Main description:

This volume examines everyday ethical issues that clinicians encounter as they go about their work caring for people who have severe and persistent mental disorders. It prompts and provokes readers to recognize, to analyze, to reflect upon, and to respond to the range of commonplace ethical concerns that arise in community mental health care practice.

Contents:

Preface; D.L. Cutler. Introduction; P. Backlar. List of Contributors.
1. Ethical Issues in Serving Culturally Diverse Populations; H.P. Lefley.
2. Ethical Dilemmas in Supported Housing and Rehabilitation Services; M.A. Brown, D. Wirak.
3. Roles, Relationship, and Rules: Boundary Concerns; P. Backlar.
4. Boundary Conflicts in Community Settings; D. Pollack.
5. At Home with Threats and Violence; P. Backlar.
6. At Work with Threats and Violence; C.C. Bell, et al.
7. Involuntary Interventions in Dual Disorders Programs; L. Douglas, et al.
8. Coercion in Mental Health Care; V.A. Hiday, et al.
9. Why are Severely Mentally Ill Persons in Jail and Prison? D. Cutler, et al.
10. `Can I Plan NOW for the Mental Health Treatment I Would Want If I Were in Crisis?' Oregon's Psychiatric Advance Directive; P. Backlar, et al.
11. Psychiatric Health Care Proxies in Massachusetts: Much Ado About Nothing, So Far; J. Geller.
12. Ethics in Neurobiological Research: One Consumer/Provider's Perspective; F.J. Frese, III.
13. Pharmaceutical Industry Support of Psychiatric Research and Education: Ethical Issues and Remedies; C.R. Goldman, D.L. Cutler.