Special Interest group
Ethics and Law
What is Ethics and Law?
What do we mean by ‘ethics and law’? To put it simply, ethics provide principled guidance for action, and laws are rules enacted by the state or applied/ recognised by courts. Laws, which may be based on ethical principles, are enforceable rules with penalties for those who do not comply with them. While ethical principles and laws can be stated plainly, applying them to specific instances may not be as straightforward. Novel aspects of new and emerging e-mental health initiatives can raise perplexing ethical and legal dilemmas.
About the Group
We are excited to present a special interest group within eMHIC that explores e-mental health initiatives through the lenses of ethics and law. With that in mind and as the primary aim, we hope to generate discussion and reflection of pressing issues for the field.
Learn about Ethics and Law
Articles
In upcoming newsletters this year, we will be offering ethico-legal think pieces, updates, hypotheticals and commentaries, from ourselves or guest contributors. Click on the links to read the full articles.
Special Interest Group Reading material
- eMHIC Position Statement: Ethics & Law as Essential to eMental Health
- Digital Mental Health and Digital Therapeutic Alliance
- eMHIC Special Interest Group for Ethics and Law, April 2021
- Introduction: eMHIC Special Interest Group for Ethics and Law, February 2021
- Automating Mental Health: The Global Promise and Peril
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Group Chairs
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Join The Discussion Forum
You are welcome to join our Ethics and Law discussion forum, available to eMHIC members under the ‘Member Access’ section. Head over there to start or join a discussion on this topic.
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