Global Mental Health and Neuroethics. Global Mental Health in Practice

Table of Contents

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

Authors

Dan J. Stein Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of Cape Town, South Africa. Professor Dan J. Stein is Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Dr. Stein's research areas include anxiety, trauma-, and stressor-related disorders. His work ranges from basic neuroscience, through clinical investigations and trials, and on to epidemiological and cross-cultural studies. Ilina Singh Professor of Neuroscience and Society, University of Oxford, UK. Ilina Singh is a Professor of Neuroscience and Society at the University of Oxford. Dr. Singh holds a doctorate in human development and psychology from Harvard University. She brings this interdisciplinary perspective to her current research through an approach known as empirical ethics. Her research focuses on the social and ethical dimensions of innovations in neuroscience, psychiatry, and related areas. She has contributed to various scientific and policy groups, and is the co-chair of the Ethics Advisory Board for the EU-AIMS project on autism treatments and is an expert advisor for the National Autism Project.