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Abandonment, of patient,
63
Academic psychiatry,
33
Access, to health care,
xviii–xix, 89
Accountable care organizations,
87
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education,
13, 20, 102
Addiction psychiatry,
33
Adolescents, ethical issues in mental health care for,
105–106
Advance directives,
73–75
Advocacy, and social stigmatization of mental illness,
88–89
Age
. See also Adolescents; Children; Elder abuse
cognitive impairment in colleagues and,
91–92
consent for treatment by children and,
106
Algorithms, and new issues in ethics,
xvi–xvii, 96–98
Alternative decision-making,
73–75
Altruism,
xiv, 32, 47
practitioner’s needs as secondary to patient’s, xiv American Academy of Pediatrics,
8
American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM),
12, 17
American Medical Association (AMA),
9, 52, 61, 80, 81, 89–90
American Nurses Association,
55
American Psychiatric Association (APA),
52, 5354, 61, 80, 84, 87, 89, 93, 104
American Psychological Association,
9, 52, 55, 61, 90, 93, 102
Appreciation, and decisional capacity,
71, 72
Artificial intelligence,
xvi, 96
Association of American Medical Colleges,
101, 107
Autonomy
definition of,
47, 50
example of in common clinical situation,
29
involuntary treatment and,
76
precision psychiatry and,
98
stigmatization of mental illness and,
89
Awareness of limits, as key ethics skill,
35
Beauchamp, Thomas,
45
Belmont Report (National Commission et al. 1979),
57, 58
Beneficence
definition of,
47, 50
ethical decision-making and,
42
examples of in common clinical situations,
29, 31, 32
Bentham, Jeremy,
45
Bias
. See also Implicit bias; Racism
algorithms and perpetuation of,
xvii, 96
in clinical decision-making,
75
empirical research on,
42
patterns of in medical profession and inequities in mental health care,
15
professional burnout and,
24
Bioethics,
xviii
Bipolar disorder,
74–75
Boundaries, and boundary violations
. See also Boundary crossing
definition of,
49
example of in common clinical situation,
32
maintenence of,
61–63
psychotherapy and,
xix
sexual relationships and,
61–62, 107–108
warning signs of,
6465
Boundary crossing,
62–63
BRAIN 2020 initiative,
xvi
“Break the glass” protocols, for access to medical records,
84
Burnout
. See also Well-being
as continuum,
22
factors influencing,
24
as new issue in medical ethics,
xv
patient abandonment and,
63
risk factors for,
22, 25
symptoms of,
23
Canada, and euthanasia,
79
Care ethics,
45–46
Case-based approach, to teaching about ethics,
20
Case studies, of ethics in clinical situations,
xiii, 118–121
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine,
90
Casuistry, and ethical decision-making,
45
Charity, definition of,
47
Child abuse
confidentiality and,
84
female genital mutilation as,
81
reporting of suspected,
xii
Child and adolescent psychiatry, examples of ethical challenges in,
33
Children, ethical issues in mental health care for,
105–106. See also Child abuse
Childress, James,
45
Client, use of term,
xviii
Climate change, and extreme weather events,
ix
Clinical competence, and holistic concept of professionalism,
12
Clinical innovation, decision tree for ethical use of,
95
Clinical medical ethics,
5, 6
Code of Ethics (National Association of Social Workers 2017),
21, 55
Code of Ethics (National Board for Certified Counselors 2016),
55
Code of Ethics for Nurses: With Interpretive Statements (American Nurses Association 2015),
55
Code of Medical Ethics (American Medical Association),
52, 80
Code of silence, and colleague impairment or misconduct,
92
Coercion, definition of,
47
Cognitive functioning, and informed consent,
70
Colleagues, responding to impairment or misconduct of,
89–93
Common Rule (1981),
58, 5960
Communication of preference, and decisional capacity,
70, 72
Communitarian ethics,
46
Compassion, definition of,
47, 51
Competency,
70. See also Decisional capacity
Complex patients
. See Difficult patients
Comprehension, and decisional capacity,
72
Concepts of Psychiatry: A Pluralistic Approach to the Mind and Mental Illness, The (Ghaemi 2003),
xix
Confidentiality
children and adolescents as patients and,
106
definition of,
47, 50–51, 82–83
do’s and don’ts for protecting,
86
electronic health records and,
