Informed Consent for Treatment at NCBI
Purpose of the Informed Consent
To inform patients and their guardians of the types of treatments offered at NCBI, the
clinicians providing these treatments as well as the potential risks and benefits from
treatments.
Treatments:
A variety of treatments are offered at NCBI by different clinicians. These treatments include:
- Psychological therapies that are provided by clinical psychologists and
psychotherapists via play therapy for children and talk-based therapy for older
children, adolescents, and adults individually and/or in groups.
- Behavioral therapy is another treatment that aims to change a patient’s behavioral
problems either directly with the patient, and/or the patient’s caregiver. Applied
behavioral analysis (ABA) is a form of behavioral therapy that focuses more at
enhancing the patient’s functioning as opposed to only addressing behavioral
problems.
- Rehabilitation that includes cognitive rehab interventions, with and without non-
invasive neuromodulation (use of waves), speech-language and learning disability
therapy as well as occupational therapy.
- Medication therapy is the use of different classes of medication to treat cognitive,
behavioral, emotional and psychosis symptoms.
- Non-invasive neuromodulation interventions include the use of various
neuromodulation procedures using magnetic coils (transcranial magnetic
stimulation/TMS) or various waves (e.g., transcranial alternating current / tACS) to
enhance cognitive functioning or reduce psychiatric symptoms such as anxiety,
depression, OCD, addiction as well as pain.
- Treatment programs are also offered.
Clinicians:
The clinical staff at NCBI includes clinical (neuro) psychologists, physicians, physician-
assistants, advance practicing nurse clinicians, psychotherapists and rehab therapists as well
as clinical technicians. You may receive treatment from one or more members of the clinical
staff.
What you will be asked to do in the treatment:
Your treating clinician(s) will explain your role in receiving treatments that you have consented
to receive for yourself or your child or other individual who is not able to give their own written
informed consent. You may be asked to sign an additional informed consent specific to the
treatment(s) you may be receiving.
Risks, discomforts and Benefits:
Your individual treating clinician(s) will review with you the potential risks from the
treatment(s) you may receive as well as potential benefits from one or more treatments for
your symptoms, deficits, syndrome, disorder and/or illness.
Voluntary participation:
Your participation is all treatments is voluntary. Your treating clinician(s) will discuss with your treatment options and the various phases of treatment.
Withdrawal from the study:
You may stop participating in treatment at any time, for any reason, if you so decide. Your decision to stop participating, will not affect your relationship with the treating clinician(s) at NCBI.
Confidentiality:
All data related to your treatment(s), for example, progress notes, are stored in your
confidential individual electronic medical records (EMR). The clinical and administrative staff at NCBI has access to your EMR. If you enter treatment and prefer that only your treating clinician have access to your treatment notes, please discuss that option with your treating clinician(s). That progress note or other medical records can be restricted to specific members of your treatment team. Your treatment records are kept confidential up to 7 years from the time you stop treatment and up to age 23 for pediatric patients. Your records can be sent to you at any time.
Questions about your treatment:
Please discuss with your treating clinician(s) any questions you may have prior or during your treatment(s).
Signatures:
I am not waiving any of my legal rights by signing this form. My signature below indicates my consent to receive treatment(s) and I will discuss with my individual treating clinician(s) any additional concerns.