title: Global mental health and neuroethics.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Global mental health is a relatively new field that has focused on disparities in mental health services across different settings, and on innovative ways to provide feasible, acceptable, and effective services in poorly-resourced settings. Neuroethics, too, is a relatively new field, lying at the intersection of bioethics and neuroscience; it has studied the implications of neuroscientific findings for age-old questions in philosophy, as well as questions about the ethics of novel neuroscientific methods and interventions.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In this essay, we address a number of issues that lie at the intersection of these two fields: an emphasis on a naturalist and empirical position, a concern with both disease and wellness, the importance of human rights in neuropsychiatric care, and the value of social inclusion and patient empowerment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These different disciplines share a number of perspectives, and future dialogue between the two should be encouraged.
authors: Dan J
authors: DJ
authors: Stein
authors: James
authors: J
authors: Giordano
mesh_terms: D001675:Bioethics / Q000639:trends; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D008603:Mental Health / Q000941:ethics* / Q000639:trends; D009488:Neurosciences / Q000639:trends; D028701:Patient Rights / Q000941:ethics* / Q000639:trends