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  • Beyond the ‘Goldwater rule’
  • Matthew Baum, Tony Hope
  • Journal: The Psychiatrist / Volume 35 / Issue 8 / August 2011
  • Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 January 2018, pp. 281-282
  • Print publication: August 2011
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    Mitchell discusses the moral responsibilities of psychiatrists who, when outside professional settings, suspect that a person might benefit from psychiatric help. Is making an unsolicited psychiatric diagnosis ever the right thing to do? The American Psychiatric Association's guidance is that it is not, unless the psychiatrist has been granted authorisation. Although sensitive to harms from ‘unsolicited diagnoses', Mitchell argues that this guidance is too blunt: the benefits may outweigh the harms. We foresee, however, the possibility that psychiatrists may become pressured to make unsolicited diagnoses to protect or improve society rather than serve the best interests of the individual.