Am J Psychiatry 1984; 141:400-405
Copyright © 1984 by American Psychiatric Association
Ethics and psychiatric research: problems and justification
B Eichelman, D Wikler and A Hartwig
The discussion of ethics in psychiatry continues to increase. Research in
psychiatry, like all medical research, is of ethical concern because it
often involves risks to subjects so that others may benefit. It also
involves the allocation of monetary and human resources. In recent years
these concerns have been brought to the forefront of professional and
public attention. The authors consider the problem of justifying resource
allocations and the risks involved in psychiatry research, survey some of
the special problems faced by researchers in this field, and give a brief
account of present government regulations that pertain to research ethics
in psychiatry.
