title: Ethics and psychiatric research: problems and justification.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: D035841:Behavioral Research; D026724:Ethical Review; D028744:Ethics Committees, Research; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D035082:Federal Government; D033161:Government Regulation; D006805:Human Experimentation; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D007878:Legislation as Topic; D028642:Persons with Psychiatric Disorders; D033281:Nontherapeutic Human Experimentation; D018579:Patient Selection; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000592:standards*; D011640:Public Policy; D012106:Research / Q000592:standards; D012107:Research Design / Q000592:standards; D035842:Research Subjects; D012109:Research Support as Topic / Q000191:economics; D040841:Resource Allocation; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014481:United States; D014483:United States Dept. of Health and Human Services