 12:10 P.M.

10:10 A.M. to 12:10 P.M.

  • D206 - (TJ) Examining Legal System Impacts on Children and Youth
  • D304 - Neurotechnology in Forensic Psychiatry: Law and Ethics
  • D204 - Mental Health Reviews: Clinicians, Patients, and Policy Planners
  • D205 - Psychopaths or Just “No Brakes”? The Great Dilemma of Intent or Impulse in Illegal Actions in those Adults with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
  • D207 - Trauma and Torture: Diagnosis, Treatment and Outcomes
  • D208 - When Intellectual Disability is the Basis for Incompetence to Stand Trial 
  • D301 - Trauma and its Consequences
  • D303 - (DLS) Disability, Law and Society (6)
  • D305 - Forensic Services for Sexual Offenders in Germany
  • D306 - (TJ) TJ Focused Courts and Dispute Resolution
  • D307 - The Centrality of Gender: Crises and Culture

10:10 A.M. to 12:10 P.M.

10:10 A.M. to 12:10 P.M.

10:10 A.M. to 12:10 P.M.

  • D206 - (TJ) Moving to safety: Offering protection to Black and Brown migrants through Jurisprudence
  • D309 - How To Do Health Justice
  • D204 - Families Torn Apart: The Mental Health Implications of Parental Incarceration on Youth
  • D205 - Prison Mental Health
  • D207 - Mistreatment of Women's Rights: From History to Current Challenges 
  • D208 - Advance Care Planning in Mental Healthcare
  • D301 - A Comparative Analysis of the Insanity Defence in New Zealand and South Africa: The Case of Lauren Dickason
  • D303 - Changing Police Culture through Recruit Training and Early Intervention
  • D304 - Death in Despair and Its Practical Response in Korea
  • D306 - (TJ) Remand Prisoners with Severe Mental Illness in Ireland 2006-2019: Penrose People?
  • D307 - Forensic Mental Health Training: International Perspectives

13:45 P.M. to 15:45 P.M.

10:10 A.M. to 12:10 P.M.

13:45 P.M. to 15:45 P.M.

  • D309 - When the Psychiatrist Became Victim, Criminal or Assistant 
  • D204 - Disparities in Mental Illness: Prevention, Treatment, and Research 
  • D205 - Mental Health and Human Rights
  • D207 - Use of Sociodrama to Mitigate Justice System Involvement and Mental Health Issues in Adolescents and Young Adults
  • D208 - The AI Universe: New and Expected Impacts on Law and Mental Health (I)
  • D301 - The Evolution of Structures in Forensic Management
  • D206 - (TJ) Restorative Justice in Cases of Sexual Violence: a TJ Lens
  • D303 - Helping Advance Trauma-Informed Legal Education and Lawyering
  • D304 - The Multi-Layered World of Punishment: Caases, Definitions, and Policy
  • D305 - La judiciarisation des soins et des traitements psychiatriques : entre tensions normatives et contraintes cliniques
  • D306 - Indigenous Philosophies and Radical Decolonial Love: Well-Being in the Academy
  • D307 - The Presumption: Race and Injustice in the United States

FRIDAY, JULY 26 2024

8:00 A.M. to 10:00 A.M.

10:10 A.M. to 12:10 P.M.

10:10 A.M. to 12:10 P.M.

  • D304 - Legal and Regulatory Implications of Trauma Mitigation in Post-pandemic Clinical Training
  • D204 - A Multidimensional Approach to Radicalization and Extremism
  • D205 - Wellness and Vulnerability
  • D207 - Integrative Law
  • D208 - Ethical Considerations in Community Based Health Research
  • D301 - Socialization and Education of Mental Health Related Professionals
  • D206 - (TJ) Therapeutic and Culturally Sustaining Conflict Transformation: Perspectives from Three Continents
  • D303 - COVID, Custody and Closed Spaces: The Colours and Tone of Limitations to Freedom (III)

10:10 A.M. to 12:10 P.M.

10:10 A.M. to 12:10 P.M.

10:10 A.M. to 12:10 P.M.

  • D304 - Resilience and Psychosocial Health in the Context of Climate Change and Disasters
  • D204 - Ethical Challenges in Representing Unrepresented Patients with Disabilities
  • D205 - The Changing Role of the Police in Mental Health Law
  • D206 - Leading with Dignity: Trauma-informed Policy in Sexual Misconduct and Humanitarian Investigations
  • D207 - Current Status of Women's Rights in Healthcare in Poland
  • D208 - Biophilosophy and Bioethics
  • D301 - Practical Challenges in Substance Abuse: Practices and Remedies
  • D303 - Violence, Mental Health and the Police

13:45 P.M. to 15:45 P.M.

13:45 P.M. to 15:45 P.M.

13:45 P.M. to 15:45 P.M.

  • D204 - Artificial Intelligence at the Forefront of Redefining Law and Mental Health
  • D205 - Empirical findings on Dutch forensic mental health: criminal responsibility, assessment, diversion and forensic care
  • D206 - Systemic Racism and Inequality
  • D207 - Art, Law and Creativity: Responses to Homelessness, Child and Adolescent Needs
  • D208 - Évaluations, interventions et traitements au 21e siècle 
  • D301 - Intergenerational Trauma
  • D303 - International Criminal Law in the 21st Century
  • D304 - Marginalization: Charting Pathways

15:55 P.M. to 17:55 P.M.

13:45 P.M. to 15:45 P.M.

13:45 P.M. to 15:45 P.M.

  • D204 - Families and Distress: Mental Health and Legal Interaction
  • D205 - The Internet at the Cutting Edge
  • D206 - Development of Evidence-Based Practice in Forensic Psychiatry: A Transdisciplinary Characterization and Development of New Methodologies
  • D207 - Forensic mental health in historical and Comparative Perspective: the Netherlands, England & Wales and Turke
  • D208 - Interventions for everyday life and behaviour
  • D301 - Falling Between the Cracks: Gaps and Tensions in Mental Health Law
  • D303 - Mind of the Mafia 
  • D304 - Stress, Trauma and Abuse

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