Global Mental Health and Neuroethics

Explores the ethical, social and humanitarian issues of clinical neuroscience in low- and medium-income countries

Dan J. Stein (Edited by), Ilina Singh (Edited by)

9780128150634

Paperback, published 17 January 2020

310 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 2 cm, 0.5 kg

"Physically, the book itself is soft bound in a light blue color with a graphic on the cover. It is printed on glossy paper throughout the 294 pages and a few figures are interspersed in the text throughout the volume, which facilitates an easy flow of reading. Each book chapter is organized with cited references at the end. Overall, the volume represents a novel introduction to a body of research that all mental health professionals should be familiar with as we serve a global, diverse population. The book is informative, interesting, and offers insight to complex ethical and conceptual issues that become clearer as the reader learns about clinical decision making in settings with non-Western values and customs. The process of change begins with awareness, so educational non-traditional mental health texts, such as this volume, remain important for the growth of global mental health care." --Lena Dobson, Ph.D. Independent Practice

Global Mental Health and Neuroethics explores conceptual, ethical and clinical issues that have emerged with the expansion of clinical neuroscience into middle- and low-income countries. Conceptual issues covered include avoiding scientism and skepticism in global mental health, integrating evidence-based and value-based global medicine, and developing a welfarist approach to the practice of global psychiatry. Ethical issues addressed include those raised by developments in neurogenetics, cosmetic psychopharmacology and deep brain stimulation. Perspectives drawing on global mental health and neuroethics are used to explore a number of different clinical disorders and developmental stages, ranging from childhood through to old age.

1 Introduction
Section A Conceptual issues
2 Moving beyond scientism and skepticism
3 Finding a word for it: An ordinary language philosophical perspective on the role of values-based practice as a partner to evidence-based practice
4 Welfarist psychiatry goes global
5 The ethics of flourishing or failing: Social, economic and environmental determinants of global mental health in an uncertain future
Section B Global neuroethics
6 The ethics of neurogenetics research in Africa: Considerations and guidelines
7 Cosmetic psychopharmacology in a global context
8 Some ethics of deep brain stimulation
9 Global mental health and the treatment gap: A human rights and neuroethics concern
10 Poverty and mental health in post-war countries: The case of Uganda and Sierra Leone
Section C Disorders/developmental stages
11 Interactive role-playing and health-related quality of life assessment in children with neurocognitive sequelae: A global neuroethics research approach
12 Neuroethics and cannabis use globally: Impact on adolescent cognition and wellbeing
13 Disease, wellness, and addiction: A global perspective
14 Disease and wellness across the lifespan: A global perspective on the mental health burden of dementia
15 Addressing disability in global mental health and neuroethics: Challenges and hopes
Section D Conclusion
16 Ethical issues in global mental health

Subject Areas: Clinical psychology [MMJ], Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology [JMM], Psychology [JM]