Maudsley Debates - 31st to 40th

40th Maudsley Debate: Capitalism cares?

October 2010

This house believes that the NHS Mental Health Services should not fear the private sector

Speakers

Supporting the motion were: 

Professor Elaine Murphy, Psychiatry of Old Age, University of London 

Professor Philip Sugarman, Vice-Chair of Home-Start UK

Speaking against the motion were: 

Professor Allyson Pollock, Director of the Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University

Dr Laurence Buckman, GP

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39th Maudsley Debate: Care or killing

April 2010

This house believes doctors should be allowed to assist some people with suicide

Speakers

Supporting the motion were: 

Baroness Mary Warnock, Philosopher 

Professor Raymond Tallis, Philosopher 

Speaking against the motion were: 

Professor Rachel Jenkins, Epidemiology and international mental health policy, IoPPN

Baroness Ilora Finlay, Professor or palliative medicine and an Independent Crossbench member of the House of Lords

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38th Maudsley Debate: There would be no genius without madness

June 2009

This house believes this house believes that mental disorder is the price we pay for exceptional creativity

Speakers

Supporting the motion were: 

Professor Gordon Claridge, Emeritus Professor of Abnormal Psychology in Oxford University and Emeritus Fellow of Magdalen College

Jonathan Naess, Director of Stand To Reason, RADAR Person of the Year 2008

Speaking against the motion were: 

Dr Liz Miller, General Practitioner, Occupational Health Physician and Psychological Health Specialist, MIND Champion of 2008

Professor Michael Trimble, Emeritus Professor of Behavioural Neurology and Consultant Physician, National Hospital Queen Square

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37th Maudsley Debate: They'll sell it, lose it or abuse it

February 2009

This house believes that clinical research has too few safeguards for consent and confidentiality

Speakers

Supporting the motion were: 

Professor Ross Anderson, Cambridge University

Dr Dermot Ward, Society of Clinical Psychiatrists

Speaking against the motion were: 

Sir Mark Walport, Wellcome Trust

Professor Charles Warlow, Edinburgh University

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36th Maudsley Debate: The drugs don't work

June 2008

This house believes antidepressants are no better than placebo

Speakers

Supporting the motion were: 

Professor Irving Kirsch, Psychology, University of Hull

Dr Joanna Moncrief, Senior Lecturer Social and Community Psychiatry, UCL

Speaking against the motion were: 

Professor Wolpert, Emeritus in Biology as Applied to Medicine, UCL

Professor Goodwin, W.A. Handley Professor of Psychiatry, Oxford University 

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35th Maudsley Debate: Happily ever after

March 2008

This house believes that happiness is overrated

Speakers

Supporting the motion were: 

Paul Ormerod, Economist and Fellow of the British Academy of Social Sciences

Dr Rachel Perkins, Clinical Psychologist, Director of Quality Assurance & User/Carer Experience at an NHS Trust, user of mental health services, and Vice Chair of Rethink

Speaking against the motion were:  

Professor Lord Richard Layard, Emeritus Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics

Dr Carmine Pariante, Consultant Psychiatrist, IoPPN 

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34th Maudsley Debate: Swallowing it whole

November 2007

This house believes that psychiatrists are unable to resist the seductive messages on the pharmaceutical industry

Speakers

Supporting the motion were: 

Professor David Healy, Psychological Medicine, University of Cardiff  

Dr Peter Aitken, Psychiatrist, former GP, Director of Research and Development, Devon Partnership NHS Trust 

Speaking against the motion were: 

Professor David Taylor, Chief Pharmacist, SLaM 

Professor Tony Hale, Professor of Adult Mental Health, University of Kent

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33rd Maudsley Debate: Just or unjust

February 2007

This house believes that the Mental Health bill 2006 will improve mental health care in England and Wales

Speakers

Supporting the motion were: 

Professor Tony Maden, Forensic Psychiatry, Imperial College London

Professor Tom Fahy, Forensic Mental Health, IoPPN

Speaking against the motion were: 

Dr Rowena Daw, Vice-Chair, Mental Health Alliance

Baroness Elaine Murphy, Old Age Psychiatrist, is an independent crossbench peer, and is Chairman of Council, St George’s, University of London

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32nd Maudsley Debate: The race blame game

December 2006

This house believes that charges of institutional racism in psychiatry damage patient care

Speakers

Supporting the motion were: 

Professor Swaran Singh, University of Warwick

Professor Robin Murray, IoPPN 

Speaking against the motion were: 

Professor Kwame McKenzie, University College London and University of Central Lancaster

Lee Jasper, Senior Adviser on Equalities for the Mayor of London

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31st Maudsley Debate: Genes are a patient's best friend

September 2006

This house believes that genes are a patient's best friend or alternatively a patient's and their psychiatrist should place their faith in genetics

Speakers

Supporting the motion were: 

Professor David Collier, Neuropsychiatric Genetics, IoPPN

Professor Robin Murray, IoPPN 

Speaking against the motion were: 

Professor Richard Bentall, Clinical Psychology, University of Manchester

Professor Peter Beresford, Social Policy, Brunel University 

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