Tag Archives: mental health

Philosophy, Mental Illness, and Mass Shootings

Posted on August 15, 2019 by Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences

This post is a part of our Bioethics in the News series By Robyn Bluhm, PhD Over the past month, mass shootings have occurred in Gilroy, CA, in Chicago, in El Paso, and in Dayton. Most recently, the FBI has arrested … Continue reading →

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Mass Shootings, Mental Illness and Stigma

Posted on November 16, 2017 by Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences

This post is a part of our Bioethics in the News series By Devan Stahl, PhD Over the past two months, we have witnessed two more mass shootings in Las Vegas and Sutherland Springs, TX. Once again, these incidents bring up … Continue reading →

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Prospects, Promises and Perils of Human Mind-Reading

Posted on October 18, 2017 by Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences

Prospects, Promises and Perils of Human Mind-Reading Event Flyer In recent years, several research groups have been able to infer the contents of subjects’ thoughts from fMRI scans. E-commerce sites are tracking customers’ purchases and making ever better predictions about … Continue reading →

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Environmental neuroethics: Setting the foundations

Posted on October 4, 2017 by Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences

Center Assistant Professor Dr. Laura Cabrera has a chapter in the new book Neuroethics: Anticipating the Future, edited by Judy Illes and published last month by Oxford University Press. Dr. Cabrera has provided the abstract of her chapter “Environmental neuroethics: Setting … Continue reading →

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New commentary from Dr. Cabrera in September ‘American Journal of Bioethics’

Posted on September 18, 2017 by Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences

Center Assistant Professor Dr. Laura Cabrera is co-author of a new open peer commentary in the September issue of The American Journal of Bioethics. The article, “Environmental Neuroethics: Bridging Environmental Ethics and Mental Health,” was written by Adam J. Shriver (University … Continue reading →

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Incarcerated AND Sick: At Risk for Pain, Injury, and Death

Posted on July 27, 2017 by Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences

This post is a part of our Bioethics in the News series By Karen Kelly-Blake, PhD The U.S. project of mass incarceration reveals that more than 2 million people are jail-involved at any given time. That rate far exceeds that of … Continue reading →

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Should psychiatric hospitals be reestablished to provide long term care?

Posted on February 29, 2016 by Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences

Giving Asylum? The Ethics of Long-Term, Structured Care for People with Severe, Refractory Mental Illness Event Flyer There are hundreds of thousands of individuals in the US who have serious mental illness. Most of these individuals thrive in the community, … Continue reading →

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