Ethics
Ethics in research is extremely important when dealing with literature reviews. This paper which has two parts will first examine two timelines, a research study and mental illness in adults. The time lines are in Appendix One and Appendix Two after the reference page.
Time Lines
Part One:
Prepare a timeline for each assignment for completing each part of these assignments.
(See “Appendix A and Appendix B”)
Part Two:
Research Study
Mental Health Research
Ethics in Research
Mental illness is a serious problem in society and around the world. Adults that have a mental illness have many problems, but therapy and treatment can mean all the difference in the world. The purpose may include to assure that all mental illness individuals have a
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I would research the population by researching the possibilities that the population can achieve great progress.
Informed Consent
The consent form must include any information pertaining to the participants of the study, so the participants know what is involved and how to protect themselves. Informed consent means that an individual of a study needs to sign the consent form to protect the individuals from harming themselves in the study. A consent form for mental illness needs to be accurate and any trials, therapy, and treatment must be signed by the participant to ensure safety. Some participants of mental illness may not be able to sign a consent form since they are not competent enough and may have fears.
There are certain elements or information that a participant must sign to be permitted in a research study. Some include the “purpose of the study, the risks involved, an explanation of procedures, a disclosure for any alternate treatments, benefits for society, confidentiality for participants, a volunteer statement, participants can stop at any time, and name, phone or emails of the participants.” (Millum, 2012, pp.
“On Being Sane in Insane Places”, by David Rosenhan, touched on topics in research within the field of abnormal psychology that should be explored. These particular subjects included both the diagnosis and the treatment of those with mental disorders, specifically he was trying to expose problems with the mental health system as a whole. However, the way his studies were conducted had flaws, especially in the essential features of research: ethics, reliability, and validity. Lacking in these features created studies that are untrustworthy sources of information and provides questionable conclusions.
When it comes to mental health and diagnosing there is many challenges that a therapist or clinician could encounter. In any professional occupation one has to consider all of the ethical principles put in place as well as the legal laws; if one is incompliant to these ethical guidelines in a mental health field, in varying circumstances, failure to comply with these codes could involve legal issues which could even result in lose of licensure. Common ethical issues involved in the mental health field could include: misdiagnosis or missed diagnosis, legal incompetence, and health care fraud (misdiagnosis for insurance reimbursement).
American Psychological Association (APA). (2002). Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct. American Psychologist, 57, 1060-1073.
Francis Bacon helped to pioneer the new science steering people away from Aristotelian teachings. He helped to bring the scientific method to a place of learning from observation and experimentation. He felt that science should be judged by the usefulness of the results (Greenwood, 2009). Bacon projected that many great things might come out of this empirical approach, but what has ensued in the centuries that followed, Bacon and others might not have predicted.
The field of clinical mental health is one of great reward, but also one of grave responsibility. It is the duty of the counselor to provide the client with a safe environment and an open mind, in order to foster a healthy therapeutic relationship. The majority of mental health counselors would never intentionally harm their clients; however; good intentions are not enough to ensure that wrong will not occur. The ethical expectations and boundaries are regulated by both laws and professional codes. When discussing ethics, one must realize there are two categories, mandatory and aspirational. (Corey, Corey & Callanan, 2007)
Doubt in mental patients’ experiences due to the possible unfamiliarity of these experiences to the textbook situations with which mental practitioners are educated hinders the progression of treatment altogether. The second will address the importance of the patient before the education of the doctor. This is to say that the material or, again, textbook situations involved in the education of the mental health practitioner should be considered secondary to the specific patient’s individual experience. With the checklists that accompany the myriad of labeled mental illnesses it is easy to assign each patient with one of these illnesses and treat according to that illness rather than to the patient. The third criterion for an appropriate ethic of care is a continuation of the second: the patient’s lived experience should be as thoroughly understood as possible before an appropriate treatment can be crafted for the individual. This type of in-depth understanding before the use of symptom checklists to identify illnesses or speedy issuance of drugs can absolutely lower the risk of inappropriate diagnoses and
Although about 450 million people in the world currently are suffering from a mental illness, many untreated, the topic still remains taboo in modern society (Mental Health). For years, people with mental illnesses have been shut away or institutionalized, and despite cultural progression in many areas, mental illnesses are still shamed and rarely brought to light outside of the psychiatric community. The many different forms in which mental illness can occur are incredibly prevalent in the world today, and there is a substantial debate about the way that they should be handled. Some people are of the opinion that mental illness is merely a variance in perception and that it either can be fixed through therapy or should not be treated at all, and that treatment can have negative side effects. Other groups of people believe that mental illness is a very serious affliction and should be treated as a disease through a combination of counselling and medication because people suffering from an untreated mental illness are a danger to themselves and society as a whole. This debate is a popular one, discussed everywhere from the medical field to the dinner table, and it is such because of the numerous lives it affects on the well-being of fellow members of society and the economy. People suffering from mental illnesses are afflicted with anything from delusions, to manic periods, to periods of deep emotional darkness due to experiences and brain chemistry (Johnson). Due to the negative effects untreated mental illness has been proven to have on the human well-being and society as a whole, medication should most certainly be seen as a valid and sometimes necessary way to treat those who suffer from mental illnesses.
