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Introduction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 June 2025

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Robert B. Dudas
Edited by
Robert B. Dudas
Robert B. Dudas
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Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
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Summary

Values permeate all aspects of psychiatry from aetiology, through classification, to treatment. This is unsurprising, as psychiatry is concerned with areas of human experience and behaviour in which human values are particularly diverse. Evidence-based medicine (EBM) can be immensely helpful at guiding us about the efficacy and safety of diagnostic and treatment interventions, but it is silent about the personal importance attached to these by patient and doctor, that is, about patients’ and doctors’ relevant values. This is problematic because these values are of crucial importance when it comes to various aspects of person-centred care, such as patient choice, treatment adherence, recovery, and clinician attitudes. This is where values-based practice (VBP) comes into play.

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Values in Psychiatry
Managing Complexity and Advancing Solutions
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025

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  • Introduction
  • Edited by Robert B. Dudas, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
  • Book: Values in Psychiatry
  • Online publication: 24 June 2025
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108883535.002
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  • Introduction
  • Edited by Robert B. Dudas, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
  • Book: Values in Psychiatry
  • Online publication: 24 June 2025
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108883535.002
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  • Introduction
  • Edited by Robert B. Dudas, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
  • Book: Values in Psychiatry
  • Online publication: 24 June 2025
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108883535.002
Available formats
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