Michelle Goldsmith
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Ethical Considerations in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Focus: The Journal of Lifelong Learning in Psychiatry. 2012; (2): 315
Child and adolescent psychiatrists encounter ethical situations that often differ from those of general psychiatrists. Several factors increase the complexity of ethical practice in child and adolescent psychiatry including the variety of persons involved in meeting the mental health needs of children, the care of a vulnerable population whose welfare relies on others, the limited access to mental health services for children, and the advancements in science which provide an increasing number of diagnostic and treatment options.

