Ethical issues in mental health research: The case for community engagement

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 208-214

  Dubois, James M ^a   Bailey Burch, Brendolyn ^b   Bustillos, Dan ^a   Campbell, Jean ^b   Cottler, Linda ^c   Fisher, Celia B ^d   Hadley, Whitney B ^a   Hoop, Jinger G ^e   Roberts, Laura ^f   Salter, Erica K ^a   Sieber, Joan E ^g   Stevenson, Richard D ^h  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSOURI INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Mental Health Service Line   (United States)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h Alliance on Mental Illness   (United States)

Author keywords

Community engagement; mental health; research ethics; substance abuse

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY ENGAGED RESEARCH; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL ETHICS; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 79955112806     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e3283459422     Document Type: Article

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