DoP Seminar - Dr Tania Gergel

The July Division of Psychiatry hybrid meeting will be held on Wednesday 19th July at 3pm.

Prof Dr Tania Gergel,  Self-binding directives: Should it be possible to request involuntary treatment in advance?

Dr Tania Gergel has just started a new role as the first Director of Research at Bipolar UK, in partnership with a new role as Honorary Senior Research Fellow in the Division of Psychiatry/Institute of Mental Health at University College London. The primary focus of her research has been on the clinical, legal, and ethical issues surrounding the creation and use of advance directives in severe and episodic mental health conditions, in particular bipolar, and she has worked in partnership with the Department of Health and Social Care on the upcoming introduction of statutory provision for ‘advance choice documents’ within the (England and Wales) Mental Health Act. Her work focuses on putting the lived experience of mental illness at the centre of mental health research and policy, and she is internationally recognised for her work on advance directives, ECT (electroconvulsive therapy) and co-production. Her work was recently featured on the BBC Radio 4 documentary, ‘Bound to the Mast’, available as a podcast at BBC Radio 4 - Bound to the Mast.

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The July Division of Psychiatry hybrid meeting will be held on Wednesday 19th July at 3pm.