Ethics in Psychiatry

Dilemma: A Competent Patient Who Refuses Recommended Treatment A bioethicist on how to approach patients who refuse life-saving healthcare.
Experts And Viewpoints, July 13, 2017
Known Unknowns: Science, Scientism, and Psychiatry Dr Ronald Pies argues for the crucial role of interpretation in psychiatry and other medical fields, and the temporary nature of objective truth.
Experts And Viewpoints, May 05, 2016
Are Terrorists, By Definition, Psychotic? Dr. Ronald W. Pies discusses how to counteract the mindset of ISIS and other terrorist organizations.
Experts And Viewpoints, December 16, 2015
Distinguishing Grief, Complicated Grief, and Depression Depression and grief can be difficult to distinguish. A new study stresses the importance of recognizing grieving patients with comorbid psychopathology so that appropriate care can be delivered.
Experts And Viewpoints, December 26, 2014
Brittany Maynard and the Loose Language of Suicide Do we really have a right to die, or is it a liberty? And is assisted suicide the only way to die with dignity?
Experts And Viewpoints, November 19, 2014
Positivism, Humanism, and the Case for Psychiatric Diagnosis Dr. Ron Pies addresses common criticisms of the psychiatric profession.
Experts And Viewpoints, August 20, 2014
Nuances, Narratives, and 'Chemical Imbalance' in Psychiatry Despite the common refrain that mental illness is due to a 'chemical imbalance,' the reality of it just isn't that simple.
Experts And Viewpoints, April 15, 2014
Suicide and Communal Values Should psychiatrists be concerned with the age-old debate about the morality of suicide?
Experts And Viewpoints, January 27, 2014
COIs: Concepts, Conundrums, and Course of Action Examples of common potential conflicts of interest faced by physicians are presented and discussed.
Experts And Viewpoints, November 11, 2013
The Death of the Medical Expert? A look at the good -- but mostly bad -- effects of the 'democratization' of medicine.
Experts And Viewpoints, August 19, 2013
Religion and Psychiatry: Clinicians Are Talking Medscape readers responded to Drs. Pies and Geppert's article about a religious fundamentalist patient.
Experts And Viewpoints, June 10, 2013
The Return of the Alienist Segregation of the severely mentally ill has led to the rebirth of alienists.
Experts And Viewpoints, May 10, 2013
The Psychiatric Treatment of the 'Fundamentalist' Patient The challenges associated with treating extremely religious patients are discussed by Dr. Ronald Pies and Dr. Cynthia Geppert.
Experts And Viewpoints, March 19, 2013
Mass Distraction: Equating Mental Illness With 'Evil' Forensic psychiatrist Dr. James Knoll discusses the societal tendency to equate violence, criminality, and evilness with mental Illness.
Experts And Viewpoints, February 14, 2013
Bereavement Does Not Immunize Against Depression With the DSM-5 slated for release this coming May, Dr. Ronald Pies discusses one of the more controversial revisions: removing the bereavement exclusion.
Experts And Viewpoints, January 24, 2013
Can We Intervene With Troubled Adolescents? In the wake of the mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, ethicist and psychiatrist Dr. Ronald Pies explores whether clinicians can intervene to help prevent such tragedies in the future.
Experts And Viewpoints, January 08, 2013
The Patient Gift Conundrum Ethicist and psychiatrist Dr. Ronald Pies explores whether it's appropriate to accept gifts from patients.
Experts And Viewpoints, December 10, 2012
Do We Need 'Thanaticians' for the Terminally Ill? Ethicist and psychiatrist Dr. Ronald Pies suggests an alternative to physician-assisted suicide.
Experts And Viewpoints, September 26, 2012
Internet Abuse: Time to End Anonymous Postings? Ethicist and psychiatrist Dr. Ronald Pies calls for more civility online.
Experts And Viewpoints, July 30, 2012

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