Ethics in Psychiatry European Contributions

Ethics in Psychiatry: (1) presents a comprehensive review of ethical issues arising in psychiatric care and research; (2) relates ethical issues to changes and challenges of society; (3) examines the application of general ethics to specific psychiatric problems and relates these to moral implicatio...

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Other Authors: Helmchen, Hanfried (Editor), Sartorius, Norman (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 2010, 2010
Edition:1st ed. 2010
Series:International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • The Context
  • Societal Framework of Psychiatry
  • Stigmatisation of People with Mental Illness and of Psychiatric Institutions
  • Economical Framework of Psychiatric Care
  • Conflicts of Interest
  • Between Legislation and Bioethics: The European Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine
  • Ethics Committees for Clinical Research – The West-European Paradigm
  • Clinical Ethics Committees and Ethics Consultation in Psychiatry
  • Principles of Ethics in Psychiatry
  • Ethical Principles in Psychiatry: The Declarations of Hawaii and Madrid
  • Informed Consent in Psychiatric Practice
  • Advance Directives: Balancing Patient’s Self-Determination with Professional Paternalism
  • Confidentiality
  • Justice in Access to and Distribution of Resources in Psychiatry and Mental Health Care
  • The Applications of the Ethical Principles in Psychiatric Practice and Research
  • Ethics of Diagnosis and Classification in Psychiatry
  • Competence Assessment
  • General Overview of Ethical Issues in Psychiatric Treatment
  • Prevention and Early Treatment
  • Ethical Implications of Psychopharmacotherapy
  • Ethical Problems in Psychotherapy
  • Neuromodulation – ECT, rTMS, DBS
  • ‘Coercive’ Measures
  • Ethics of Deinstitutionalization
  • Ethical Issues in Forensic and Prison Psychiatry
  • Treatment of Substance Dependence
  • Dementia and End-of-Life Decisions: Ethical Issues – A Perspective from The Netherlands
  • Ethics of Research with Decisionally Impaired Patients
  • Ethical Concerns in Carrying Out Surveys of Psychiatric Morbidity
  • Genetics – Ethical Implications of Research, Diagnostics and Counseling
  • Non-medical Uses of Psychiatry
  • Political Abuse of Psychiatry
  • Abuse of Psychiatry for Political Purposes in the USSR: A Case-Study and Personal Account of the Efforts to Bring Them to an End
  • (Neuro-)Enhancement
  • Teaching Ethics in Psychiatry
  • Teaching Ethics in Psychiatry
  • Conclusions and Summary
  • Summary and Conclusions