Question

Ethics and mental health are the topics of the week. So let's discuss the ethics of mental health. Some of the issues you might experience are data privacy, interpersonal boundaries, boundaries of professional competency, and personal problems and conflicts. Which of these issues do you consider to be the most serious and may happen most often? Why do you think this ethical breach occurs often? How can these issues be prevented in human service agencies?

Answer 1

Psychiatric research has several important ethical issues which are different from other medical disciplines. These issues are related to informed consent, confidentiality, conflict of interest, therapeutic misconception, placebo related, vulnerability, exploitation, operational challenges, among others.