Patients who are being diagnosed with depression or bipolar or any of the 374 mental disorders in psychiatry's diagnostic manual seldom give any kind of informed consent for the treatment of those disorders. This immediately puts the patient at risk, for they are left in the dark as to what may be expected from the treatment, whether it be psychiatric drugs or even electroshock, and this lack of knowledge can lead to serious consequences, including death. The standard for informed consent in medicine includes communicating the nature of the diagnoses, the purpose of a proposed treatment or procedure, the risks and benefits of the proposed treatment, and informing the patient of alternative treatments so he can make an informed, educated choice. Psychiatrists are notorious for not telling patients the potential side effects of drugs, and commonly re-diagnose these side effects as further mental illness. They do not accurately inform patients of the nature of the diagnoses, whether the drugs are safe, how the drugs work, whether they are FDA approved, or what side effects can be expected. Nor do they cover the potential dangers of the treatments such as electroshock or the dangers posed by psychiatric drugs when used off-label. Dr. Moira Dolan, an internal medicine physician and executive director of Medical Accountability Network explains why it is so important for individuals to get all the appropriate information about any psychiatric diagnoses and the dangerous psychiatric drugs prescribed for them in this 44-minute show.