Voices in Bioethics, 2023 Photo by 168502358© Designer491|Dreamstime.com ABSTRACT Psychiatric Advance Directives (PADs) can protect the autonomy of those living with severe mental illness (SMI) and improve their treatment outcomes.
Nicholas Karasik
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The Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Program on Social Anxiety and Academic Resilience of Students with Stuttering Disorder [PDF]
Ravānshināsī-i Afrād-i Istis̠nāyī, 2023 This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment program training on social anxiety and academic resilience of students with stuttering disorder.
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Socio-demographic characteristics of persons with psychiatric disorders who committed suicide
Medicinski pregled, 2017 Introduction. Psychiatric disorders represent an important risk factor for death by suicide. The aim of this study was to assess the incidence of psychiatric disorders among the persons who committed suicide in the territory of the City of Nis in the period 2001 - 2010.
Dragana Ljusic +5 more
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Paraphilias: definition, diagnosis and treatment [PDF]
, 2013 There is a great deal of controversy concerning paraphilia, and defining what is normal versus deviant or disordered, given that this is to some degree dependent on cultural views of acceptability.
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Integrating Ethics with Psychiatry. The case of Antoni Kępiński [PDF]
, 2016 This paper argues that in the case of mental illnesses whose somatic bases are not known or do not exist, a promising route to understand mental illness is to see it as the lack of a patient’s engagement with some moral values that are necessary for a ...
Łuków, Paweł
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Trauma and Trichotillomania: A Tenuous Relationship [PDF]
, 2016 Some have argued that hair pulling in trichotillomania (TTM) is triggered by traumatic events, but reliable evidence linking trauma to TTM is limited.
Compton, Scott N. +7 more
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The Circumstances Behind Involuntary Hospitalization
Voices in Bioethics, 2019 Would you rather your loved ones be treated effectively or taken to the hospital against their will? Involuntary hospitalization, a legal process by which the mentally ill are forced into treatment at hospitals, is highly contested.
Tara Wilkes
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The prediction of future behavior: The empty promises of expert clinical and actuarial testimony [PDF]
, 2016 Testimony about the future dangerousness of a person has become a central staple of many judicial processes. In settings such as bail, sentencing, and parole decisions, in rulings about the civil confinement of the mentally ill, and ...
Páez, Andrés
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Symptoms associated with victimization in patients with schizophrenia and related disorders [PDF]
, 2013 Background: Patients with psychoses have an increased risk of becoming victims of violence. Previous studies have suggested that higher symptom levels are associated with a raised risk of becoming a victim of physical violence.
AC Watson +49 more
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Psychiatric Boarding in New Hampshire: Violation of a Statutory Right to Treatment [PDF]
, 2016 [Excerpt] New Hampshire law provides for the involuntary commitment of a patient such as Jane when she is a danger to herself or others as a result of mental illness. The patient has a right to treatment under N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann.
McClure, James A.
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