Ethical and Deontological Issues in Psychiatry

Anca Livia Chirita

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Ethical and Deontological Issues in Psychiatry

Anca Livia Chirita

Published in American Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience (Volume 2, Issue 6)

Received: 20 November 2014 Accepted: 27 November 2014 Published: 2 December 2014

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Abstract

General ethic principles in psychiatry are similar to those in somatic therapy, psychiatry being the medicine of the mind. The needs of the patient and society are the main focus of this medical specialty. Obtaining informed consent and cooperation can be encouraged if adequate information is disclosed to the patient from the outset. If the therapeutic measures that are being implemented (especially in case of, for instance, emergency admissions) are based on well-defined clinical data, the capacity of the patient to decide for themselves should be considered in addition to competency issues determined solely by the psychiatrist. Clinical experience has revealed that, unlike patients of other specialties, patients suffering from serious mental disorder often initially do not accept their clinical diagnosis, and subsequently may refuse much needed treatment. Temporarily, limiting the personal freedoms of the mentally ill are not just an end into itself, but an important means to ensure compliance with pharmacological and therapeutic objectives required for patient stabilization. The psychiatrist does so because, eventually, this would ideally restore the individual’s rights to liberty, freedom and independent decision-making.

Published in	American Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience (Volume 2, Issue 6)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajpn.20140206.13
Page(s)	96-100
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
Copyright	Copyright © The Author(s), 2014. Published by Science Publishing Group

Keywords

Ethics, Deontology, Psychiatry

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Anca Livia Chirita

Department of Psychiatry, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Craiova, Romania

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