Ethical Issues in the Care of Adolescents

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan R. Fleischman
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Adolescent Patient ◽  
Truth Telling ◽  
Ethical Concerns ◽  
Self Harm ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter describes the dramatic physical and emotional changes that occur during adolescence. It examines the concept of evolving autonomy as young teens begin to develop the capacity to participate fully in decision-making for their care. Ethical issues concerning the relationship of an adolescent patient and his or her parents, including confidentiality and truth telling are discussed. The chapter focuses on empowering adolescents to take responsibility for their health and their healthcare. Ethical concerns for the adolescent with no family, the homosexual and transgender adolescent, and the adolescent with mental health, behavior problems, and eating disorders are all examined.The role and limits of patient confidentiality are discussed, particularly in terms of patient self-harm.

scholarly journals Bioethical aspects of assisted suicide and euthanasia in people suffering from mental health problems

2020 ◽  
Vol 148 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 251-254
Author(s):  
Bojana Pavlovic ◽  
Danijela Tiosavljevic ◽  
Danka Sinadinovic
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Cognitive Functions ◽  
Assisted Suicide ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Joint Decision ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

This paper deals with euthanasia and assisted suicide in people with mental health problems, based on the fundamental principles of contemporary medical ethics. In some situations, psychiatric patients are incapable of realizing they are ill and they need to be treated due to the compromise of cognitive functions. It is difficult to establish the relationship of negotiation and joint decision-making with such patients, so it is necessary that the psychiatrist takes responsibility in order to protect both their patient and the environment from any potentially harmful activity.

SELF-HARM IN ADOLESCENCE

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Remus Runcan ◽  
Patricia Luciana Runcan ◽  
Cosmin Goian ◽  
Bogdan Nadolu ◽  
Mihaela Gavrilă Ardelean
Keyword(s):  
Substance Misuse ◽  
Deliberate Self Harm ◽  
The People ◽  
Self Harm ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

This study provides the synonyms for the terms deliberate self-harm and self-destructive behaviour, together with a psychological portrait of self-harming adolescents, the consequence of self-harm, the purpose of self-harm, and the forms of self-harm. It also presents the results of a survey regarding the prevalence of people with non-suicidal self-harming behaviour, the gender of people with non-suicidal self-harming behaviour, the age of the first non-suicidal self-harming behaviour in these people, the frequency of non-suicidal self-harming behaviour in these people, the association of the non-suicidal self-harming behaviour with substance misuse in these people, the relationships of the people with non-suicidal self-harming behaviour with their fathers, mothers, and siblings, the relationships of the people with non-suicidal self-harming behaviour with their friends, the possible causes of self-harming behaviour in these people, and the relationship of people with non-suicidal self-harming behaviour with religion. Some of the results confirmed literature results, while others shed a new light on other aspects related to people with non-suicidal self-harming behaviour

Relationship Between Different Types of Violence and Mental Health in High School Students From Northern Mexico

2021 ◽  
pp. 088626052110219
Author(s):  
Oscar Armando Esparza-Del Villar ◽  
Sarah Margarita Chavez-Valdez ◽  
Priscila Montañez-Alvarado ◽  
Marisela Gutiérrez-Vega ◽  
Teresa Gutiérrez-Rosado
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Health Indicators ◽  
School Students ◽  
Social Violence ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Different types of violence have been present in Mexico but there have been few studies that have analyzed their relationship with mental health in adolescents, especially in cities with high rates of social violence. It is important to compare different violence types and their relationship with mental health since not all relationships are the same. It appears that social violence has a stronger relationship with mental health, and for this reason it receives more attention, but other types of violence have a stronger relationship and do not receive as much attention. Chihuahua has been one of the most violent states in Mexico, and Juarez has been the most violent city in the world in 2009 and 2010. The purpose of the study is to compare the relationship of different types of violence (social, cyberbullying, partner violence, and child abuse and neglect) with mental health indicators (depression, anxiety, stress, self-esteem, and paranoid thoughts). There were 526 high school students, from the cities of Juarez ( n = 282) and Chihuahua ( n = 244). The mean age was 16.5 ( SD = 1.4) years and 50.6% reported being males. The relationships among the variables were analyzed using Pearson’s correlations and multiple linear regressions. Both cities that have experienced social violence like carjacking, kidnapping, and sexual assault, but they have very small or no relationships with mental health indicators. Other types of violence have stronger correlations. Our findings suggest that interventions should not focus only in preventing and dealing with social violence, but that other types of violence must also be addressed in adolescents.

The relationship of self-acceptance with decision making duration in cancer patient to perform mastectomy

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Ayu Ratuati Setiawan ◽  
Feny Tunjungsari ◽  
Mochamad Aleq Sander
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Breast Cancer Patients ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Abnormal Growth ◽  
Self Acceptance ◽  
Observation Method ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

BACKGROUND: Cancer is a disease caused by abnormal growth of body cells that turn malignant and continue to grow uncontrollably. One of the treatments for breast cancer is mastectomy. The quickness of decision-making determines the survival rate of prognosis patients. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to determine the relationship of self-acceptance with decision-making duration in cancer patients to perform a mastectomy. METHODS: An analytic observation method with cross-sectional design. The samples were taken by purposive sampling method with 50 samples of breast cancer patients. Data collected include age, last level of education, marital status, profession, stage of cancer during mastectomy, self-acceptance score, and decision-making duration to perform a mastectomy. RESULTS: The data analyzed with the Kruskal–Wallis test. The test showed the relationship of self-acceptance (p = 0.027) with decision-making duration in breast cancer patients to perform a mastectomy. CONCLUSION: In Conclusion, there is a relationship of self-acceptance with decision-making duration in breast cancer patients to perform a mastectomy.

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