Paula J. Caplan (Ontario Institute, author of The Myth of Female Masochism and Don't Blame Mother: Mending the Mother-Daughter Relationship) discusses the blaming of mothers and women in the mental health establishment. She discusses access to mental health care and critiques who is allowed to make decisions of diagnosis and treatment in the mental health field. Part of the morning plenaries in the Scholar and Feminist Conference XVI. Papers presented or name of session: "Mother and Woman-Blaming in the Mental Health Establishment".