Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Case and Commentary Apr 2021 How Should Compassion Be Expressed as a Primary Clinical and Ethical Value in Anorexia Nervosa Intervention? Melissa Lavoie, MD and Angela S. Guarda, MD For an adolescent patient with extreme anorexia nervosa, steps for expressing compassion during a force intervention need to be clear. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(4):E298-304. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.298. Case and Commentary Feb 2022 How Should Clinicians Determine a Traumatized Patient’s Readiness to Return to Work? Tabitha E. H. Moses, MS and Arash Javanbakht, MD Clinicians with obligations to patients and to organizations often assess patients in law enforcement for both therapeutic and nontherapeutic purposes. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(2):E111-119. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.111. Medicine and Society Aug 2022 How Biased and Carceral Responses to Persons With Mental Illness in Acute Medical Care Settings Constitute Iatrogenic Harms Carmen Black, MD and Amanda Calhoun, MD, MPH Neglected examples of iatrogenic harm involve persons with severe mental illness who seek inpatient care. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(8):E781-787. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.781. Case and Commentary Sep 2023 What Makes Palliative Mental Health Care Ethical Health Care? Virginia A. Brown, PhD, MA and Ashley Trust, MD Treatment-resistant schizophrenia can create a high disease burden for some patients, making it hard to get good outcomes. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(9):E674-677. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.674. Letter to the Editor Nov 2016 Response to “Ethical and Clinical Dilemmas in Using Psychotropic Medications During Pregnancy” Jennifer Piel, JD, MD, Suzanne B. Murray, MD, and Carmen Antonela Croicu, MD Treatment of pregnant women with psychosis may involve reconciling conflicting ethical obligations. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(11):1156-1159. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.11.corr1-1611.
Case and Commentary Apr 2021 How Should Compassion Be Expressed as a Primary Clinical and Ethical Value in Anorexia Nervosa Intervention? Melissa Lavoie, MD and Angela S. Guarda, MD For an adolescent patient with extreme anorexia nervosa, steps for expressing compassion during a force intervention need to be clear. AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(4):E298-304. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.298.
Case and Commentary Feb 2022 How Should Clinicians Determine a Traumatized Patient’s Readiness to Return to Work? Tabitha E. H. Moses, MS and Arash Javanbakht, MD Clinicians with obligations to patients and to organizations often assess patients in law enforcement for both therapeutic and nontherapeutic purposes. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(2):E111-119. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.111.
Medicine and Society Aug 2022 How Biased and Carceral Responses to Persons With Mental Illness in Acute Medical Care Settings Constitute Iatrogenic Harms Carmen Black, MD and Amanda Calhoun, MD, MPH Neglected examples of iatrogenic harm involve persons with severe mental illness who seek inpatient care. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(8):E781-787. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.781.
Case and Commentary Sep 2023 What Makes Palliative Mental Health Care Ethical Health Care? Virginia A. Brown, PhD, MA and Ashley Trust, MD Treatment-resistant schizophrenia can create a high disease burden for some patients, making it hard to get good outcomes. AMA J Ethics. 2023;25(9):E674-677. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.674.
Letter to the Editor Nov 2016 Response to “Ethical and Clinical Dilemmas in Using Psychotropic Medications During Pregnancy” Jennifer Piel, JD, MD, Suzanne B. Murray, MD, and Carmen Antonela Croicu, MD Treatment of pregnant women with psychosis may involve reconciling conflicting ethical obligations. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(11):1156-1159. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.11.corr1-1611.