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Introduction

Dr. Roy J. O'Shaughnessy — Clinical Professor, Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of BC, Vancouver
Catherine L. Woods, QC — Guild Yule LLP, Vancouver

Roles and Boundaries—Lawyers, Patients, and Mental Health Professionals

• qualifications and standards
• professionalism/boundaries and ethics
• when and how to get expert assistance

Dr. Roy J. O'Shaughnessy — Clinical Professor, Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of BC, Vancouver

A Look at Mental Disorders Commonly Arising in Litigation

• limitations in medico-legal settings
• common mental disorders
• post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD): what is old is now new again
• issues of causation
• co-morbidities
• prior history and vulnerability

Dr. Roy J. O'Shaughnessy — Clinical Professor, Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of BC, Vancouver

Networking Break

Neuropsychology and Psychiatry and Assessing Children

• pediatric neuropsychology benefits and limitations
• psychiatric assessments and children
• DSM-V

Dr. Michael Joschko — Neuropsychologist in Private Practice & Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Victoria, Victoria
Dr. Derryck H. Smith — Clinical Professor, Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of BC, Vancouver

Psychiatric Injury and Causation

• scientific and medical views of causation
• legal causation

Dr. Roy J. O'Shaughnessy — Clinical Professor, Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of BC, Vancouver
Catherine L. Woods, QC — Guild Yule LLP, Vancouver

Lunch With Featured Luncheon Speaker: "Psychiatric and Neuropsychological Evidence: A View from the Bench"

The Honourable Mr. Justice Peter M. Willcock — Supreme Court of BC, Vancouver

Cross-Examination of Psychiatrists and Neuropsychologists

• strategy and tactics
• dealing with the biased expert

Joseph E. Murphy, QC — Murphy Battista, Vancouver 
Dr. Derryck H. Smith — Clinical Professor, Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of BC, Vancouver
Catherine L. Woods, QC — Guild Yule LLP, Vancouver

Retaining a Psychologist or Psychiatrist

• ethical issues
• engagement issues
• what a good report should contain
• the single expert approach—implications for psych issues

Dr. Michael Joschko — Neuropsychologist in Private Practice & Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Victoria, Victoria
Alison L. Murray, QC — Murray Jamieson, Vancouver
Joseph E. Murphy, QC — Murphy Battista, Vancouver
Dr. Derryck H. Smith — Clinical Professor, Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of BC, Vancouver
Catherine L. Woods, QC — Guild Yule LLP, Vancouver

Networking Break

Psychological and Psychiatric Evidence: Round Table Discussion

• current issues
• practice tips and pointers
• miscellaneous evidentiary issues

Moderator: Catherine Woods, QC — Guild Yule LLP, Vancouver
Dr. Michael Joschko — Neuropsychologist in Private Practice & Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Victoria, Victoria
Alison L. Murray, QC — Murray Jamieson, Vancouver
Joseph E. Murphy, QC — Murphy Battista, Vancouver
Dr. Roy O’Shaughnessy — Clinical Professor, Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of BC, Vancouver
Dr. Derryck H. Smith — Clinical Professor, Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of BC, Vancouver

Concluding Remarks

Dr. Roy J. O'Shaughnessy — Clinical Professor, Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of BC, Vancouver
Catherine L. Woods, QC — Guild Yule LLP, Vancouver