Mental Disorders and Genetics: the Ethical Context
Resources
To find out more about the issues involved, follow these links:
National Bioethics Advisory Commissions
Report: Research Involving Persons with Mental Disorders That May Affect Decisionmaking Capacity (1998)
Available at http://bioethics.georgetown.edu/nbac/pubs.html
Changing Minds
The Royal College of Psychiatrists has launched a five-year national Campaign, Changing Minds. Its aims are:
- to increase public and professional understanding of different mental health problems;
- to reduce the stigma and discrimination against people suffering from these problems;
- to close the gap between the different beliefs of healthcare professionals and the public about useful treatments and interventions.
http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/campaigns/cminds/index.htm
The Maudsley Page
The Maudsley Page provides information about the joint activities of the Institute of Psychiatry and the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, including their publications and information about general mental health issues.
http://www.iop.kcl.ac.uk/main/default.htm
Last Updated Thu, 24 June 2004