A Model Consent Form for Psychiatric Drug Treatment

Bibliographic Data

ID9021880
AuthorsDavid Cohen (0000-0002-4970-0804, corresponding author), David Jacobs (0000-0001-7649-4041), David H Jacobs
Year2000
Volume40
Issue1
Pages59-64
Publication date2000-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Humanistic Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-1678 • E-ISSN: 1552-650X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0022167800401006
OpenAlexW2113208294
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited1

Given the notorious lack of informed consent in the practice of psychiatry and a tendency to use typical consent forms to protect professionals rather than inform or empower patients, the authors propose a “model consent form” for psychiatric drug treatment. This form seeks to highlight the dubious nature of medical knowledge about psychological problems diagnosed and treated, to describe regulatory processes that result in truncated knowledge about prescribed drugs, and to present realistic and understandable information about somatic and psychological effects of drug use and drug withdrawal

Alternative medicine · Drug · Informed consent · Psychiatry · Psychotherapist · Medicine · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Pain Management and Placebo Effect · Pharmaceutical industry and healthcare · Psychology

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