I am interested in looking into the neuroethics of people who have suffered from severe and sustained trauma and/or neglect and getting them to consent to invasive neurological procedures. With a population where people have frequently adopted instant submission to authority as a survival mechanism, is consent possible? How do we make sure that any sort of procedure isn't somehow retraumatizing? How do we make sure that these people feel comfortable declining to do certain things or voicing their needs, if they have learned that it is dangerous to do so? Do we need to take a different approach or special considerations with trauma subjects than we do with other sorts of subjects? what would those considerations be? Do you personally feel that IRB boards, in general, have enough trauma literacy to understand the risks?

*This question is in reference to people who have NOT yet undergone trauma therapy. *

I'm happy to get anything from opinions, to references, to videos, and literature, any and everything... pertaining to this subject!