CHSPR/CAE Seminar: Ethical Challenges and Opportunities of Palliative Psychiatry

School of Population and Public Health (SPPH) 2206 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Speaker: Daniel Buchman, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Palliative psychiatry is an emerging subfield of mental health care that focuses on improving quality of life and relieving suffering in people living with severe and persistent mental illnesses (SPMI), rather than aiming solely for symptom remission or cure. Palliative psychiatry applies the principles of palliative […]

Discover deep relaxation through sound therapy

Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre 6163 University Boulevard, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Feeling overwhelmed or out of balance? For centuries, cultures around the world have harnessed the power of sound for healing and restoration. To learn how to ease anxiety, reduce stress, and nurture well-being, experience an immersive sound-therapy session with UBC alum May Globus, BA’04, founder of otō healing. As a certified sound therapy practitioner, she […]

$20

CHSPR Seminar | Evolving Strategies for Ovarian Cancer Prevention: Exploring the Acceptability and Feasibility of Risk-Reducing Salpingectomy

School of Population and Public Health (SPPH) 2206 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada +1 more

Speaker: Alex Lukey, PhD Candidate, School of Population and Public Health Growing confidence in both the origins of ovarian cancer and the safety and effectiveness of salpingectomy as a preventive strategy has led to increased adoption of opportunistic salpingectomy in clinical practice. Although current guidelines only recommend salpingectomy opportunistically, the greatest reduction in mortality and […]