Ethics and Mental Health

Thought-provoking and stimulating, this fascinating new book integrates and builds upon a series of significant publications and papers and provides the reader with a comprehensive argument for a new approach to ethical dilemmas that will be of interest to all mental health professionals.

The book spans the range of moral conflicts and challenges from the story of Irmfried Eberl to modern-day neuroethical dilemmas around questions of enhancement of cognition and mood, borderline consciousness, free will, severe brain impairment, and the neural basis of free decision making and criminal responsibility.

• Critiques existing theories of ethics in mental health
• Considers contemporary ethical and moral challenges around a wealth of practical case studies and clinical examples
• Outlines a new methodology and approach to mental health ethics, and contemporary influences upon mental health professionals, concluding with a section on applied mental health ethics

Striking a balance between being erudite yet intensely practical, this book is an essential new text for all mental health professionals grappling with theoretical or indeed immediate and practical ethical and moral dilemmas.