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Ethics - Clinical Care Psychiatry

The American Medical Association's website provides access to the Code of Ethics of the AMA https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/ama-code-medical-ethics on which psychiatric ethics are based.

General Psychiatric ethics at the APA's site:  http://www.psych.org/MainMenu/PsychiatricPractice/Ethics.aspx

The website of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry presents the organization's code of ethics AACAP website: www.aacap.org/App_Themes/AACAP/docs/about_us/transparency_portal/aacap_code_of_ethics_2012.pdf  and, at www.aacap.org/aacap/About_AACAP/Guidelines_on_Conflict_of_Interest_for_Child_and_Adolescent_Psychiatrists.aspx (the organization's guidelines on research conflict of interest.)

The organizational site of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law includes the ethical guidelines for the practice of forensic psychiatry.  Forensic ethics can be found at:  http://aapl.org/ethics.htm

Link to AACAP Guidelines on Conflict of Interest for Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists (pdf document)
Link to Psychiatric Principles of Medical Ethics (pdf icon pdf document)