title: [Ethical principles in psychiatric action].
abstract: There is no specific psychiatric ethic. The ethical principles for practical actions in psychiatry have to be adapted on the basis of the generally accepted ethical principles, which are based on psychobiologically developed ethic of love: honesty, discretion, empathy, patience, distance, consistency, accountability, tolerance, economic neutrality.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Universität Göttingen.
authors.forename: Eckart
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rüther
mesh_terms: D004645:Empathy / Q000941:ethics; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations / Q000941:ethics*; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000941:ethics*; D012929:Psychological Distance; D011603:Psychophysiology / Q000941:ethics; D013811:Psychotherapeutic Processes; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000941:ethics*