The Royal’s 3rd Conference on Forensic and Correctional Mental Health

The Royal’s 3rd Conference on Forensic and Correctional Mental Health is a 3-day event consisting of two parts.
Part 1 is a practical skill workshop where participants will learn an integrated, person-focused method for treating personality disorder. Part 2 is a plenary conference focused on how to best support patients and families in the forensic system and work as partners in their care.

You are welcome to register for Part 1 & 2 or just pick one.

Please note:  This is a hybrid conference meaning you have the choice of participating in-person or virtually.

PART 1:
Integrated modular treatment person-focused approach to treating personality disorder workshop

Overview

The pre-conference workshop presents an integrated, person-focussed method for treating personality disorder that combines strategies and interventions used by all effective therapies. There are two reasons for using such an approach. First, the extensive variation and heterogeneity in clinical presentations and developmental pathways is largely ignored by current therapies which tend to follow a one method-fits-all approach to treatment. Second, although current therapies target different problems, they produce similar outcomes which suggests that they all incorporate effective interventions. Given that treatment outcomes are modest, it seems appropriate to adopt a more comprehensive strategy that uses all effective interventions and targets a broader array of problems. The course begins by formulating an alternative model of personality disorder that is used to define treatment targets and strategies. Building on this foundation, an integrated approach is presented that has two main components: intervention modules and a model of how personality pathology changes with treatment. Interventions are organized into general and specific treatment modules. General modules, based on change mechanisms common to all effective therapies form the basic framework that is used throughout treatment with all patients. Specific treatment modules are added to this framework as needed to treat the problems of individual patients. Hence specific interventions vary across patients and throughout therapy as different issues become the focus of treatment.  The use of specific interventions is guided by a model of change that conceptualizes treatment as generally progressing through four phases: (i) engagement, safety, and containment: (ii) the management of emotional dysregulation and promotion of emotion processing capacity; (iii) treating interpersonal problems, and (iv), constructing a new sense of self/identity and building a life worth living. Since the different phases address different impairments, the model allows specific interventions to be used in sequential and coordinated way.

Presenter

Dr. John Livesley, Professor Emeritus and former Head of the Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia and former Editor of the Journal of Personality Disorders

Learning objectives

1. Describe a model of personality disorder that captures core dysfunction, patterns of individual differences, and the unique features of each individual.
2. To explain a person-focused treatment model that integrates interventions from all effective therapies.
3. Formulate to tailor treatment to the person and promote more integrated personality functioning.

Date and Time

Wednesday, May 10, 2023 - 12:15 - 4:00 PM &
Thursday, May 11, 2023 - 8:15 AM - 12:00 PM

PART 2:
Safety through Recovery- Lived Experience, Family and Community Conference

Overview

What can be done to create positive and lasting change in the way individuals with mental health disorders are treated within the criminal justice system? How do we better integrate patient-centered approaches to mental health care in forensic and correctional settings?  The third Safety Through Recovery Conference will address these questions, and more. In this hybrid in-person and virtual conference, participants will learn how to best support patients and families in the forensic system and work as partners in their care. Sessions will also explore timely and critical themes in forensic and correctional settings such as risk assessment, sexual violence, public safety, peer support, and cultural considerations when engaging with racialized patients and families. Stigma is also examined – stigma of forensic patients as well as the stigma created with common use of labels around substance use.

Featuring keynotes and concurrent sessions

Sanjay Sharma, Dr. Rakesh K Chadda, Dr. Anne Crocker, Anne Kelly, Commissioner of Correctional Service Canada and Supreme Court Justice Michelle O’Bonsawin

Learning objectives

1. Understand how to partner with patients in their care using lessons learned from a former client of forensic services.

2. Demonstrate patient-centered approaches to mental health care in forensic and correctional settings, including culturally-informed practices needed for better engagement with Indigenous patients.

3. Learn the best ways to support family members of patients in the forensic system.

4. Apply various treatment approaches when working with patient diagnosed with a personality disorder.

Date and Time

Thursday, May 11, 2023 – 12:00 - 4:30 PM  & 
Friday, May 12, 2023 – 8:15 AM – 3:30 PM

Cost

Limited Offer: Receive $50 off ticket costs if you register before March 1

Please note

This event will be an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and approved by the University of Ottawa’s Office of Continuing Professional Development.

Registration

To register please click here.

Contact information

For information, please contact Robyn Sauret.