83–84
examples of clinical issues,
29, 30, 31, 60
informing patient about,
84–85
legal issues and,
83
LGBTQ+ patients and,
105
need-to-know approach to,
84
“open notes” and,
84
research and,
114115
Conflict of commitment,
47
Conflict of conscience,
47
Conflicts of interest,
47, 85, 87–88
Consent, for treatment of children and adolescents,
105–106. See also Informed consent
Consultation
confidentiality and,
86
difficult patients and,
102
LGBTQ+ patients and,
105
willingness to seek as key ethical skill,
36
Consultation-liaison psychiatry,
33
Context, and ethics of mental health practice,
xiii
Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime (United Nations 2004),
82
Conversion therapy,
104–105
Core competencies, and professionalism,
13
Countertransference
. See also Doctor-patient relationship
difficult patients and,
101
patient abandonment and,
63
personal values of mental health professionals and,
35
psychotherapy and training in,
xix
COVID-19 pandemic,
ix, xvi, xvii
Cultural competence,
102–103
Culture
ethical issues in caring for culturally diverse patients,
102–104
ethics-related education for mental health professionals and,
20–21
professional burnout and,
24
Daily diary app,
98–99
Data presentation, and research,
116
Decisional capacity
. See also Decision-making
advance directives and,
75
informed consent and,
67, 69–72
research protocols and,
115116
Decision-making
. See also Decisional capacity
definition of,
49
ethical use of power in,
75–82
models for ethical,
39, 40, 41, 43
patient-centered care and,
65–66
Declaration of Helsinki (World Medical Association 1964),
55, 5657
Deinstitutionalization, and involuntary outpatient treatment,
77
Dementia,
70
Deontology,
45
Depression
. See Psychotic depression; Treatment-resistant depression
Diagnostic-driven restrictions, on research,
109
Differential diagnosis, and difficult patients,
102
Difficult patients
ethical issues in caring for,
99, 100, 101–102
examples of ethical challenges and,
34
Digital medicine, and new ethical issues,
98–99
Discernment, and insight,
51
Discussion-oriented approaches, to education on ethics,
20
Distributive justice,
50
Doctor-patient relationship
. See also Boundaries; Countertransference
informed consent and,
66, 69
personal values of mental health professionals and,
35
Dual agency,
85, 87–88. See also Multiple roles
Duty of care,
48
Education
. See also Training
dual roles and,
85
on ethics,
17–21, 43–44
importance of lifelong learning,
xxi–xxii
public professionalism and,
11
Elder abuse, and confidentiality,
84
Empathy, definition of,
48, 51
Empathy-focused approach, to education on ethics,
20
Empirical basis, of ethics,
41–44
Equipoise,
48
Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct (American Psychological Association 2017),
52, 55
Ethics
. See also Autonomy; Beneficence; Boundaries; Confidentiality; Decision-making; Education; Informed consent; Legal issues; Nonmaleficence; Power; Professionalism; Research
advance directives and,
73–75
case studies of,
118–121
centrality of in mental health care,
13–16
codes and practical guidelines for,
51–58
conflicts of interest and,
47, 85, 87–88
definitions of and examples of principles,
xi, 4, 46, 50–51
difficult patients and,
99, 100, 101–102
empirical basis of,
41–44
essential skills of mental health professionals and,
27–28, 34–36
examples of challenges in,
ix, 33
examples of clinical issues,
xi–xii, 2932, 58, 60
future directions in,
117–118
glossary of terms,
4749
impairment or misconduct of colleagues,
89–93
involuntary treatment and,
76–78, 79
multidisciplinary practice and,
94
multiple roles and,
37, 85, 87–88
neuroethics and neuroscience,
16, 17
new modes of prediction, evaluation, and treatment,
95–99
philosophical basis of,
44–46
practical problem-solving and,
36, 39, 41
special populations and,
102–106
Euthanasia
controversial aspects of ethics and,
xv
definition of,
48, 78
legal status of,
78–79
Evaluation, new diagnostic tools for,
98–99
Exploitation Index,
62–63
Facebook,
97. See also Social media
Faculty, ethical obligations of toward trainees,
107
Family
boundary violations and,
63
culturally diverse patients and,
103, 104
Favorable risk-benefit ratio, in research,
111
Fee-splitting arrangements,
87
Female genital mutilation (FGM),
