Psychiatric ethics is an excellent framework in which to examine social changes in the field of psychiatry over the past 25 years, changes which are dramatic in nature and profound in impact. The Oxford Handbook of Psychiatric Ethics is the most comprehensive treatment of the field in history, with global coverage of this important field.

The OHPE functions best as an encyclopedia of topics in psychiatric ethics and will serve as a valuable reference tool for scholars and practitioners... The OHPEs chapter on Ethics and Values in Diagnosing and Classifying Psychopathology renders a timeless ethical issue in a new light with a thought-provoking discourse that includes the social consequences of receiving a diagnosis, and the unique self-illness ambiguity of mental disorders that sets them apart from other medical afflictions.

This book is broad-ranging, timely and relevant, and covers an important subject in great depth.

If you think of ethics as something stodgy, the new Oxford Handbook of Psychiatric Ethics will be an eye-opener. Changes in treatment, science, and society have produced a slew of new ethical challenges for psychiatrists. These range from the uses of deep brain stimulation and the impact of evolving concepts of psychiatric genetics, to the role of peer support in treatment. Embracing all this and much more, this comprehensive treatment of ethics in psychiatry will be an irreplaceable resource for psychiatric clinicians and researchers trying to find secure ethical footing in a rapidly changing world.

Clinicians practicing psychiatry and other mental health fields confront numerous ethical and values issues daily. In this extremely comprehensive Handbook Sadler, Van Staden and Fulford provide 94 welcome chapters authored by some of todays foremost philosophers, academic physicians, and clinicians who focus on the many points at which clinical care and ethical matters interface. This authoritative volume deserves widespread reading and pondering by those concerned that ethical issues are well considered in psychiatric assessment, treatment, and research, aiming for and that patients treated by psychiatrists and other mental health clinicians receive the highest levels of ethically-informed care scholarship and values-based practice possible.

This comprehensive treatment of ethics in psychiatry covers the whole gamut from the philosophical to the pragmatic; from traditional, ethnic, religious value systems to modern citizenship; from the doctors to the patients perspectives, and more. It is a must have that can serve multiple purposes as a practice guide, a reference book, and a life time companion in our endeavors to think more deeply about ethics and practice.

Despite the impressive advances in neuroscience, psychiatry, more than any branch of medicine, is embedded in and constantly shaped by culture. This comprehensive two-volume book provides a scholarly approach to understanding the multifaceted interaction between medical science and society as they both evolve. It will stand as an indispensable resource for many years.

John Z. Sadler, M.D. is currently a Professor of Psychiatry and Clinical Sciences and the Daniel W. Foster, M.D. Professor of Medical Ethics at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. Dr. Sadler directs the Division of Ethics in the Department of Psychiatry and the Program in Ethics in Science and Medicine institution-wide. During his career at UT Southwestern, Dr. Sadler has provided clinical ethics consultation for 25 years and research ethics consultation for eight years. He is a co-editor of The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Psychiatry (2013), co-editor, with K.W.M Fulford, of the journal Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology (Johns Hopkins University Press), coauthor with Jennifer Radden of The Virtuous Psychiatrist (OUP, 2010) and author of Values and Psychiatric Diagnosis (OUP 2005). Werdie (C.W.) van Staden is Nelson Mandela Professor of Philosophy and Psychiatry at the University of Pretoria, South Africa, with a clinical psychiatry attachment at Weskoppies Hospital. He serves as editor-in-chief of the South African Journal of Psychiatry; and editor for Philosophy Psychiatry & Psychology; Philosophy, Ethics and Humanities in Medicine; and the International Journal of Person Centered Medicine. He is chairperson of the Faculty of Health Sciences Research Ethics Committee (IRB). He founded and directs postgraduate programmes in Philosophy & Ethics of Mental Health, chairs the committee for residency training in psychiatry, provides clinical training in general adult psychiatry for medical students and psychiatrists, and directs the health ethics training in the School of Medicine. KWM (Bill) Fulford is a Fellow of St Catherine's College and Member of the Philosophy Faculty, University of Oxford; and Emeritus Professor of Philosophy and Mental Health, University of Warwick Medical School. His previous posts include Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist, University of Oxford, and Special Adviser for Values-Based Practice in the Department of Health, UK. Bill has led on a number of key academic and administrative developments in the philosophy of psychiatry and has published widely in this field, including Moral Theory and Medical Practice, co-author of The Oxford Textbook of Philosophy and Psychiatry, and Lead editor of The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Psychiatry. He is Lead Editor for the Oxford book series International Perspectives in Philosophy and Psychiatry and Founder Editor with John Sadler of the international journal Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology (PPP).