First block (led by Laura):

  • Conceptualization of trust as a collapse of time: trust is about prediction - using past behaviour to predict current and future states and behaviours
  • CAMH client's attitude towards CAMH is based on trust and time in a similar way - based on their past experience with CAMH doctors and nurses
    • Most of the CAMH clients were in CAMH more than once and had their temporal relationship with CAMH
  • Mental health "crises" are, on the one hand, seen as a temporal event, a moment in time, but on the other hand - many conditions are perceived as "permanent."
  • Many mental health conditions are often framed in relation to time:
    • PTSD - past influencing present
    • Anxiety - future influencing present
    • Schizophrenia - temporal collapse/confusion
    • Dementia - living past in the present
  • The medical system, especially health insurance, is a trust-vs-time business - it is based on anticipating and managing future risks in the present

Second block (led by Peter):

  • Provided a few anecdotes and exсerзts on the temporality within the interviews in ED
  • One story was about talking about violence in one interview, while at the same time, the was a violence outbreak behind the window, and nobody paid attention - as if it wasn't at the same time
    • Illustrates how the time is often perceived as chunked rather than continuous

Third block (led by Marta):

  • Described the difference in violence score
  • There was no gender difference in the reported violence
    • Can it be because the males' and females' behaviour was rated against differently perceived gendered "scales"?
  • There was a racial difference in the reported violence:
    • Is it based on differences in behaviour? And if so - why?
    • Or is it based on the difference in perception?
  • For further investigation, Marta suggested looking into details of violent behaviour and doing an intersectional analysis of police involvement


Attached - Laura's intro presentation.


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