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Ethics in Mental Health Research Training Course Content, Saint Louis University/Missouri Institute of Mental Health, 2005

Modules	Textbook chapters	DVD topic and interviewee	Example cases
History and principles: Analyzing and justifying decisions, ethical framework, history, and principles (background, case studies, and consumer prospective)	Introduction: Why Focus on Mental Health Research? Chapter 1: Ethics and Regulatory Compliance Chapter 3: Analyzing Ethics Cases and Justifying Decisions	Responding to a history of abuse James Korn, PhD, Professor, Department of Psychology, St. Louis University	Hepatitis studies at Willowbrook State School for Children Study of the natural course of schizophrenia with self-help supports
Cultural competence: Cultural competence (background, case studies, and consumer prospective)	Chapter 2: An Ethical Framework for Research	Cultural competence Vetta Sanders-Thompson, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor of Community Health, St. Louis University School of Public Health	Study on postpartum depression with a Mexican-American woman Behavior disorders among African American males
Risks and benefits: Study design and risk benefit analysis (background, case studies, and consumer prospective)	Chapter 6: Thinking about Harms and Benefits Chapter 8: Research Questions and Study Design	Study design Joan Sieber, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Psychology, California State University, East Bay	Clinical trials enrolling mental health services consumers Research on illegal aliens
Informed consent: Elements, process, and challenges of obtaining free informed consent	Chapter 4: Informed Consent	Informed consent Gerry Koocher, PhD, Dean of Graduate School of Health Studies, Simmons College	Non-disclosure of the True intent of a study Assuming consent of parents for student questionnaire
Decision-making capacity: Decision making capacity (background, case studies, and consumer prospective)	Chapter 5: Decision-Making Capacity, Surrogates and Assent	Decision-making capacity Phil Candilis, MD, Assistant Professor, Law and Psychiatry Program, University of Massachusetts	Study of decision-making capacity of a paranoid schizophrenic person Dissent of children Assent and surrogate decision making for a study on drug-using teens
Recruitment: Issues related to just and non-coercive recruitment	Chapter 7: Justice in Recruitment and Research	Recruitment Diane Scott-Jones, PhD, Professor, Department of Psychology, Boston College	Proper compensation for study participants Placebo vs. current clinical treatment Financial incentives and recruitment Bias
Privacy and confidentiality: Focus on needs and strategies for protecting identities and records	Chapter 9: Protecting Participants’ Privacy and Confidentiality	Privacy Dorothy Webman, DSW, Chairperson, Webman Associates	Patient information in publicly accessible rooms Research with sex addicts Privacy during recruitment
Conflicts of interest: Identifying and managing a variety of conflicts of interest in behavioral health research	Chapter 10: Identifying and Managing Conflicts of Interest	Conflicts of interest Gerry Koocher, PhD, Dean of Graduate School of Health Studies, Simmons College	A social worker using own client groups for PhD research Payment for enrolling own patients in clinical trials