Ethical issues in psychiatry

Ethical issues in psychiatry

Ethical issues in psychiatry are discussed in existing articles about:

*Issues of professional ethics in psychiatry
*Scientology and psychiatry and its initiatives, such as CCHR's work on "psychiatric abuse"
*Anti-psychiatry and its criticisms


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