The new Code of Ethics of the World Psychiatric Association: A fresh look at the ethical issues of the psychiatric profession

S Richa; N Diab; N Richa; D Choueifati; N Choucair-Alam; M Scheuer

doi:10.1016/j.encep.2022.12.001

The new Code of Ethics of the World Psychiatric Association: A fresh look at the ethical issues of the psychiatric profession

Encephale. 2023 Jun;49(3):325-327. doi: 10.1016/j.encep.2022.12.001. Epub 2023 Feb 10.

Authors

S Richa¹, N Diab², N Richa³, D Choueifati⁴, N Choucair-Alam⁵, M Scheuer⁶

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Medicine, Saint-Joseph University, Damascus road, P.O. Box: 11-5076 - Riad-El-Solh, Beirut, Lebanon. Electronic address: sami.richa@usj.edu.lb.
² Faculty of Medicine, Saint-Joseph University, P.O. Box: 11-5076 - Riad-El-Solh, Beirut, Lebanon.
³ Faculty of Educational Sciences, Saint-Joseph University, Damascus road, P.O. Box: 11-5076 - Riad-El-Solh, Beirut, Lebanon.
⁴ Faculty of Nursing, Saint-Joseph University, Damascus road, P.O. Box: 11-5076 - Riad-El-Solh, Beirut, Lebanon.
⁵ Saint-Joseph University, Damascus road, P.O. Box: 11-5076 - Riad-El-Solh, Beirut, Lebanon.
⁶ Director of Ethics University Center, Saint-Joseph University, Damascus road, P.O. Box: 11-5076 - Riad-El-Solh, Beirut, Lebanon.

PMID: 36775763
DOI: 10.1016/j.encep.2022.12.001

Abstract

This article develops the WPA's new Code of Ethics that was developed in 2020. It succeeds the Declaration of Hawaii of 1977 and the Declaration of Madrid of 1996. The Code is divided into four sections that cover the practice of psychiatry in clinical practice, education, research and publication as well as public mental health. We will discuss the new ethical issues that this Code raises in parallel with the development of psychiatry and psychiatrists' role in society in recent years.

Keywords: AMP; Autonomie; Autonomy; Beneficence; Bienfaisance; Code; Ethics; WPA; Éthique.

MeSH terms

Codes of Ethics*
Ethics, Medical
Humans
Psychiatry*