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Ethics in the Mental Health ProfessionsIn Professionalism and ethics: Q & A self-study guide for mental health professionals, American Psychiatric Association Publishing. 2022.
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4Professionalism and ethics in medicine: a study guide for physicians and physicians-in-training (edited book)Springer. 2015.Professionalism and Ethics in Medicine: A Study Guide for Physicians and Physicians-in-Training is a unique self-study guide for practitioners and trainees covering the core competency areas of professionalism, ethics, and cultural sensitivity. This novel title presents real-world dilemmas encountered across the specialties of medicine, offering guidance and relevant information to assist physicians, residents, and medical students in their decision-making. The text is divided into two parts: Fo…Read more
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102The book of ethics: expert guidance for professionals who treat addiction (edited book)Hazelden. 2008.The definitive book on ethics for chemical dependency treatment professionals.
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3A clinical guide to psychiatric ethicsAmerican Psychiatric Association Publishing. 2016.This book is derived from the author's Concise guide to ethics in mental health care, published in 2004. It has been revised, updated, and rewritten with new chapters, topics and data.
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1Professionalism and ethics: Q & A self-study guide for mental health professionalsAmerican Psychiatric Association Publishing. 2022.This new edition of Professionalism and Ethics: Q & A Self-Study Guide for Mental Health Professionals thoroughly updates the highly regarded and groundbreaking first edition, offering the contemporary reader clinical wisdom and ethical guidance for challenging times. As with its predecessor, the second edition features commentaries by leaders in psychiatric ethics, plus two foundational chapters on ethics and professionalism in the field of mental health. These commentaries and introductory cha…Read more
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Ethics, Professionalism, and the Field of Mental Health : An OverviewIn Professionalism and ethics: Q & A self-study guide for mental health professionals, American Psychiatric Association Publishing. 2022.
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28Shaping Medical Students' Attitudes Toward Ethically Important Aspects of Clinical Research: Results of a Randomized, Controlled Educational InterventionEthics and Behavior 17 (1): 19-50. 2007.The effects of research ethics training on medical students' attitudes about clinical research are examined. A preliminary randomized controlled trial evaluated 2 didactic approaches to ethics training compared to a no-intervention control. The participant-oriented intervention emphasized subjective experiences of research participants. The criteria-oriented intervention emphasized specific ethical criteria for analyzing protocols. Compared to controls, those in the participant-oriented interven…Read more
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36The effects of research ethics training on medical students' attitudes about clinical research are examined. A preliminary randomized controlled trial evaluated 2 didactic approaches to ethics training compared to a no-intervention control. The participant-oriented intervention emphasized subjective experiences of research participants (empathy focused). The criteria-oriented intervention emphasized specific ethical criteria for analyzing protocols (analytic focused). Compared to controls, those…Read more
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44Should competent patients or their families be able to refuse to allow an HEC case review?HEC Forum 7 (1): 48-50. 1995.
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41Psychiatry Residents' Attitudes on Ethics and Professionalism: Multisite Survey ResultsEthics and Behavior 20 (1): 10-20. 2010.Recent studies show that psychiatry residents express a relatively greater need for ethics curricula than their colleagues in other specialties. Such studies have been limited in their generalizability because they were conducted at one site. This study of 151 psychiatry residents at seven U.S. psychiatry programs aims to address that limitation. Residents were surveyed on issues pertaining to ethics and professionalism education. Participants were found to support such curricula during training…Read more
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27Investigators' affirmation of ethical, safeguard, and scientific commitments in human researchEthics and Behavior 16 (2). 2006.Little is known about how researchers view ethically salient aspects of human studies. As part of a National Institutes of Mental Health-funded study, the authors performed a confidential written survey to assess the attitudes, views, and experiences of researchers with institutional review board approved protocols at the University of New Mexico. A total of 363 researchers (57% response rate) participated. Investigators overall held favorable views of general ethical aspects of research and eth…Read more
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3Healthy individuals' perspectives on clinical research protocols and influences on enrollment decisionsAJOB Empirical Bioethics 8 (2): 89-98. 2017.