81–82
Fidelity
definition of,
48, 50, 51
examples of in common clinical situations,
30, 31
as principle of professionalism,
9
Fiduciary, definition of,
48, 51
Financial issues
. See also Pharmaceutical industry
access to health care and,
xviii–xix
conflicts of interest and,
87
Forensic psychiatry,
33
Four-step procedure, for dealing with colleague impairment or misconduct,
92
Four-topics method, of ethical decision-making,
39, 43
Futility, definition of,
48
Gabbard, Glen,
91
Gender-affirming therapy,
105
Gender identity
ethical decision-making and,
42
professional burnout and,
24
Genetic testing,
98
Geriatric psychiatry,
33
Germany, Nazi era and history of psychiatry,
75–76
Gifts, and pharmaceutical industry,
87–88
Harvard Medical School,
90
Health care, and health care system
. See also Access; Medical illness; Mental health care; Nurses; Patient-centered care; Primary care physicians
changes in and provider burnout,
22
financial considerations and,
xviii–xix
integrated systems of,
14–15, 87
mental illness diagnoses and risk of inadequate,
89
Health insurance
. See Managed care
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA 1996),
83
High-risk situations, recognition of as key ethical skill,
35–36
Hippocrates, and Hippocratic oath,
xviii, 8, 51–52, 82–83
Homelessness, and patients with overlapping vulnerabilities,
106
Honesty, definition of,
48. See also Veracity
Human dignity, definition of,
48
Human subjects, and regulations on research,
18–19
Human trafficking,
82
Identification, of ethical issues,
28, 34
Impairment, in colleagues,
89–93
Implicit bias, impact of on health care,
35. See also Bias
Incentives, for research participation,
116
Independent review, of research,
111, 113, 116
Information sharing, and informed consent,
67–69, 70–71
Informed consent
. See also Consent
decisional capacity and,
66–67, 69–72
definition of,
48, 63, 65
examples of clinical issues,
60
patients as participants in training and,
108
research and,
19, 55, 109–110, 111, 113, 115116
treatment refusal and,
73
voluntarism and,
72–73
Insight, and decisional capacity,
71
Institute of Medicine,
66
Institutional review board (IRB),
18, 58
Integrated health care systems,
14–15, 87
Integrity, definition of,
49
Interpersonal professionalism,
9, 10, 11
Interrogation, and medical or psychiatric ethics,
81
Intrapersonal professionalism,
9, 10, 11
Invasive treatments, and emerging issues in ethics,
117
Involuntary treatment, and ethical uses of power,
76–78, 79
Jaffee v. Redmond (1996),
83
Joint Commission,
xx
Justice
. See also Social justice
as component of professionalism,
9
definition of,
49, 50
ethical decision-making and,
42
example of in common clinical situation,
32
utilitarianism and,
45
Kant, Immanuel,
44
Kantianism,
44–45
Kendra’s Law (New York),
77
Language
culturally diverse patients and,
103
LGBTQ+ patients and,
105
Legal issues
confidentiality and,
83, 86
consent for treatment of children or adolescents,
105–106
decisional capacity and,
70
female genital mutilation and,
81
impairment or misconduct in colleagues and,
90, 91, 92, 93
informed consent for research participation,
19
involuntary treatment and,
76–78
physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia,
78–79
LGBTQ+ patients, ethical issues in caring for,
104–105
Lieber, Charles,
88
MacArthur Treatment Competence Study (1995),
43
Machine learning,
96–97
Managed care, and conflicts of interest,
87
Medical Ethics; or a Code of Institutes and Precepts (Percival 1803),
52
Medical illness, and patients with overlapping vulnerabilities,
106
Medical records, and confidentiality,
86
Medical School Graduate Questionnaire (Association of American Medical Colleges),
101, 107–108
Mental health care
. See also Mental illness; Outpatient setting; Psychiatry; Psychology; Psychotherapy
centrality of ethics in,
13–16
changes in systems of as emerging issue in ethics,
117–118
Mental illness, social stigmatization of,
88–89. See also Bipolar disorder; Mental health care; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Psychotic depression; Treatment-resistant depression
Military psychiatry,
34, 85, 87
Mill, John Stuart,
45
Misconduct, of colleagues,
89–93
Moral trust, and professional behavior,
5
Multidisciplinary practice, and ethical issues,
