Mental Health Ethics

<p>All human behaviour is ultimately a moral undertaking in which each situation must be considered on its own merits. As a result ethical conduct is complex. Despite the proliferation of Codes of Conduct and other forms of professional guidance there are no easy answers to most human problems. <em>Mental Health Ethics</em> encourages readers to heighten their awareness of the key ethical dilemmas found in mainstream contemporary mental health practice. </p><p>This text provides an overview of traditional and contemporary ethical perspectives and critically examines a range of ethical and moral challenges present in contemporary ‘psychiatric-mental’ health services. Offering a comprehensive and interdisciplinary perspective it includes six parts each with their own introduction summary and set of ethical challenges covering:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>fundamental ethical principles; </li> <p> </p> <li>legal issues; </li> <p> </p> <li>specific challenges for different professional groups; </li> <p> </p> <li>working with different service user groups; </li> <p> </p> <li>models of care and treatment; </li> <p> </p> <li>recovery and human rights perspectives. </li> </ul><p>Providing detailed consideration of issues and dilemmas <em>Mental Health Ethics</em> helps all mental health professionals keep people at the centre of the services they offer.</p>