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You are invited to attend the 59th Maudsley Debate on ‘Self-binding directives: This house believes that people should be able to commit themselves to future involuntary treatment.’

Speakers for the motion:

Dr Tania Gergel, Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow, Psychological Medicine, IoPPN, King’s College London

Professor Allen Frances, Professor & Chair Emeritus of Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University

Speakers against the motion:

Dr Arun Chopra, Medical Director at Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland

Dr Theo Van Willigenberg, Research Fellow Faculty of Religion and Theology VU University Amsterdam

At this event

James Hunter MacCabe

Professor of Epidemiology and Therapeutics

Sally  Marlow

Professor of Practice in Public Understanding of Mental Health Research

Tania Gergel

Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow

Event details

Wolfson Lecture Theatre
Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN)
IoPPN, 16 De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AB