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Mental Health, Neuroscience

Mental health/illness
Decision making capacity
Forensic psychiatry
Neurolaw (Mind-Brain-Law)
Psychology
Psychiatric injury in tort law

Projects

Hybrid Minds

Hybrid Minds

Jennifer Chandler

The Hybrid Minds project aims to lay the foundation for a unified theoretical approach to the ethical-legal assessment of intelligent neuroprostheses. The approach is informed by the experiences and perspectives of users as well as dialogue with the neuroengineering community and other key stakeholders.

Outaouais Social Rights Interdisciplinary Clinic

Outaouais Social Rights Interdisciplinary Clinic

Emmanuelle Bernheim

Founded in 2020 by a team of multidisciplinary professors from Ottawa University and Université du Québec à Montréal, the basis for the development of the Clinic stems from current research in Canada and elsewhere demonstrating an important increase in the adjudication of people living with mental health issues and in conditions of homelessness. This population must also deal with multiple legal proceedings in other legal fields such as housing, work and youth protection. In addition, research conducted through community organizations, universities as well and the public sector has shed light on the important difficulties of having the rights of individuals respected and applied in the judicial process. The Clinic will use working methods which have proven to provide practical and needs-based solutions to the issues faced by marginalized groups, including accompaniment and interdisciplinary team work.

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Recent Publications

International legal approaches to neurosurgery for psychiatric disorders
Jennifer Chandler et al. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 2021. (OPEN ACCESS)

Deep brain stimulation for refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD): Emerging or established therapy?
Jennifer Chandler (co-author). Molecular Psychiatry. 2020 (OPEN ACCESS)

Use of neuropsychiatric evidence as a mitigating factor in sentencing offenders with addictive behaviours
Jennifer Chandler (co-author). Neuro-interventions and the law: Regulating human mental capacity. 2020.

The role of the defense attorney in relation to biological interventions as rehabilitative strategies
Colleen Berryessa & Jennifer Chandler. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation. 2020.

Legal Regulation of Psychosurgery: A Fifty-State Survey
R. Nadler & Jennifer Chandler. Journal of Legal Medicine. 2020.

Biocriminal justice: Exploring public attitudes to criminal rehabilitation using biomedical treatments
Robin Whitehead, Jennifer Chandler. Neuroethics. 2020.

A qualitative study of forensic patients' perceptions of quasi‐coercive offers of biological treatment
Natasha Knack, Jennifer Chandler, J. Paul Fedoroff. Behavioral Sciences & the Law. 2020.

Medicalized Metamorphosis: Biological Rehabilitation of Criminal Offenders
Jennifer Chandler, Jennifer Kilty & Dave Holmes. Critical Criminology. 2019.

Brain–computer interfaces and personhood: interdisciplinary deliberations on neural technology
Jennifer Chandler (co-author). Journal of Neural Engineering. 2019. (OPEN ACCESS)

Neurolaw today: A systematic review of the recent law and neuroscience literature
Jennifer Chandler (co-author). International Journal of Law and Psychiatry. 2019.

Neuroethics at 15: The current and future environment for neuroethics
Jennifer Chandler (co-author). AJOB Neuroscience. 2019. (OPEN ACCESS)

A neuroethics backbone for the evolving Canadian brain research strategy
Jennifer Chandler (co-author). Neuron. 2019. (OPEN ACCESS)

Neurolaw and neuroethics
Jennifer Chandler. Camb. Q. Health Care Ethics. 2018.

Respect for intimacy among persons whose privacy is compromised
Jennifer Chandler, Paul Fedoroff (co-authors amongst others). Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. 2018. (OPEN ACCESS)

Help, hope and hype: Ethical dimensions of neuroprosthetics
Jennifer Chandler (co-author). Science. 2017.

Workers’ Compensation for Work-Related Mental Health Problems: An Overview of Québec Law.
Katherine Lippel. Psychosocial Risks in Labour and Social Security Law: A Comparative Legal Overview. 2017.

