Psychiatric work aims to benefit those who are mentally ill, but it also holds a risk of adverse effects. This ?dual face= of psychiatry is seen for example in the way in which benefits and risks are often assessed in different ways by the physician from the way in which they are experienced and evaluated by the patient. The aim of this volume is to develop solutions that can be understood in a complementary fashion for this tense relationship that is often described as being insolubly ant...

This book describes clearly how legislation can be used to advance the rights and entitlements of people with mental health problems. Straightforward and practical, it provides useful information on how to address disabilities so these people may enjoy full citizenship. It presents the key issues succinctly and illustrates these with legislative examples from around the world. This book documents the role that law can play, at all levels, in combating such discrimination and abuse.

This book presents a comprehensive review of ethical issues arising in psychiatric care and research. Compared to the first edition, ten of the 40 chapters comprising the book are new, dealing with topics that were not covered in the previous edition. A further 28 chapters have been updated by the previous authors or completely rewritten by new authors. Containing contributions by leading European ethicists, philosophers, legal scholars, and psychiatrists, this book presents an excellent r...

Erstmals für den deutschen Sprachraum werden hier die ethischen Implikationen der Forschung mit psychisch Kranken umfassend dargestellt.Diese Forschung zielt darauf, den faktisch, ethisch und rechtlich begründeten Bedarf an evidenzbasiertem Wissen zur Diagnostik und Behandlung psychisch Kranker zu decken. Forschung wird dabei als Intervention verstanden, die mit Patienten mittels wissenschaftlichen Methoden auf überindividuelles Wissen zielt und damit über den individuellen Nutzen ...

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 implications of psychiatry practice; (4) deals with recently arising ethical problems; (5) contains contributions of leading European ethicists, philosophers, lawyers, historians and psychiatrists; (6) pr...