Psychiatric research has increased remarkably over recent decades to help in
understanding the current trends and better therapeutic options for illness. On the other …

Objectives Stigma towards persons with mental illness is widespread. Mindfulness may
protect against stigma by cultivating accepting attitudes, non-reactivity, and prosocial …

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is one of the most effective treatments for depression.
However, significant stigma from the media and the antipsychiatry movement has biased the …

Abstract Background The Indian Mental Health Care Act 2017 (MHCA-2017) advocates the
duty to provide treatment in the least coercive manner. Little data exists on how Indian …

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 …

Background Psychosis is known to have an adverse impact on an individual's quality of life,
social and occupational functioning. A lack of treatment options for psychotic disorders such …

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Current capacity-based legislation and practice overvalues autonomy to the detriment of
other ethical principles. A balanced ethical approach would consider the patient's right to …

Background: Use of coercive measures in mental health care is an important issue for
research. There are scarce data available on perception and attitudes toward coercion …

Background Psychiatrists face a major ethical challenge when deciding whether to make
use of coercive measures in the treatment process of patients suffering from severe and …