Free Members' Webinar: International 'Borderline Personality Disorder' Awareness Month: Criminalising Distress
05May
Watch live or on-demand
| Timings | Join us from 4-5.15pm or watch on demand |
| Location | Online Event |
| CPD | 1 CPD point, subject to peer group approval |
| £0 |
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Event Information
Overview
Self-harm and suicidal thoughts are associated with considerable distress, disability and mortality. There are many factors underlying their development, requiring a compassionate, personalised response to care and treatment. Yet there are ongoing examples in the UK where the response to suicidal thoughts or behaviour is not compassion, but criminalisation. Beyond arresting a person ‘for their own protection’ while suicidal, this includes the use of bail conditions, community protection notices, antisocial behaviour orders and prosecution for alleged offences related to being suicidal. In this free webinar, the speakers will describe what is known about the benefits and harms of criminal sanctions as a response to self-harm and suicidality in the UK in the 21st Century, including an account of direct lived experience of this practice, and the clinical and ethical duties of psychiatrists when encountering such a scenario.
Programme
Chair: Dr Adrian James and Marsha McAdam
Speakers:
Alex Thomson
Em McAllister
Sarah Skett
Reflective Panel Discussion
Q&A
How do I submit a question?
Questions can either be submitted using the Q&A function during the webinar, or you can email them in advance to kesia.wills@rcpsych.ac.uk
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