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Policies

Cancelations

If you are unable to attend an appointment, kindly provide 48 hours notice, excluding weekends. Please note, since we are unable to use this time for another patient, cancellations with less than 48 hours notice and missed appointments will be charged for their visit. Insurance companies will not reimburse for missed appointment fees and you will be responsible for payment. 

Legal Services

Please note that I do not provide court evaluations or court testimony and this is not a Forensic Psychiatry office. If I am ordered to testify in proceedings, it seriously undermines my therapeutic practitioner-patient relationship, is very disruptive to the office routine, and is unfair to my other patients. Please inform me immediately if you are involved in, or plan to go to court. I accept clients only with the specific agreement that that they will not involve Linden Psychiatric Services LLC or Ann Marie Linden, PMHNP-BC in any legal matters, including but not limited to child custody, workers’ compensation claims, and criminal cases. We do not provide legal opinions, do evaluation or testify for disability or child custody cases.

Confidentiality 

 Clinical records are confidential. Information about your treatment will not be released without your written permission with a few exceptions. I am required by law to report evidence of suicidal or homicidal intent, evidence of past or current child abuse, and evidence of past, or current elder abuse. Confidentiality may also be broken if the information could help save your life in a life-threatening emergency. Information may also be shared with medical providers who are concurrently providing medical treatment for you to promote coordination of care and the benefit to you of shared knowledge. 

Controlled Substances

Medications such as benzodiazepines and stimulants are tightly regulated by the DEA. These medications can be very useful when indicated, but require more frequent monitoring and must be part of a comprehensive treatment plan. Controlled substances will not be refilled early and cannot be refilled without an appointment. 

This practice utilizes the New Jersey Prescription Monitoring Program (NJPMP), a statewide database which allows providers to see the history of controlled substances prescribed to an individual. This initiative was designed to limit the abuse and diversion of certain medications, by informing providers about current and past prescriptions and helping them prescribe medication more safely and effectively. 

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