Applied Ethics in Mental Health Care
An Interdisciplinary Reader
Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Medical, Reference, Ethics, Ailments & Diseases, Mental Health
| Author: | Charles E Rosenberg, Ralph B Little, Edward A Strecker, Toksoz B Karasu, John Z Sadler, Margery Gans, William B Gunn Jr., George Szmukler, James A Beshai, Richard J Tushup, John A Rich, David A Stone, Rebecca Campbell, Craig Reinarman, Thomas S Szasz, Charles P O'Brien, A. Thomas McLellan, Laura Weiss Roberts, Kim Bullock, William J. Curran, Claire L Pouncey, Jonathan M Lukens, Robert Henley Woody, Michelle Black, Jocelyn Downie, David H Brendel, James Chu, Howard Leeper, Harrison G Pope, Jacqueline Samson, Gail Tsimprea, J. Alexander Bodkin, Arnold Lazarus, Frederic G Reamer, Brian K Clinton, Benjamin C. Silverman, Glen O. Gabbard, Kristin A. Kassaw, Gonzalo Perez-Garcia, Paul S. Appelbaum, Arthur L. Caplan, Jennifer Radden, PhD | ISBN: | 9780262317252 |
| Publisher: | The MIT Press | Publication: | September 27, 2013 |
| Imprint: | The MIT Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Charles E Rosenberg, Ralph B Little, Edward A Strecker, Toksoz B Karasu, John Z Sadler, Margery Gans, William B Gunn Jr., George Szmukler, James A Beshai, Richard J Tushup, John A Rich, David A Stone, Rebecca Campbell, Craig Reinarman, Thomas S Szasz, Charles P O'Brien, A. Thomas McLellan, Laura Weiss Roberts, Kim Bullock, William J. Curran, Claire L Pouncey, Jonathan M Lukens, Robert Henley Woody, Michelle Black, Jocelyn Downie, David H Brendel, James Chu, Howard Leeper, Harrison G Pope, Jacqueline Samson, Gail Tsimprea, J. Alexander Bodkin, Arnold Lazarus, Frederic G Reamer, Brian K Clinton, Benjamin C. Silverman, Glen O. Gabbard, Kristin A. Kassaw, Gonzalo Perez-Garcia, Paul S. Appelbaum, Arthur L. Caplan, Jennifer Radden, PhD |
| ISBN: | 9780262317252 |
| Publisher: | The MIT Press |
| Publication: | September 27, 2013 |
| Imprint: | The MIT Press |
| Language: | English |
Discussions of key ethical dilemmas in mental health care, including consent, trauma and violence, addiction, confidentiality, and therapeutic boundaries.
This book discusses some of the most critical ethical issues in mental health care today, including the moral dimensions of addiction, patient autonomy and compulsory treatment, privacy and confidentiality, and the definition of mental illness itself. Although debates over these issues are ongoing, there are few comprehensive resources for addressing such dilemmas in the practice of psychology, psychiatry, social work, and other behavioral and mental health care professions. This book meets that need, providing foundational background for undergraduate, graduate, and professional courses.
Topics include central questions such as evolving views of the morality and pathology of deviant behavior; patient competence and the decision to refuse treatment; recognizing and treating people who have suffered trauma; addiction as illness; the therapist's responsibility to report dangerousness despite patient confidentiality; and boundaries for the therapist's interaction with patients outside of therapy, whether in the form of tennis games, gift-giving, or social media contact. For the most part the selections address contemporary issues in contemporary terms, but the book also offers a few historic or classic essays, including Thomas S. Szasz's controversial 1971 article “The Ethics of Addiction.”
Contributors
Laura Weiss Roberts, Frederic G. Reamer, Charles P. O'Brien, and Thomas McLellan
Discussions of key ethical dilemmas in mental health care, including consent, trauma and violence, addiction, confidentiality, and therapeutic boundaries.
This book discusses some of the most critical ethical issues in mental health care today, including the moral dimensions of addiction, patient autonomy and compulsory treatment, privacy and confidentiality, and the definition of mental illness itself. Although debates over these issues are ongoing, there are few comprehensive resources for addressing such dilemmas in the practice of psychology, psychiatry, social work, and other behavioral and mental health care professions. This book meets that need, providing foundational background for undergraduate, graduate, and professional courses.
Topics include central questions such as evolving views of the morality and pathology of deviant behavior; patient competence and the decision to refuse treatment; recognizing and treating people who have suffered trauma; addiction as illness; the therapist's responsibility to report dangerousness despite patient confidentiality; and boundaries for the therapist's interaction with patients outside of therapy, whether in the form of tennis games, gift-giving, or social media contact. For the most part the selections address contemporary issues in contemporary terms, but the book also offers a few historic or classic essays, including Thomas S. Szasz's controversial 1971 article “The Ethics of Addiction.”
Contributors
Laura Weiss Roberts, Frederic G. Reamer, Charles P. O'Brien, and Thomas McLellan
