Ethical and human-rights issues in research on mental disorders that may affect decision-making capacity

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A member of the National Bioethics Advisory Commission recommends that the federal government adopt the commission's recommendations as soon as possible. The recommendations cover the treatment mentally ill patients who are participating in a research study. Some research groups have been cited for violations of informed consent. It may be difficult to obtain informed consent if the patient does not understand the concept. The commission recommends that an independent qualified professional assess the patient's ability to understand the consent process.

Research, Reports, Ethical aspects, Mental illness, Mental disorders, Informed consent (Medical law), Informed consent, Psychiatric research

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Case 30-2003: a 21-year-old man with sudden alteration of mental status

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A 21-year-old man was diagnosed with gamma-hydroxybutyrate poisoning in a hospital emergency room. He was drinking alcohol with friends when he appeared to have a seizure. He was taken to the hospital and eventually diagnosed. His friends told the paramedics that he claimed to have ingested laser printer cleaning fluid to enhance the effects of the alcohol. This cleaning fluid contains 1,4-butanediol, which the body converts to gamma-hydroxybutyrate.

Case studies, Complications and side effects, Poisoning, Gamma-hydroxybutyrate, Gamma hydroxybutyrate

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A 16-year-old boy with an altered mental status and muscle rigidity

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A 16-year-old boy with mental confusion, agitated behavior, nd muscle rigidity was found to have strychnine poisoning. His family was from Thailand and he had taken an herbal remedy for influenza the day before his symptoms began. It is not known whether the remedy was contaminated with strychnine.

Health aspects, Causes of, Poisoning, Accidental, Accidental poisoning, Medicine, Herbal, Herbal medicine, Strychnine

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