Ethics

Is it time to take patient healing further?

Nothing prevents psychiatrists from taking full part in the political process or even the culture wars—as long as they do it outside of their roles as psychiatrists, says one doctor.

Clinicians can ensure high-quality care by remaining informed about legal and ethical considerations in navigating patient privacy dilemmas.

In this CME article, learn how best to provide end-of-life care to patients with psychiatric disorders.

How can you best ethically treat patients?

Ethics as first therapy.

Outpatient civil commitment in Maryland will go into effect in July 2025. Learn more here.

Here’s why the euthanasia of animals as an argument for physician-assisted suicide is invalid…

An expert offers a critical examination of the "slippery slope" argument.

What role does countertransference play in physician-assisted suicide? Learn more here.

Physician-assisted suicide is now legal in 11 jurisdictions in the US. To this, several clinicians say: “We must care for the dying, not make them dead.” Learn more in our June cover story.

How a radical proposal from California and 3 cases of anorexia nervosa from Colorado exemplify the "slippery slope" of physician-assisted suicide.

Psychedelics: it is time to integrate this treatment option into clinical care while holding fast to the principles of medical ethics.

What are your top 3 ethics issues? Take our survey!

From personality disorders and common comorbidities to the effects of abortion bans on mental health, here are highlights from the week in Psychiatric Times.

March is Ethics Awareness Month. How does this time apply to psychiatry? What ethical quandaries do you face in your practice?

Further exploration of the ethical quandary concerning the Goldwater Rule.

Here are highlights from some of the year’s top features in Psychiatric Times from throughout 2023.

What is the psychiatrist’s role in climate change? One reader responds.

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

From neurological abnormalities in first-episode psychosis to psychiatric boarding in emergency departments, here are highlights from the week in Psychiatric Times.

How can psychiatrists apply current ethical principles to war?

“Oates’ poems force us to reflect on the ethics of experimentation and to ask if the proverbial ends justify the means.”

"In regard to psychiatric hospitalizations, the principles of ethics are imperative in determining how to proceed in each case."

Is it ethical to discuss unpaid bills with patients?

Explore the medical ethics associated with the case of Held v Montana.

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

Have you seen the movie “Oppenheimer”?

From noninvasive brain stimulation techniques for catatonia to the concurrent treatment of eating disorders and PTSD, here are highlights from the week in Psychiatric Times.

"Providers’ lack of knowledge about legal and ethical perspectives and roles regarding TOO can lead to delayed or suboptimal patient care, exposure of hospitals and providers to liability, and exacerbation of provider distress."