Civil Commitment Through the Ethics Lens: How We Got Here

Hot Topics in Mental Health & Law: Civil Commitment series

Friday, December 13, 2024, 12:00–1:00 p.m. PT

Webinar description

Philip Candilis, MD, DFAPA, will present the Bruce Gage Lecture in Forensic Mental Health, as part of the UW Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences Grand Rounds series. This talk will trace themes of ethics, policy, and social justice through the evolution of civil commitment in the US.

Webinar is free and will be recorded for later viewing.

Learning objectives

  • Identify three policy themes in the evolution of US civil commitment law.
  • Describe three ethics constructs driving civil commitment in the US.
  • Recognize two persistent controversies in US civil commitment.

About the presenter

Dr. Philip Candilis trained at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Harvard Ethics Program, completing his forensic fellowship at UMass Medical School. On faculty at UMass for 18 years, Dr. Candilis conducted federally funded research on informed consent, staffed inpatient state hospital units, and consulted to the Massachusetts Board of Medicine and Physician Health Service. Dr. Candilis has contributed to professional ethics through organizational statements, reports, and academic papers with the American College of Physicians, Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry (GAP), American Psychiatric Association (APA), and American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (AAPL). He has chaired the ethics committees of APA, AAPL, and GAP, and served as hospital ethicist to two hospitals. In forensic ethics, Dr. Candilis has articulated models of professionalism, feminist theory, and epistemology. He began his term as President-elect of AAPL in October.

Zoom link

Please note, this is the only webinar in the series that does not require registration and has a different Zoom link:

https://washington.zoom.us/j/95229242811?pwd=eWJZWXRQZ3RSRDhsaUpNQlo1NCtKUT09
Passcode: 461403

Continuing education form

This talk is included in an-eight session series hosted by the UW Center for Mental Health, Policy, and the Law, Hot Topics in Mental Health and Law: Civil Commitment, for which continuing education is available. Please fill out this form if you are interested in continuing education for Dr. Candilis’ presentation.  

Forensic Spotlight

Dr. Philip Candilis will also be participating in a Forensic Spotlight on December 12, 2024, 2:00–3:00 p.m. PT. Registration required.