You can’t box humans: Mental health treatment and informed consent.

The average process goes: feel off, see a mental health professional, get diagnosed, and then prescribed treatment whether that is a medication, therapeutic intervention, or both and so on and so on. The beginning of that process typically involves something called informed consent. Informed consent is meant to give clients all of the information they need about the process so that they can choose whether or not they want to engage in the process despite the potential negative impact. Standard practice for informed consent in mental health practices is severely lacking, which is directly contributing to individual and societal harm. In this episode, Guest speaker Dr. Damian Wilde who has been interviewed on this topic for news articles in the UK discusses with Elizabeth Beckmann DMFT and Andrea Hanson LCMHC the holes in the informed consent process, why they are there, the damage they cause, what needs to change, and urge clinicians to engage in and advocate for an ethical informed consent process.Learn more about Dr. Damian WildeWebsite: http://wildepsychology.co.uk/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drdamianwilde/ Twitter: @DrDJWilde Learn more about Andrea Hanson LCMHCWebsite: https://www.andreahanson.net/LinkedIn, FB, Insta, TikTok @andreahansonpsychLearn more about Elizabeth Beckmann DMFTWebsite: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/elizabeth-a-beckmann-sandy-ut/444379TikTok: @dr.e.dmft

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