Oxford Handbook of Psychotherapy Ethics

Manuel Trachsel (MD, PhD) has been trained in medicine (MD), clinical psychology (PhD), and philosophy/ethics at the University of Bern, Switzerland. He is the head of the Clinical Ethics Division at the University Hospital of Basel, the University Psychiatric Clinics Basel, and the Geriatric University Clinic FELIX PLATTER Basel, Switzerland. He is a Senior Research and Teaching Associate at the Institute of Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine, University ofZurich, Switzerland. Dr. Trachsel's research areas include the philosophy and ethics of psychiatry and psychotherapy, the intersection of psychiatry and palliative care, ethical challenges with regard to coercive measures in psychiatry, clinical ethics support services in psychiatry, medicaldecision-making capacity, and informed consent. He is a published author of more than 70 scientific papers, book chapters, and books including articles in JAMA, The Lancet Psychiatry, The American Journal of Bioethics, The Journal of Medical Ethics,Jens Gaab is head of the Division of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy at the University of Basel, Switzerland. He conducts psychotherapy and placebo research and is mostly interested in the complex interplay between these two psychological interventions.Nikola Biller-Andorno is director of the Institute of Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine, University of Zurich, Switzerland, which serves as WHO Collaborating Centre for Bioethics. She co-leads the PhD program Biomedical Ethics and Law and serves as Vice-President of the Clinical Ethics Committee of the University Hospital Zurich, SwitzerlandJohn Z. Sadler, M.D. is currently a Professor of Psychiatry and Clinical Sciences and the Daniel W. Foster, M.D. Professor of Medical Ethics at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. Dr. Sadler directs the Division of Ethics in the Department of Psychiatry and the Program in Ethics in Science and Medicine institution-wide. During his career at UT Southwestern, Dr. Sadler has provided clinical ethics consultation for 25 years and research ethics consultation foreight years. He is a co-editor of The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Psychiatry (2013), co-editor, with K.W.M Fulford, of the journal Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology (Johns Hopkins University Press), coauthor with Jennifer Radden of The Virtuous Psychiatrist (OUP, 2010) and author of Values andPsychiatric Diagnosis (OUP 2005).Serife Tekin is Assistant Professor at the Department of Philosophy and Classics in the College of Liberal and Fine Arts, University of Texas San Antonio