94
Multiple roles, ethical risks associated with,
37, 85, 87–88
National Association of Social Workers,
21, 55
National Board for Certified Counselors,
55
National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Research
. See Belmont Report
“Need to know” approach, to confidentiality,
84
Negligence, definition of,
49
Neuroethics, and neuroscience,
xv, 16, 17
Neurosurgery, and novel therapies in psychiatry,
99
New England Journal of Medicine, The,
41
New York, and involuntary outpatient treatment,
77
“No free lunch” (www.no-free-lunch.org),
xxi
Nonmaleficence
definition of,
46, 49
ethical decision-making and,
42
examples of in common clinical situations,
29, 30, 31, 32
involuntary treatment and,
76
Nuremberg Code,
55, 56, 111
Nurses
. See also Health care
codes of ethics for,
55
multidisciplinary practice and,
94
“Open notes,” and confidentiality,
84
Outpatient setting, and involuntary treatment,
77–78
Parens patriae, and involuntary treatment,
76–77
“Parity” legislation,
50
Participant-oriented approach, to education on ethics,
20
Patient(s)
. See also Confidentiality; Difficult patients; Doctor-patient relationship
abandonment of,
63
ethical decision-making and preferences of,
40
psychiatric training and,
107, 108
use of term in context,
xviii
Patient-centered care, and shared decision-making,
65–66
Percival, Thomas,
52
Perspectives of Psychiatry, The (McHugh and Slavney 1998),
xix
Personality style, and difficult patients,
102
Pharmaceutical industry
challenge of managing relationships with,
xxi
conflicts of interest and,
87–88
education on ethics and,
20
Philosophical basis, of ethics,
44–46
Physician-assisted dying,
xv, 78–80. See also Euthanasia
Physician Suicide: Cases and Commentaries (Yellowlees 2019),
91
Police power, and involuntary treatment,
76–77
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD),
82
Poverty, and overlapping vulnerabilities of patients,
106
Power
ethical use of in clinical decision-making,
60, 75–82
faculty-trainee relationship and,
107
informed consent and differential in clinician-patient relationship,
69
Precision psychiatry,
98
Prediction, ethical questions for emerging methods of,
96–98
Prescribing, of medications, and boundary violations,
63
Primary care physicians
. See also Health care
mental health care functions by,
14
multidisciplinary practice and,
94
Primum non nocere (“first do no harm”),
xviii, 46
Principle-based approach, to definition of professionalism,
6, 8, 9
Principle-based ethics,
45
Principles of Medical Ethics (American Medical Association 1957),
52, 90
Principles of Medical Ethics With Annotations Especially Applicable to Psychiatry, The (American Psychiatric Association 2010),
52, 5354
Privacy, definition of,
50
Professionalism
. See also Ethics; Fidelity; Justice; Veracity; Well-being
components of,
8–9
core competencies and,
13
definitions of,
xiv, xviii, 4, 6, 8
different conceptualizations of,
7
emphasis on in health care education,
18
holistic concept of,
12
moral standing and,
4–5
standards for training in medical residency and,
21
thematic approach to,
6, 8, 9–12
“weaponized” or criticisms of,
19
Professionalism Charter (American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation et al. 2002),
17
Professionalism and Ethics: Q & A Self-Study Guide for Mental Health Professionals (Roberts 2008),
xiv–xv
Professional standard, for informed consent,
68
Project Professionalism (American Board of Internal Medicine 1999),
12
Psychedelic drug compounds,
99
Psychiatric advance directives,
74–75
Psychiatry
. See also Forensic psychiatry; Mental health care; Military psychiatry; Psychotherapy; Rural psychiatry
ethical issues in training,
108
four-topics method of ethical decision-making and,
39, 41
importance of ethics education,
20, 44
moral standing of as profession,
5
professionalism competencies and,
13
Psychology, and psychologists
codes of ethics for,
52, 55
ethical issues in training,
108
LGBTQ+ cultural competence and,
105
Psychotherapy
boundary violations and,
xix
examples of ethical challenges in,
34
Psychotic depression,
74–75
Public health, dual roles and conflicts of interest,
85
Public professionalism,
9, 10, 11
Quality of life
definition of,
49
ethical decision-making and,
40
Racism
