thank moderators of rsuicidewatch for allowing post here part team researchers new york state psychiatric institutecolumbia university currently recruiting participants research study looking investigational treatment selfinjury called transcranial direct current stimulation tdcs tdcs noninvasive welltolerated form brain stimulation delivers low current specific area brain using electrodes research shown tdcs help reduce negative emotions may help treat depression conditionswe seeking individuals ages  selfinjure through burning cutting means eligible participants stayingliving within  minutes travel distance manhattan new york ny usa participate study involves completing baseline psychological assessment questionnaires twelve sessions tdcs six visits two weeks doubleblind trial may randomly assigned receive active inactive form tdcs research procedures done homeno inperson visits requiredthree months treatment visits psychiatrist medication management offered cost you compensation  provided time effort eligible complete research proceduresthe researchers team conflicts interest declare study procedures approved institutional review board new york state psychiatric institutesome details confidentiality use personal informationif consent participate research personal information kept confidential released without written permission except described section required law name identifying information made known results study published scientific purposesto make personal research results identifiable used publication scientific literature presentation scientific meetings remove identifying information including name date birthquestionnaire answers data collected task may used future studies shared investigators information identifies scan questionnaire responses task data removed beforehand potential risk loss confidentiality data sharing extremely low deidentified data study may sharedclinical records including name personal identifying information research data kept secure storage new york state psychiatric institute information paper format kept locked files electronic data protected firewall programming makes virtually impossible access data outside new york state psychiatric institute restricting access within new york state psychiatric institute use password known authorized personnel information transmitted electronically encrypted identifying information remains confidentialrecords available research staff federal state institutional regulatory personnel who may review records part routine audits information also available authorized individuals including new york state psychiatric institute also legal advocacy organizations authority new york state law access otherwise confidential subject records although cannot disclose information without consentif interested please contact ashley  ashleyyttredahlnyspicolumbiaedu information also available time treating self injury research study