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consequences of such recognition or lack thereof. This paper explores attempts in universitycontexts to reconcile such conflicts or tensions by means of a spiritual perspective (inclusive ofsecular humanism), with the underlying goal of producing a new generation of leaders whounderstand the relationship of healthy religious behaviors and attitudes to individual andcommonwellbeing.Religious Freedom and Violence against WomenElizabeth Davenport, University of Chicago (ejld@uchicago.edu)There is great variance around the world with regard to law providing women with protectionfrom and response to violence in domestic and other contexts. This variance offers a tellingopportunity for a close examination of intersections of religious freedom, human rights, andwomen's mental health. Religiously-motivated attitudes and acts may sometimes advance thecause of human rights, but too often appear to undermine both individual rights and the commongood, as happens when religious voices call for disparate treatment of women and men (forexample, in determining marriageable age, or in law rooted in the belief that heralding the rightsof women necessarily undermines religion or "the family"). The mental health consequences forthose denied equal treatment under the law are well documented, and violence against women iswidely understood to be a fundamental violation of women's human rights. Yet religiousfreedom is frequently held to trump such rights. This paper asks what it would take for religiousjustifications for infringement upon the integrity and dignity of women to be consistentlyrejected, and whether the limiting of religious expression that threatens the common good is notonly desirable but feasible, even in diverse cultural/legal contexts.76. Hybrid Correctional Centre – Mental Health Centre: TheSecure Treatment Centre ModelOverviewColin Cameron, Royal Ottawa Health Care Group, Ottawa, Canada(colin.cameron@theroyal.ca)The Secure Treatment Unit (St. Lawrence Valley Correctional & Treatment Centre) is a 100 bedhybrid Correctional Centre - Mental Health Centre whose mandate it is to serve adult maleoffenders serving a provincial sentence (less than two years) identified to have serious mentalillness from accross Ontario. This facility is the result of a contractual agreement between theMinistry of Community Safety and Correctional Services and the Royal Ottawa Health CareGroup. The staffing ratio is 70% health care professionals vs 30% correctional staff. Dr.Cameron's introduction will provide an overview of this unique facility, including looking atsome of the overall clinical outcome and recidivism data.185