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Santé mentale, Neurosciences

Santé/Maladie mentale
Capacité de prise de décision
Psychiatrie légale
Droit de l'esprit et du cerveau
Psychologie
Préjudice psychiatrique dans le droit de la responsabilité civile

Projets

Hybrid Minds

Hybrid Minds

Jennifer Chandler

The Hybrid Minds project aims to lay the foundation for a unified theoretical approach to the ethical-legal assessment of intelligent neuroprostheses. The approach is informed by the experiences and perspectives of users as well as dialogue with the neuroengineering community and other key stakeholders.

Outaouais Social Rights Interdisciplinary Clinic

Clinique interdisciplinaire en droit social de l'Outaouais

Emmanuelle Bernheim

Fondé en 2020 par une équipe multidisciplinaire de professeur·es de l'Université d'Ottawa et de l'Université du Québec en Outaouais, le projet de la clinique découle de résultats de recherches montrant la croissance de la judiciarisation des personnes vivant des troubles de santé mentale et/ou en situation d’itinérance. Ces personnes font l’objet de diverses mesures et procédures, souvent complexes, dans des domaines de droit tels que l’intégrité de la personne, le droit pénal, le logement, le travail, la protection de la jeunesse où elles font face à d’importantes difficultés de mise en œuvre et de respect de leurs droits. En parallèle, les services juridiques sont peu accessibles, ce qui complique la défense des droits et contribue à rendre les démarches anxiogènes et pénibles. Or l’accompagnement des personnes dans ces démarches peut  permettre de faire valoir leur point de vue, de défendre leurs droits, tout en diminuant leur anxiété et en favorisant le rétablissement.

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Publications récentes

International legal approaches to neurosurgery for psychiatric disorders
Jennifer Chandler et al. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 2021. (OPEN ACCESS)

Deep brain stimulation for refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD): Emerging or established therapy?
Jennifer Chandler (co-author). Molecular Psychiatry. 2020 (OPEN ACCESS)

Use of neuropsychiatric evidence as a mitigating factor in sentencing offenders with addictive behaviours
Jennifer Chandler (co-author). Neuro-interventions and the law: Regulating human mental capacity. 2020.

The role of the defense attorney in relation to biological interventions as rehabilitative strategies
Colleen Berryessa & Jennifer Chandler. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation. 2020.

Legal Regulation of Psychosurgery: A Fifty-State Survey
R. Nadler & Jennifer Chandler. Journal of Legal Medicine. 2020.

Biocriminal justice: Exploring public attitudes to criminal rehabilitation using biomedical treatments
Robin Whitehead, Jennifer Chandler. Neuroethics. 2020.

A qualitative study of forensic patients' perceptions of quasi‐coercive offers of biological treatment
Natasha Knack, Jennifer Chandler, J. Paul Fedoroff. Behavioral Sciences & the Law. 2020.

Medicalized Metamorphosis: Biological Rehabilitation of Criminal Offenders
Jennifer Chandler, Jennifer Kilty & Dave Holmes. Critical Criminology. 2019.

Brain–computer interfaces and personhood: interdisciplinary deliberations on neural technology
Jennifer Chandler (co-author). Journal of Neural Engineering. 2019. (OPEN ACCESS)

Neurolaw today: A systematic review of the recent law and neuroscience literature
Jennifer Chandler (co-author). International Journal of Law and Psychiatry. 2019.

Neuroethics at 15: The current and future environment for neuroethics
Jennifer Chandler (co-author). AJOB Neuroscience. 2019. (OPEN ACCESS)

A neuroethics backbone for the evolving Canadian brain research strategy
Jennifer Chandler (co-author). Neuron. 2019. (OPEN ACCESS)

Neurolaw and neuroethics
Jennifer Chandler. Camb. Q. Health Care Ethics. 2018.

Respect for intimacy among persons whose privacy is compromised
Jennifer Chandler, Paul Fedoroff (co-authors amongst others). Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. 2018. (OPEN ACCESS)

Help, hope and hype: Ethical dimensions of neuroprosthetics
Jennifer Chandler (co-author). Science. 2017.

Workers’ Compensation for Work-Related Mental Health Problems: An Overview of Québec Law.
Katherine Lippel. Psychosocial Risks in Labour and Social Security Law: A Comparative Legal Overview. 2017.

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