Informed consent remains among the most critical issues in mental health settings. Informed consent emphasizes on respect for persons, which relates to the ethical principle of autonomy (Bester et al., 2016). According to Bester et al. (2016), consent should be practiced with the consideration of other bioethical principles, including beneficence and nonmaleficence. The consideration of informed consent may differ between adults and children. Specifically, children do not have the legal capacity to give informed consent. Therefore, their legal guardians or parents have to make the decisions on their behalf. However, children and adolescents may give informed consent if they are emancipated (Davis & Fang, 2020). The discussion summarizes four articles related to informed consent in adult psychiatry and pediatric psychiatry.
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