The legal and ethical framework for psychiatry

Gareth S Owen BSc MRCPsych is a clinical researcher and honorary specialist registrar at the Institute of Psychiatry/Maudsley Hospital in London, UK. He studied physics and philosophy in London before training in medicine and psychiatry in Cambridge and London. He is funded by the Wellcome Trust. Competing interests: none declared

Richard A A Kanaan BA MBBS MA MRCPsych is a Clinical Lecturer and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist at the Institute of Psychiatry/Maudsley Hospital in London, UK. He studied mathematics and philosophy in Oxford and Los Angeles, before training in Medicine and Psychiatry in London. He currently holds a Biomedical Ethics Research Fellowship from the Wellcome Trust. Competing interests: none declared

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