Series: YU Student Medical Ethics Society

Venue: YU Wilf Campus YU Wilf Campus

Halacha:

Bein Adam l'Chaveiro,  Children,  Kibud Av v'Aim,  Lashon Harah,  Science & Medicine,  Yom Kippur 

Machshava:

Ethics,  Marriage,  Science & Medicine 

Description

The first plenary session from the Student Medical Ethics Society's Fifth Annual Fuld Family Medical Ethics Conference, "A Beautiful Mind: Jewish Approaches to Mental Health." Moderated by Dr. Tia Powell and featuring Dr. Esther Altmann, Rabbi Dovid Goldwasser, and Dr. Karen Rosewater, this session discussed some of the symptoms that characterize the eating disorders that permeate the Jewish community. Clinicians in this field presented some of their findings obtained via research, case studies, and experience. Topics covered include: issues regarding shidduchim, the pressures of a family coping with a family member's eating disorder, tensions when clinicians and halacha come into conflict, fasting, ba'al tashchit and kibbud av v'aim.