Mental illness is a long standing health concern in which health agencies, corporations and even the public in general are trying to overcome. Mental illnesses come in
Many professionals are qualified and certified to help handle mental health disorders and they vary from a wide range of disciplines. All focus on helping the individual who is struggling with their mental health the professional help that they need and deserve. Many mental health professionals will initially do a biopsychosocial assessment of the person’s life in order to better gauge where the strengths lie in this person’s life and where underlying issues may be held. This assessment includes looking at the person from a biological viewpoint, a psychological viewpoint, and a social viewpoint. The biological perspective looks at a person’s medical needs, including neurological testing. The psychological standpoint focuses on a person’s psychological
Ethics refers to the values and customs of a community at a particular point in time. At present, the term ethics is guided by the moral principles that guide our everyday actions. These moral principles guide the researcher into deciding what is ‘right’ or ‘wrong’. The foundation of medical ethics is governed by two philosophical frameworks that are deontology, and utilitarianism. However ultimately the ethics committees need to balance the risks, and benefits for the participants and the community associated with the particular research proposal. This balance is quite important as the well being of participants is at risk.7
The mission of this program is to change the understanding and treatment of mental illnesses through basic clinical research, which paves the way for prevention, recovery, and cure. In the 2008 fiscal year, the National Institute of Mental Health released its first Strategic Plan. This guided the Institute’s work toward the mission. In 2015, they released its new Strategic Plan for Research, which is how they are being guided by today. In the Strategic Plan for Research, there
In the past, mental illness was taboo to discuss and there was fear surrounding the topic. However, remarkable strides have been made in figuring out the causes of the disease and weighing the most effective treatments specialized for each specific disease. According to the American Psychotic Association, “A mental illness is a medical condition that disrupts a person's thinking, feeling, mood, ability to relate to others and daily functioning. Just as diabetes is a disorder of the pancreas, mental illnesses are medical conditions that often result in a diminished capacity for coping with the ordinary demands of life.”
Koocher, G.P., & Keith-Spiegel, P. (2008). Ethics in psychology and the mental health professions. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Ethics is the study of moral values and the principles we use to evaluate actions. Ethical concerns can sometimes stand as a barrier to the development of the arts and the natural sciences. They hinder the process of scientific research and the production of art, preventing us from arriving at knowledge. This raises the knowledge issues of: To what extent do moral values confine the production of knowledge in the arts, and to what extent are the ways of achieving scientific development limited due to ethical concerns? The two main ways of knowing used to produce ethical judgements are reason, the power of the mind to form judgements logically , and emotion, our instinctive feelings . I will explore their applications in various ethical controversies in science and arts as well as the implications of morals in these two areas of knowledge.
America Psychological Association. (2010). Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct. Retrieved 02 09, 2011, from America Psiychological Association: http://www.apa.org/ethics/code/index.aspx