Force is codified in law, so force utilization inequity demands that we consider connections between systemic oppression and individuals’ responses in clinical settings.

Police, prosecutors, defense attorneys, judges, and parole boards look to reform work with patients.

Dr Frederic G. Reamer joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article: “Why Care-Based, Not Carceral, Approaches to Suspects With Mental Illness Is Key to Whether We Trust Professional or State Authority Ever Again”

This article addresses intergenerational trauma transmission, focusing on Japanese American and Southeast Asian American communities.

Clinicians must advocate for decriminalization of SUDs during pregnancy and for improving access to comprehensive, evidence-based care.

Neglected examples of iatrogenic harm involve persons with severe mental illness who seek inpatient care.

Dr Carmen Black joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr Amanda Calhoun: “How Biased and Carceral Responses to Persons With Mental Illness in Acute Medical Care Settings Constitute Iatrogenic Harms.”

This commentary on a case considers moral reasons to adopt a palliative approach to the care of some psychiatric patients.

Palliative psychiatry can facilitate compassionate resolution of ethical conflicts in end-of-life care decision making with persons with substance use disorders.