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This 3 page paper discusses the ethical limits, as well as the practicality involved in treating abnormal behavior. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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the "bounds" of appropriate actions. When people begin to behave erratically, it may be due to any number of factors, including drug use, alcohol abuse, and mental or emotional distress.
Since we want to consider medical approaches to abnormal conditions, well take mental illness as the type of behavior under consideration. Discussion When someone is having mental problems, its often
our first reaction to put the person away where they cant harm themselves or anyone else. Whether this is truly for their good or because mental illness is frightening to
most people is not clear. However, lets assume that someone with mental impairment is undergoing treatment. The temptation is there to force them into a medical solution "for their own
good." That is where the idea of ethics comes in. No matter how disturbed an individual may be, how far can medicine go in their treatment? Despite the fact that
most mental illnesses are chronic, with treatment most patients can return to a "productive and meaningful life" (Zolnierek, 2007, p. 101). However, the chronic nature of the illness means that
treatment, especially for serious mental disorders such as bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, is lifelong (Zolnierek, 2007, p. 101). Because of the on-going nature of the illness and the stigma attached
to it, and the way in which such an illness can distort reality, it may be difficult to recognize the extent of the illness and the necessity of treating it
(Zolnierek, 2007). However, legal processes "compel commitment and treatment if individuals become dangerous to themselves or others or are unable to care for their basic needs. However, legal legitimacy requires
moral validity ... a legal action is not necessarily morally justified" (Zolnierek, 2007, p. 101). That is, it may seem that a person should be committed or forced into treatment,
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