Ethical and consultation issues in the behavioral sciences and terrorism

✍ Scribed by Dr. Burr Eichelman; Anne C. Hartwig

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1983
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 600 KB
• Volume: 1
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0735-3936
• DOI: 10.1002/bsl.2370010205

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

This paper briefly examines ethics as a process and as an element of philosophy with a long historical tradition. The paper then reviews elements of the professional ethics of a terrorist or hostage event, issues involved with consulting with an institution, and ethical issues for the clinician who chooses to become personally involved in a hostage event. Although reference is made particularly to psychiatrists, the principles discussed apply in large part to other mental health professionals as well. The paper concludes with the principles articulated by the American Psychiatric Association's Task Force on the Psychiatric Aspects of Terrorism and Its Victims as guidelines for psychiatric intervention in hostage or terrorist situations.