Ethics of clinical research with mentally ill persons

The article examines the legal requirements relating to the informed consent of mentally ill persons to participation in clinical research in South Africa. First, the juridical basis of informed consent in South African law is outlined; and second, the requirements for lawful consent developed in South African common law and case law are presented. Finally, the article deliberates upon the requirements for the participation of mentally ill persons in research as laid down by the Mental Health Care Act and its regulations, the National Health Act and its (draft) regulations, and the South African Constitution.

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A decade of research and services for homeless mentally ill persons: Where do we stand?

American Psychologist ◽

10.1037/0003-066x.46.11.1129 ◽

1991 ◽

Vol 46 (11) ◽

pp. 1129-1138 ◽

Cited By ~ 59

Author(s):

Deborah L. Dennis ◽

John C. Buckner ◽

Frank R. Lipton ◽

Irene S. Levine

Keyword(s):

Mentally Ill ◽

Mentally Ill Persons ◽

Homeless Mentally Ill

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From Intensive Care to Intensive Supervision: The Historical Factors Associated with the Growing Numbers of Mentally Ill Persons in the Criminal Justice System

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e553632012-003 ◽

2005 ◽

Author(s):

Arthur J. Lurigio

Keyword(s):

Intensive Care ◽

Criminal Justice ◽

Criminal Justice System ◽

Mentally Ill ◽

Justice System ◽

Mentally Ill Persons ◽

Factors Associated ◽

Intensive Supervision ◽

Historical Factors

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Masses, Medicine and Race. The Biopolitics of Monstrosity in Third Reich Propaganda Films

Widok. Teorie i Praktyki Kultury Wizualnej - Siła kobiet ◽

10.36854/widok/2017.18.615 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Jan Borowicz

Keyword(s):

Mentally Ill ◽

Third Reich ◽

Body Politics ◽

Visual Material ◽

Mentally Ill Persons ◽

Visual Identity ◽

Short Films ◽

Propaganda Films

The author examines body politics in Nazi cinema and propaganda movies (medical short films and materials filmed in the Polish Ghettos) in terms of constructing the visual identity of a nation in opposition to the allegedly non-normative bodies of Jews and mentally ill persons. The author connects the visual material with notions of biopolitics (Foucault, Agamben, Esposito).

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Resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging study in mentally ill persons with diminished penal responsibility considered socially dangerous

Psychiatry Research Neuroimaging ◽

10.1016/j.pscychresns.2021.111259 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 310 ◽

pp. 111259

Author(s):

Gaia Cartocci ◽

Maddalena Boccia ◽

Pieritalo Maria Pompili ◽

Stefano Ferracuti ◽

Paola Frati ◽

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Keyword(s):

Magnetic Resonance Imaging ◽

Magnetic Resonance ◽

Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging ◽

Mentally Ill ◽

Resting State ◽

Imaging Study ◽

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study ◽

Functional Magnetic Resonance ◽

Resonance Imaging ◽

Mentally Ill Persons

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Personal Adjustment and Authoritarian Attitudes toward the Mentally ILL

Psychological Reports ◽

10.2466/pr0.1972.31.2.483 ◽

1972 ◽

Vol 31 (2) ◽

pp. 483-486 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

John Fracchia ◽

Charles Sheppard ◽

Joseph Pintyr ◽

James Crovello ◽

Sidney Merlis

Keyword(s):

Analysis Of Variance ◽

Mentally Ill ◽

Mental Hospital ◽

State Mental Hospital ◽

Mentally Ill Persons ◽

Personal Adjustment ◽

Large State ◽

The Relationship ◽

State Mental ◽

Inferior Class

The relationship between authoritarian attitudes, which reflect the belief that mentally ill persons comprise an inferior class requiring coercive handling, and personal adjustment was examined for 77 female psychiatric aides at a large state mental hospital. Correlations and analysis of variance suggested the lack of a systematic association between the two variables.

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Outcome trends for severely mentally ill persons in capitated and case managed mental health programs

Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research ◽

10.1007/bf02106480 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 24 (1) ◽

pp. 3-23 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

H. Stephen Leff ◽

Marcus Lieberman ◽

Virginia Mulkern ◽

Barbara Raab

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Mentally Ill ◽

Health Programs ◽

Mentally Ill Persons ◽

Severely Mentally Ill ◽

Mental Health Programs

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Psychiatric Advance Directives

Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association ◽

10.1016/107839030392003 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

pp. 55-59 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Paula K. Vuckovich

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Decision Maker ◽

Advance Directives ◽

Care Provider ◽

Mentally Ill ◽

Autonomous Control ◽

Surrogate Decision Maker ◽

Psychiatric Advance Directives ◽

Mentally Ill Persons ◽

Surrogate Decision

Psychiatric advance directives (PADs) have been legally defined in 12 states and implemented in all but 9. PADs may prevent unwanted treatment and identify preferred treatment. They may also allow mentally ill persons to exercise autonomous control over care even during periods of illness-induced incompetence. PADs can be beneficial for intermittently psychotic patients who have a trusted health care provider and a surrogate decision maker. Because of the growing interest in the use of PADs, nurses should be informed about the intended purposes, benefits, and drawbacks of them.

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