ABSTRACT

Ethics in Mental Health-Substance Use aims to explore the comprehensive concerns and dilemmas occurring from mental health and substance use problems, and to inform, develop, and educate by sharing and pooling knowledge, and enhancing expertise, in this fast developing region of ethics and ethical care and practice. This volume concentrates on ethical concerns, dilemmas, and concepts specifically interrelated, as a collation of problem(s) that directly or indirectly affect the life of the individual and family. Whilst presenting a balanced view of what is ethically best practice today, this title challenges concepts and stimulates debate, exploring all aspects of the development in treatment, intervention and care responses, and the adoption of research-led best practice.

chapter 1|7 pages

Setting the scene

chapter 2|14 pages

What is ethics?

chapter 4|18 pages

Collectivism versus individualism

chapter 8|16 pages

Service provision

Ethics in everyday practices of mental health–substance use work

chapter 9|15 pages

Policy

chapter 10|12 pages

Informed consent

chapter 11|16 pages

Practice

chapter 14|19 pages

Gender

Sensitive practice beyond binary divisions

chapter 15|13 pages

The family

Triadic collaboration: partners in mental health–substance use care and treatment

chapter 16|17 pages

The young person

chapter 17|18 pages

The older adult

chapter 18|15 pages

High risk sexual behaviour

chapter 20|22 pages

Assisted death in mental health

Our last, best judgement – assisted death for intolerable, irremediable suffering in mental health–substance use

chapter 21|18 pages

End-of-life

An exercise in comprehension

chapter 22|7 pages

Small changes