Objective: The aim of this study is to analyse the ethical underpinning of involuntary
treatment and to create a guide for psychiatric practice which clarifies its relationship with …

Actions performed in a state of automatism are not subject to moral evaluation, while
automatic actions often are. Is the asymmetry between automatistic and automatic actions …

In psychiatry, caregivers try to get free and informed consent of patients, but often feel
required to restrict freedom and to use coercion. The present article develops ethical advice …

Health professionals faced with refusal of life-saving treatment may wish to override a
person's wishes, especially if that person suffers from a mental disorder. Mental illness does …

We explore whether we can reduce paternalism by increasing patient autonomy. We argue
that autonomy should not have any automatic priority over other ethical values. Thus …

Mental health patients are denied authority over treatment decisions far more often than
patients with other types of disorders. Only psychiatric patients are routinely subjected to …

Pre-commitment directives or Ulysses contracts are often defended as instruments that may
strengthen the autonomous self-control of episodically disordered psychiatric patients …

The goal of my comments regarding the case study of Eve Hyde—presented in the
introduction of this symposium—is not first and foremost to resolve the conflict between …

Background: Coercion is a very slippery concept for lawyers. In the field of mental health
care, the authorization of coercion is of special significance Aims: To review the effects of the …