Bruce RD, Schleifer RA.Yale University AIDS Program, HIV/AIDS and Human Rights Program, Human Rights Watch, United States Int J Drug Policy. 2008 Feb;19(1):17-23. Epub 2008 Jan 15. Opioid dependence is a complex medical condition affecting neurocognitive and physical functioning. Forced or abrupt opioid withdrawal may cause profound physical and psychological suffering, including nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, […]

Sher L.Med Hypotheses. 1998 Mar;50(3):265-6. Behavioral genetic research is advancing rapidly. This can result in the improvement in diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric disorders. However, humankind may not be able to use reasonably the results of research into the genetic basis of behavior, and genetic discoveries may lead to the violation of human rights. The […]

Roberts LW.Department of Psychiatry, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, USA.Compr Psychiatry. 1998 May-Jun;39(3):99-110. The study objective was to clarify the ethical basis of psychiatric research by outlining conceptual issues and empirical findings related to the ethics of human experimentation. A systematic review of scholarly and empirical literature covering three decades was performed. […]

Hoop JG, Smyth AC, Roberts LW.Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA.Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2008 Jan;17(1):127-48 Psychiatric research on children and adolescents is ethically justified by the need to reduce the burden that mental illnesses place on young people, their families, and society. Such research must […]

Jarrett M, Bowers L, Simpson A.Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK.J Adv Nurs. 2008 Dec;64(6):538-48. AIM: This paper is a report of a narrative review of the coercive use of medication in inpatient psychiatric care to identify a demographic and clinical profile of patients who are forcibly medicated, and to […]