Ethics

Clinicians face challenges in suicide risk assessment, especially with patients denying intent before tragic outcomes. Understanding lethal suicide deniers is crucial.

The debate over palliative psychiatry's role in advocating for psychiatric euthanasia continues, raising ethical concerns about mental health care and patient autonomy.

The complex ethics of dying, death, and assisted dying lead to debates on terminology and implications for patient autonomy and suffering.

Euthanasia risks becoming a symptom of burnout.

The therapeutic alliance in psychiatry: enhancing patient engagement and treatment outcomes through effective communication and collaboration.

Explore the ethical complexities of euthanasia and assisted suicide through a philosophical lens.

“Call no man happy before he is dead.”

Emergency psychiatry navigates complex ethical dilemmas, balancing patient safety, autonomy, and confidentiality in high-stakes situations.

Exploring the complexities of assisted dying, ethical dilemmas, and the evolving role of physicians in end-of-life decisions.

The debate on physician-assisted suicide challenges medical ethics, emphasizing the role of doctors in providing care, not death, while navigating societal pressures.

Peripartum psychosis is considered a psychiatric emergency. Here is how an interdisciplinary team can provide the best care.

Here is an updated ethical oath geared for our time.

We asked our readers if they thought psychiatry is doing enough to address federal doubt. Here's how they responded.

These 3 stories offer a lesson in humility to psychiatry.

The Ethics Committee of the American Psychiatric Association has released its 2025 edition of their opinions on the principles of medical ethics. What is our ethical way forward?

How do your fellow clinicians feel about ethical quandaries in psychiatry? Find out here.

We want to hear from you: what else can psychiatry do to address federal doubt?

Are these the times that try psychiatrists’ souls?

We want to hear from you: what ethical issues in psychiatry are you most worried about?

Recap Psychiatric Times Black History Month coverage, including welcoming a new sports psychiatry section editor and a clinical conversation on using CBT to empower Black patients.

Here are highlights from this week in Psychiatric Times, including conference updates and trial news.

Palliative psychiatry takes a dangerous turn when discussions lead to advocacy for assisted suicide policies for mental illness.

How can you handle patient gifts as a clinician?

How can we ensure an accountable, effective, and limited conservatorship system? Here are some actionable concepts.

How can you as clinicians balance a patient’s right to autonomy with beneficence?