. See also Bias
ethical decision-making and,
42
professional burnout and,
24
Reasonable person standard, for informed consent,
68
“Reasonable probability,” and reporting of suspected child abuse,
xii
“Reasonable risk,” and professional training,
108
Reasoning, and informed consent,
71–72
Refusal, of treatment and informed consent,
73
Relationship ethics,
46
Remotely delivered psychiatry, examples of ethical challenges in,
34
Research
codes of ethics for,
55, 5657, 57–58
dual roles and,
85
examples of ethical issues in,
xxi, 108–13, 114116
neuroscience and,
16
regulations involving human volunteers or participants,
18–19
safeguarding of participants,
38
Respect
. See also Autonomy
definition of,
49, 50, 51
research subjects and,
111, 113
Risk-benefit ratio, and research,
111, 113, 114
Risk factors, for professional burnout,
22, 25. See also High-risk situations
Roberts Ethical Valence Model,
110–111, 112, 113
Rural psychiatry
confidentiality as problem in,
83
examples of ethical challenges in,
34
problem of provision of competent care in,
35
Safeguards
for euthanasia,
79
practice of mental health professionals and ethical,
36
Safety, and difficult patients,
102
Scientific validity, of research,
111, 113, 114
“Secondary traumatization,” and professional burnout,
22
Self-understanding, definition of,
49
Sexual Exploitation in Professional Relationships (Gabbard 1989),
91
Sexual relationships, and boundary violations,
61–62, 107–108
Sliding-scale, and informed consent,
66–67, 68, 73
Socialization, of emerging professionals,
6
Social justice
. See also Justice
as core value of social work,
21
ethical decision-making and,
42–43
Social media
. See also Facebook
boundary violations and,
62
as new issue in ethics,
xv, 96
Social relationships, and boundary violations,
62, 63
“Social suicide prediction,”
97
Social work, and social workers
burnout and,
23
codes of ethics for,
21, 55
culture and social justice as core value,
21
ethical issues in training,
108
multidisciplinary practice and,
94
Soviet Union, and history of ethics in psychiatry,
76
Special populations, ethical issues in caring for,
102–106
State licensing boards, and physician impairment,
93
Stigmatization, of mental illness,
88–89
Students, and school review committees,
90
Subject selection, and research,
111, 113
Substance abuse, confidentiality and treatment of,
83–84
Suicide, and suicidal ideation
case study in management of,
xx–xxi
gender-diverse and LGBTQ+ patients,
105
physician-assisted dying or euthanasia and,
80
risk prediction algorithms and,
97
Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California (1976), and Tarasoff ruling,
84
Technological advances, and future directions in ethics,
xv, 117
Thematic approach, to definition of professionalism,
6, 8, 9–12
Therapeutic relationship
. See Countertransference; Doctor-patient relationship; Transference
Torture, and interrogation,
81
Training, ethical issues in professional,
107–108. See also Education
Transference
. See also Doctor-patient relationship
personal values of mental health professionals and,
35
training in psychotherapy and,
xix
Treatment-resistant depression, and novel therapeutics trial,
99
Trust
professional behavior and,
5
of public in research,
111
Trustworthiness, definition of,
49
Understanding of information, and decisional capacity,
70–71
United Nations,
81, 82
Utilitarianism,
45
Utility, definition of,
50
“Valence” factors, and ethical issues in research,
110–111, 112
Values
influence of personal on care of patients,
34–35
research and,
111, 113
Veracity
definition of,
50
example of in common clinical situation,
29
as principle of professionalism,
9
Veterans Affairs,
85, 87
Virtue(s), definitions and examples of ethical,
46, 50–51
Virtue ethics,
46
Voluntarism, and informed consent,
67, 72–73, 74
Voluntary, definition of,
49
Vulnerability, definition of,
49
Well-being, professional
. See also Burnout
example of in common clinical situation,
32
fundamental role of in ethics and professionalism,
21–25
as new issue in medical ethics,
xv
Wellness checks, and algorithms,
97
World Health Organization,
82
World Medical Association,
55, 5657, 81
Wuhan University of Technology,
88
Yellowlees, Peter,
91

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