Emergency psychiatrists regularly encounter ethical dilemmas, and this article considers
approaches that may promote and enhance ethics-informed practice in emergency …

In mental health care settings, inpatients are increasingly engaged in their care process,
allowing them to participate in multidisciplinary team meetings. Research into how mental …

Abstract Objective: Current Danish legislation imposes that compulsory admitted psychotic
patients have the right to refuse antipsychotic medication, which markedly delays pertinent …

De samenleving tolereert deviant gedrag steeds minder. Tegelijk is er meer aandacht voor
zelfbeschikkingsrecht. Dit plaatst hulpverleners voor ethische dilemma's. In de beschrijving …

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is one of psychiatry's most long-standing and criticized
treatments. Some of the criticisms come from the ethical aspect of ECT. The authors review …

Background: The use of coercion is an essential part of psychiatry despite occurrence of
harm to patients and psychiatric staff. Contrasting to a global trend to reduce coercion, the …