It Is Best to Have a Policy About Cancelled and Missed Appointments, and to Enforce It Consistently

2019 ◽  
pp. 91-94
Author(s):  
Jeffrey E. Barnett ◽  
Jeffrey Zimmerman
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Informed Consent ◽  
Private Practice ◽  
Informed Consent Process ◽  
Consent Process ◽  
Mental Health Clinicians ◽  
Missed Appointments ◽  
Effective Use ◽  
Reserve Time

No business can run effectively and be profitable if customers do not pay for services offered. Mental health clinicians in private practice can easily go out of business if they repeatedly reserve time for clients that goes uncompensated. This chapter highlights how policies regarding cancelled and missed appointments are essential for the effective running of one’s practice. Yet, this chapter illustrates how rigidly enforcing these policies may backfire and result in harm to one’s practice and even in ethics and legal charges against the clinician. A thoughtful and sensitive approach for implementing these policies is provided. Guidance is offered on how to make decisions regarding the use of these policies and how their effective use may promote the success of one’s private practice. This chapter also explains how to effectively integrate the use of these policies into the ongoing informed consent process.

scholarly journals Changing of Chinese psychiatrists’ attitudes toward consent process to treatment and its association with the China’s National Mental Health Law

2018 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-21
Author(s):  
Jingjing Huang ◽  
Yang Shao ◽  
Huajian Ma ◽  
Weimin Yang ◽  
Huafang Li
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Informed Consent ◽  
Treatment Plan ◽  
Physical Restraint ◽  
Informed Consent Process ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Consent Process ◽  
Health Law ◽  
Mental Health Law ◽  
National Mental Health

Objective Few studies have addressed informed consent in Chinese psychiatric practice. We wished to explore psychiatrists’ attitudes toward informed consent in Shanghai after promulgation of the first national law for mental health care in China: the National Mental Health Law. Method A total of 398 psychiatrists were recruited from seven psychiatric hospitals in Shanghai. Their anthropometric data were collected. A confidential, self-report questionnaire addressing attitudes toward the informed consent process was completed by all participants. Results Most respondents would like to inform patients/guardians of the diagnosis (95.2%), treatment plan (93.5%), treatment goals and potential adverse effects of prescribed medications (94.7%), and alternative treatment plans (71.9%). In addition, 58.4% of psychiatrists thought that the informed consent process for physical restraint was difficult to follow. According to logistic regression, psychiatrists not trained to use the National Mental Health Law were more likely to have a negative attitude toward the informed consent process compared with those trained (adjusted odds ratio = 0.21; 95% confidence interval: 0.07–0.59; p = 0.003). Conclusions Psychiatrists trained to use the National Mental Health Law had more positive attitudes toward the informed consent process. Lack of such training could affect the attitudes of psychiatrists toward the informed consent process in China.

Informed consent in probation and parole settings

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 279-286
Author(s):  
Kevin Yeates
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Informed Consent ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Informed Consent Process ◽  
Consent Process ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Probation And Parole ◽  
Correctional Settings ◽  
Implicit And Explicit

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the complex factors associated with informed consent in probation and parole settings. Design/methodology/approach – The author conducted a literature review exploring informed consent in correctional settings. To identify articles for review, the author searched electronic peer-reviewed literature databases for articles on: informed consent, corrections, probation, parole, voluntariness, and coercion. Findings – There is evidence in the literature to suggest that the informed consent process is significantly more complicated within correctional settings than in civilian contexts. The use of implicit and explicit coercion and determining an offender’s voluntariness status may be a problematic prospect unique to the setting. This manuscript makes recommendations to ensure informed consent is truly obtained and to safeguard client welfare. Originality/value – There is a paucity of literature on providing mental health services in probation and parole settings. Furthermore, this paper is unique in discussing factors associated with the informed consent process in that context.

scholarly journals Video-augmentation of the informed consent process in mental health research: An exploratory study from India

2021 ◽  
Vol 66 ◽  
pp. 102870
Author(s):  
Abhijit Nadkarni ◽  
Sheena Wood ◽  
Ankur Garg ◽  
Danielle Fernandes ◽  
Ethel D’Souza ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Informed Consent ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Mental Health Research ◽  
Informed Consent Process ◽  
Consent Process ◽  
Video Augmentation

Informed Consent Process Scale--Chinese Version

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shu Yu Chen ◽  
Shu-Chen Susan Chang ◽  
Chiu-Chu Lin ◽  
Qingqing Lou ◽  
Robert M. Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Informed Consent ◽  
Informed Consent Process ◽  
Chinese Version ◽  
Consent Process ◽  
Process Scale

Readability of Informed Consent Forms: Analysis and Recommendations for Development of Consent Forms for Use with Communities with Limited or Low Literacy

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miraida Morales ◽  
Sarah Barriage
Keyword(s):  
Informed Consent ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Informed Consent Process ◽  
Consent Process ◽  
Measurement Tool ◽  
Low Literacy ◽  
Consent Forms ◽  
Early Readers ◽  
Research With Children ◽  
Consentement Éclairé

This poster presents a pilot study that analyzed a small corpus of informed consent forms used in research with children, adolescents, and adult early readers using Coh-Metrix, a readability measurement tool. Recommendations for increasing readability of consent forms in order to improve the informed consent process are also provided. Cette affiche présente une étude pilote qui a analysé un corpus restreint de formulaires de consentement éclairé utilisés dans la recherche avec les enfants, les adolescents et les lecteurs précoces adultes,  utilisant Coh-Metrix, un outil de mesure de la lisibilité. Nous fournissons également des recommandations pour augmenter la lisibilité des formulaires de consentement afin d'améliorer le processus de consentement éclairé.

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