Maudsley Debates - 3rd to 10th

10th Maudsley Debate: Mental health reform

July 2001

This house welcomes the implementation of the Government White Paper for the Mental health law reform

Speakers

Supporting the motion were: 

Professor Tony Maden, Imperial College

Dr Chris Burford, Consultant, St Anns Hospital Tottenham

Speaking against the motion were: 

Paul Bowen, Barrister, Doughty St Chambers

Dr Andrew Johns, Consultant of Forensic Psychiatry, South London and Maudsley NHS Trust

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9th Maudsley Debate: Fashion victims

April 2001

This house believes that the media is being used as a convenient scapegoat for the development of eating disorders

Speakers

Supporting the motion were: 

Professor Kenneth Nunn, Sydney University

W. Bose, Premier Model Agency Management

Speaking against the motion were: 

Melanie Katzman, Consultant Psychologist

Nicky Bryant, Chief Executive of the Eating Disorders Association

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8th Maudsley Debate: Minor ailments

This house believes that psychiatrists over-medicate the exuberance of youth 

Speakers

Supporting the motion were: 

Dr Clive Jones, University College Hospital 

Dr Steve Alwin

Speaking against the motion were: 

Professor Eric Taylor, IoPPN

Andrea Bilbow, Founder of ADDISS

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7th Maudsley Debate: Psychiatric institutions are irretrievably racist

November 2000

This house believes that psychiatric institutions are irretrievably racist

Speakers

Supporting this motion were:

Dr Dele Olajide, Consultant Psychiatrist, South London and Maudsley NHS Trust

Chinyere Inyama, Solicitor and Mental Health Act Commissioner

Speaking against the motion were:

Dr David Ndegwa, Consultant Psychiatrist, South London and Maudsley NHS Trust

Malcolm Phillips, Director, Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust

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6th Maudsley Debate: The brain: the final frontier?

October 2000

This house believes that studying the brain tells us little about the mind

Speakers

Supporting the motion were: 

Professor Peter Fonagy, UCL

Professor Steven Rose, Open University and Gresham College

Speaking against the motion were: 

Professor Tim Crow, Oxford University 

Professor Edward Bullmore, University of Cambridge 

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5th Maudsley Debate: Keep taking the tabloids

June 2000

This house believes that the media is bad for mental health

Speakers

Supporting the motion were: 

Trisha Goddard, Television presenter

Jenny Antonia, Molecule biologist  

Speaking against the motion were: 

Sue Baker, Head of Media Relations, Mind 

Marjorie Wallace, British writer, broadcaster, investigative journalist, and chief executive of SANE 

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4th Maudsley Debate: What should we do with psychopaths?

May 2000

This house supports the governments proposals and policies in the management of severe personality disorder

Speakers

Supporting the motion were: 

Professor Jeremy Coy, Forensic Psychiatry, St Bart's 

Paul Watang, Home Office 

Speaking against the motion were: 

Professor John Gunn, IoPPN/SLaM

Dr Trevor Turner, Clinical Director, East London and City University Mental Health NHS Trust

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3rd Maudsley Debate: Does counselling screw you up?

This house believes that there should be no more counselling until it is proved to be safe and effective

Speakers

Supporting the motion were: 

Professor Sir Simon Wessely, Professor of Epidemiological and Liaison Psychiatry, IoPPN

Virginia Ironside, Agony Aunt, Sunday Mirror newspaper

Speaking against the motion were: 

Gladeana McMahon, Fellow of the British Association of Counsellors

Dr Adrian Hemmings, Psychologist and researcher, University of Sussex 

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