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57Community-Based Participatory Research for Improved Mental HealthEthics and Behavior 19 (6): 461-478. 2009.Community-based participatory research (CBPR) focuses on specific community needs, and produces results that directly address those needs. Although conducting ethical CBPR is critical to its success, few academic programs include this training in their curricula. This article describes the development and evaluation of an online training course designed to increase the use of CBPR in mental health disciplines. Developed using a participatory approach involving a community of experts, this course…Read more
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40Coexisting Commitments to Ethics and Human Research: A Preliminary Study of the Perspectives of 83 Medical StudentsAmerican Journal of Bioethics 5 (6). 2005.Human research is accepted in our society because it is seen as generating valuable new knowledge that may alleviate suffering and bring benefit to ill persons now and in the future (Brody 1998; Fa...
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55An Office on Main Street Health Care Dilemmas in Small CommunitiesHastings Center Report 29 (4): 28-37. 1999.The health care needs of rural populations often differ from those of their urban counterparts. And the ethical dilemmas that caregivers face are distinctively shaped in rural settings, not only by resource constraints, but by the nature of life in small, close-knit communities as well.
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11Factors Influencing Perceived Helpfulness and Participation in Innovative Research:A Pilot Study of Individuals with and without Mood SymptomsEthics and Behavior 32 (7): 601-617. 2022.Little is known about how individuals with and without mood disorders perceive the inherent risks and helpfulness of participating in innovative psychiatric research, or about the factors that influence their willingness to participate. We conducted an online survey with 80 individuals (self-reported mood disorder [n = 25], self-reported good health [n = 55]) recruited via MTurk. We assessed respondents’ perceptions of risk and helpfulness in study vignettes associated with two innovative resear…Read more
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38Demonstrating Patterns in the Views of Stakeholders Regarding Ethically Salient Issues in Clinical Research: A Novel Use of Graphical Models in Empirical Ethics InquiryAJOB Empirical Bioethics 6 (2): 33-42. 2015.Background: Empirical ethics inquiry works from the notion that stakeholder perspectives are necessary for gauging the ethical acceptability of human studies and assuring that research aligns with societal expectations. Although common, studies involving different populations often entail comparisons of trends that problematize the interpretation of results. Using graphical model selection—a technique aimed at transcending limitations of conventional methods—this report presents data on the ethi…Read more
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79Ethics and culture in mental health careEthics and Behavior 18 (4). 2008.This article examines the complex relationship between culture, values, and ethics in mental health care. Cultural competence is a practical, concrete demonstration of the ethical principles of respect for persons, beneficence (doing good), nonmaleficence (not doing harm), and justice (treating people fairly)—the cornerstones of modern ethical codes for the health professions. Five clinical cases are presented to illustrate the range of ethical issues faced by mental health clinicians working in…Read more
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8Ethical Issues in Deep Brain Stimulation Research for Treatment-Resistant Depression: Focus on Risk and ConsentAmerican Journal of Bioethics Neuroscience 2 (1): 29-36. 2011.Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is currently in pivotal trials as an intervention for treatment-resistant depression (TRD). Although offering hope for TRD, DBS also provokes ethical concerns—particularly about decision-making capacity of people with depression—among bioethicists, investigators, institutional review boards, and the public. Here, we examine this critical issue of informed consent for DBS research using available evidence regarding decision-making capacity and depression. Further, we …Read more
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33“A Feeling that You’re Helping”: Proxy Decision Making for Alzheimer’s ResearchNarrative Inquiry in Bioethics 1 (2): 107-122. 2011.Surrogate (proxy) decision makers must make research decisions for people with dementia who lack decision-making capacity. Proxies’ decision-making processes are minimally understood. We randomly assigned 82 proxies of AD patients to informed consent for one of three hypothetical protocols with differing levels of risk and benefit. Proxies answered questions about potential benefits of the described research to the patient and society, as well as about whether they would enroll their relative an…Read more
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43AJOB Empirical Bioethics: A Home for Empirical Bioethics ScholarshipAJOB Empirical Bioethics 5 (1): 1-2. 2014.
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37Empirical research on informed consent with the cognitively impairedIRB: Ethics & Human Research 25 (5). 2003.
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51Influences Upon Willingness to Participate in Schizophrenia Research: An Analysis of Narrative Data From 63 People With SchizophreniaEthics and Behavior 13 (3): 279-302. 2003.Schizophrenia affects more than 1% of the world's population, causing great personal suffering and socioeconomic burden. These costs associated with schizophrenia necessitate inquiry into the causes and treatment of the illness but generate ethical challenges related to the specific nature and deficits of the illness itself. In this article, we present a systematic analysis of narrative data from 63 people living with the illness of schizophrenia collected through semistructured interviews about…Read more