Latinos and electroconvulsive therapy: implications for treatment, research, and reform in Texas and beyond [0.03%]
拉丁裔与电抽搐治疗:得克萨斯州及其他地区治疗、研究和改革的意义
Ken Major
Ken Major
No literature exists concerning the implications of using electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in the treatment of Latinos. Given the large and increasing Latino population in the United States, the contentious history of ECT, and the possible d...
Screening for mental illness: the merger of eugenics and the drug industry [0.03%]
精神疾病筛查:优生学与制药业的合流
Vera Hassner Sharav
Vera Hassner Sharav
The implementation of a recommendation by the President's New Freedom Commission (NFC) to screen the entire United States population--children first--for presumed, undetected, mental illness is an ill-conceived policy destined for disastrou...
Did I make the grade? Ethical issues in psychosocial screening of children for adoptive placement [0.03%]
考核过关了吗?儿童收养安置的心理社会筛选中的伦理问题
Sonja Grover
Sonja Grover
This article suggests that psychological evaluations as a "screen for normalcy" with a view to adoption are a breach of the child's right to psychological integrity and privacy under international human rights law. A foreseeable outcome of ...
Addressing oppression in psychiatric care: a relational ethics perspective [0.03%]
从关系伦理视角看待精神病学护理中的压迫问题
Wendy Austin,Vangie Bergum,Simon Nuttgens
Wendy Austin
In this article we consider oppression in psychiatric care from a relational ethics perspective. We identify the vulnerability of psychiatric patients and the concomitant difficulties that confront medical health practitioners. We suggest t...
Jacqueline A Sparks,Barry L Duncan
Jacqueline A Sparks
Prescriptions for psychiatric drugs to children and adolescents have skyrocketed in the past 10 years. This article presents evidence that the superior effectiveness of stimulants and antidepressants is largely a presumption based on an emp...
Multiple comparisons in drug efficacy studies: scientific or marketing principles? [0.03%]
药物有效性的科学研究与市场营销原则——多重比较问题不容忽视
Jonathan Leo
Jonathan Leo
When researchers design an experiment to compare a given medication to another medication, a behavioral therapy, or a placebo, the experiment often involves numerous comparisons. For instance, there may be several different evaluation metho...