A psychedelic renaissance is underway in psychiatric medicine, with a growing number of studies showing the potential of psychedelic-assisted therapy to treat several conditions, including depression, ...

Telehealth is a delivery model for providing health-related services at a distance using telecommunication technology. Telehealth can encompass many aspects of therapy services including evaluation, ...

Rapidly expanding support for psychedelic agents in mental health treatment has introduced unique challenges and essential considerations in the design and implementation of informed consent processes ...

(Reuters Health) - Cancer patients usually get written consent forms to sign before radiation that are supposed to clearly spell out the treatment risks, but a new U.S. study suggests these forms are ...

Informed consent may be defined as the process whereby a patient is provided with sufficient and accurate information about the benefits and risks of a proposed course of therapy or procedure, to ...

Among psychotherapists interested in mindfulness practices, there is a robust, at times contentious debate surrounding a number of ethical issues; a debate that dates back to the 1990s. On one side, ...

Informed consent represents one of the most important ethical aspects of clinical treatments and scientific research involving humans. This article will discuss the key elements of informed consent ...

Informed consent is a core ethical principle of all mental health professionals. The World Psychiatric Association’s Code of Ethics (2020) states: 'In pursuing informed consent, psychiatrists should ...

Delivering high-quality care starts with understanding what matters most to each patient. Clinicians can’t choose treatments that match patients’ priorities and values until they engage with them. The ...

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Informed consent is one of the primary requirements of research involving human participants. It is important to remember that informed consent is an ongoing process, not a document or single event.