Centro Universitario de Salud y Bienestar, Universidad Panamericana, Mexico City, Mexico.
Health Sciences School, Universidad Panamericana, Mexico City, Mexico.
J Bioeth Inq. 2024 Mar;21(1):177-184. doi: 10.1007/s11673-023-10301-3. Epub 2023 Oct 12.
Mental disorders in university students are very frequent, therefore higher education institutions have established in-campus mental healthcare centres. These clinics have particular characteristics that differ from other mental health centres, as they report to and represent an educational institution, while at the same time looking after the interests and well-being of patients requesting assistance, thus generating unique bioethical conflicts. Ethics Committees are useful tools to offer support to mental health professionals in making ethical decisions. In order to respond to these issues, it was decided that an Ethics Committee would be created in the mental health clinic of a private university in Mexico City. This article describes the implementation process for this Committee, its duties and scope, as well as the case work and review methodology. A list of the most frequent ethical conflicts is attached, jointly with the ethical analysis of the cases treated throughout the year and a half or work by the Committee.
大学生中的精神障碍非常普遍，因此高等教育机构设立了校内精神保健中心。这些诊所具有与其他心理健康中心不同的特点，因为它们向教育机构报告并代表其利益，同时照顾寻求帮助的患者的利益和福祉，从而产生了独特的生物伦理冲突。伦理委员会是为精神卫生专业人员提供伦理决策支持的有用工具。为了应对这些问题，决定在墨西哥城一所私立大学的心理健康诊所设立一个伦理委员会。本文描述了该委员会的实施过程、职责和范围，以及案例工作和审查方法。附有最常见的伦理冲突清单，以及委员会在一年半的工作时间内处理的案例的伦理分析。
