Objective: The aim of this paper is to clarify the ethical challenges resulting from new models
of community psychiatry and to examine practical approaches aimed at meeting them …

Community support programs for the chronically mentally ill often confront ethical problems
that are different from those faced by other areas of psychiatry. Confidentiality and coercion …

Objective: The aim of this paper is to outline the impact of Community Treatment Orders over
a 20-year period on service delivery and clinical practice in Victoria. Conclusions …

Ethical issues pervade community mental health yet, surprisingly, the field has been virtually
ignored in the academic realm of medical ethics. In the past decade, the ethical questions in …

Compulsory community treatment (CCT) of people with serious mental health problems is
analysed using the bioethical principles of autonomy and beneficence. Feminist ethical …

Ethical dilemmas in community mental health care is the focus of this article. The dilemmas
are derived from a discussion of the results of a qualitative research project that took place in …

Today's practice in community psychiatry has evolved to the extent that traditional guidance
on confidentiality, such as that from the General Medical Council (GMC), begins to look …

Background. Approximately 54 million people around the world suffer from severe mental
disorders such as schizophrenia and bipolar affective disorder (manic-depressive illness). In …

This article discusses recent developments in mental health policy in Britain, focusing on the
move towards compulsory supervision of mentally ill people in the community. It is argued …

Ethical viewpoints for and against the use of supervised community treatment (SCT), also
known as outpatient commitment and community treatment orders, are examined. The …