Speaking from a CPA perspective, I think the perspective from the CPA is that we are trained in a certain way, we are committed to our profession and we follow through on doing assessments and treatment with patients absolutely to the best of our professional ability. I think we all recognize that from an evidence-based perspective there are clinical guidelines and there are practices and standards that we follow, but for many illnesses, when those things haven't worked, there is an unknown that we all operate within. The real importance of working in this area is about finding the balance between a psychiatrist's commitment to provide treatment, care and hope for recovery but really listening to the person's own experience of suffering and the right to make a personal choice in their health care decisions.
When we talk about science, there is a scientific part of that, but we also talk about the importance of the art of working with patients and reflecting that as well. I think that's what we try to do from a CPA perspective.