Ethics

The perilous politics of involuntary treatment…

The experts weighed in on a wide variety of psychiatric issues for the January 2023 issue of Psychiatric Times.

"The psychiatrist may be obligated to protect the fetus or warn authorities of the patient’s intent."

Ethical dilemmas are sufficiently unique and complex that exceptionless rules or precise algorithms are seldom helpful.

From rare copy number variants in treatment-resistant psychosis to the psychiatric response to human trafficking, here are highlights from the week in Psychiatric Times.

“We didn’t pick this political fight, but we will stand up for our patients, for the policies of this House, and for our profession.”

Further arguments opposing MAID.

Dying patients may feel burdened by suffering and loss of dignity, which is why this doctor argues in favor of medical aid in dying.

Faced with extensive suffering or loss of dignity in the context of a terminal illness, different individuals will make different choices…

Revisiting the CME articles featured in Psychiatric Times in 2022.

Selections from the 2022 Psychiatric Times cover features.

Instead of figuring out ways to help people die, what if we devoted our energy to helping them live, even and especially if they are dying?

There has long been a social, ethical consensus that a physician should intervene not to end a person’s life…

“The mere legalization of MAID creates a serious and discriminatory danger…”

Is precluding the option of MAID against a competent patient’s wishes an exercise of paternalistic control and decision-making for the patient?

This doctor suggests helping patients find value in their lives rather than turning to medical aid in dying.

Opposing MAID legislation: does it give undue power to the judicial system over patient autonomy?

An argument for the right to medical aid in dying.

An argument against “slippery slope” for medical aid in dying.

Further arguments against MAID.

Is MAID treatment?

An argument against medical aid in dying.

What would it take for psychiatrists and other physicians in the United States to collectively resist risks to the public’s health and mental health?

Policies include opposition to government involvement in medical practice and support of access to abortion care.

The law presumes that individuals are rational. But what about when the patient has neuropsychiatric impairments that hinder judgement?

At-home ketamine treatment initiated by an online provider presents many legal, clinical, and ethical challenges...

The experts weighed in on a wide variety of psychiatric issues for the September 2022 issue of Psychiatric Times.

"Research clearly demonstrates that although abortion is more likely in highly stressful life situations—which may include mental illness—abortion itself does not cause psychiatric illness; the most common response is relief."

Here’s why the slippery slope argument for MAID might not be applicable, according to one doctor.

One doctor refutes opposition to MAID.