Ethics of Psychiatry by Rem B. Edwards
Insanity, Rational Autonomy, and Mental Health Care
If you, or someone you love, is suffering from a mental disorder, or manic depression, you owe it to yourself to become as informed as possible about the disease. Ethics of Psychiatry by Rem B. Edwards may be a source of good information for you.
Table of Contents
Preface
1. Value Dimensions of "Mental illness" and "Mental Health"
INTRODUCTION
ANTIPSYCHIATRIC PSYCHIATRISTS
The Myth of Mental Illness Thomas S. Szasz
Some Myths About "Mental Illness"
Michael S. Moore
INSANITY AS IRRATIONALITY AND
IRRESPONSIBILITY
Mental Health as Rational Autonomy Rem B. Edwards
NORMATIVISM AND EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY
The Concept of Mental Disorder: On the Boundary Between Biological Facts and
Social Values
Jerome C. Wakefield
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING
2. The Medical Model and Disvalues in
Psychiatric Classification
INTRODUCTION
The Medical Model: Its Nature and Problems
Robert M. Veatch
ALCOHOLISM
Alcohol and Free Will Robert Wright
DE-DISEASING HOMOSEXUALITY
Homosexuality
Richard C. Friedman
Jennifer I. Downey
DIAGNOSTIC DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
Gender Issues in the Diagnosis of Mental
Disorder
Paula J. Caplan
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING
3. Rights and Duties in 171(156 ) Psychotherapist/Patient Relations
INTRODUCTION
ETHICS, VALUES, AND GOAL SETTING IN PSYCHOTHERAPY
Nonrelativist Ethical Standards for Goal
Setting in Psychotherapy Kerry Brace
ASSESSING COMPETENCY
The Many Faces of Competency
James F. Drane
CHOOSING AND REFUSING THERAPY
The Right to Refuse Psychotropic Drugs Heather Sones
The Right to Refuse Mental Health Treatment: A Therapeutic Jurisprudence
Analysis
Bruce J. Winick
CONFIDENTIALITY, WARNING, AND REPORTING
The Duty to Protect Potential Victims of
Patients' Violence Paul S. Appelbaum
Confidentiality
Robert M. Wettstein
AIDS PATIENTS ON THE PSYCHIATRIC WARD
The AIDS Patient on the Psychiatric Unit:
Ethical and Legal Issues Howard Zonana
Michael Norko
David Stier
SEX WITH PATIENTS, PRESENT AND FORMER
Therapist-Patient Sexual Contact: A
Nonconsensual, Inherently Harmful Activity Francoise Baylis
Reconsidering the American Psychological Association's Policy on Sex With Former
Patients: Is It Justifiable? Glen O. Gabbard
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING
4. Controversial Behavior Control Therapies
INTRODUCTION
PHYSICAL INTERVENTIONS: PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY, ELECTROSHOCK, AND PSYCHOSURGERY
An Introduction to Pharmacotherapy for
Mental Disorders John R. Hughes
Robert A. Pierattini
Electroconvulsive Therapy--Still Around,
Still Controversial
Louisa Brownell
Psychosurgery
Rael Jean Isaac
Virginia C. Armat
BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION
Behavior Modification in Institutional Settings
Teodoro Ayllon
SEXUAL DISORDERS
Management of Sexual Disorders
L. P. Kok
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING
5. Ethical and Conceptual Issues in Civil
Commitment
INTRODUCTION
COERCION IN VOLUNTARY COMMITMENT
Coercion of Voluntary Patients in an Open Hospital
Peter R. Breggin
COERCION IN INVOLUNTARY CIVIL COMMITMENT
Involuntary Civil Commitment: A Crime Against Humanity
Thomas S. Szasz
CRITERIA FOR INVOLUNTARY CIVIL COMMITMENT
Is It Unethical to Offer Predictions of
Future Violence? Thomas Grisso
Paul S. Appelbaum
A Critique of Revisions in Procedural,
Substantive, and Dispositional Criteria
in Involuntary Civil Commitment
Donald H.J. Hermann
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING
6. Ethical Issues in Forensic Psychiatry
INTRODUCTION
THE INSANITY DEFENSE
American Psychiatric Association
Statement on the Insanity Defense
Insanity Defense Work Group
RESPONSIBILITY AND LOSS OF RATIONAL AUTONOMY
Psychiatry and Responsibility
Lawrie Reznek
COMPETENCY TO STAND TRIAL, CHEMICAL SANITY
The Nature of Competency to Stand Trial
A. Louis McGarry
Right of a Defendant to Refuse
Antipsychotic Medication during a
Criminal Trail Karl G. Williams
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING
7. Ethical Issues in Custodical Care and
Deinstitutionalization
INTRODUCTION
DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION
Crazy in the Streets Paul S. Appelbaum
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING
Contributors
index
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