Each year, the Center for Mental Health, Policy, and the Law (CMHPL) sponsors presenters for the UW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Grand Rounds Series, with an emphasis on renowned experts and topics relating to forensic mental health. The Grand Rounds webinars are open to those within UW Medicine and to the general public, at no charge.
Upcoming Bruce Gage Lecture
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 and Hot Topics in Mental Health & Law: Civil Commitment 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.
Continuing education:
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 attending Dr. Candilis’ presentation.
About the Bruce Gage Annual Lecture in Forensic Mental Health
Bruce Gage, MD has been described as a tremendous clinician, educator, and mentor. He demonstrated compassion and advocacy for vulnerable members of our society, most notably persons getting psychiatric care within correctional facilities. The CMHPL founded the Bruce Gage Annual Lecture in Forensic Mental Health to honor Dr. Gage and to carry on his work. The CMHPL endeavors to continue Dr. Gage’s pursuit of improving psychiatric care, education and training in our state.
Past Bruce Gage Lectures
The Future of Psychiatry: Challenges and Opportunities for Forensic Psychiatrists
Presented by: Rebecca Brendel MD, JD, DFAPA
February 9, 2024
Resynthesizing the Nexus of Mental Health, Law Enforcement and Race
Presented by: Cheryl Wills, MD
December 9, 2022
School Shooters: Tormented Teens or Cold-Blooded Killers?
Presented by: Phillip Resnick, MD
December 10, 2021
Introducing the Center for Mental Health, Policy, and the Law
Presented by: Jennifer Piel, MD, JD
November 20, 2020
Additional CMHPL-sponsored Grand Rounds
National Crisis Regarding Competency to Stand Trial: Impact on Public Sector Mental Health Services
Presented by: Ira Packer, PhD
June 3, 2022
Competence to Stand Trial and Civil Commitment: Are They Related?
Presented by: Debra Pinals, MD
April 23, 2021