Geriatric Psychiatry - Legislation & jurisprudence
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

The application of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 among geriatric psychiatry patients: a pilot study.

23 Jun 2009 BACKGROUND: The Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA) was fully implemented in October 2007 in England and Wales. The experience of clinicians working in Old Age Psychiatry, who are likely to have greater experience in the use of MCA, in the early ... Read more...

Contemporaneous assessment of testamentary capacity.

25 Mar 2009 BACKGROUND: Challenges to wills on the basis of lack of testamentary capacity and/or undue influence are likely to increase over the next generation. Since contemporaneous assessment of testamentary capacity can be a powerful influence on the ... Read more...

Surrogate decision making: special issues in geriatric psychiatry.

29 Jun 2004 Surrogate decision-makers, usually family and friends, are often called on to assist seniors who are incapable of making certain decisions. The literature to date has focused primarily on decisions regarding medical treatment. Less has been written ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Geriatric Psychiatry - Legislation & jurisprudence'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• The application of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 among geriatric psychiatry patients: a pilot study. 23 Jun 2009
• Contemporaneous assessment of testamentary capacity. 25 Mar 2009
• A case for judicious use of risperidone and olanzapine in behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD). Favour. 27 Feb 2005
• Is Alzheimer disease a mental disorder? 30 Aug 2004
• Surrogate decision making: special issues in geriatric psychiatry. 29 Jun 2004
• Proxy and surrogate consent in geriatric neuropsychiatric research: update and recommendations. 29 Apr 2004
• [The law and the local fairness of care practice. Reflections on the ethnographic field investigation concerning the failure of the Bopz Act in psychogeriatric nursing home care] 30 Mar 2004
• [The occurrence of coercive measures towards non-hospitalized elderly] 7 Jun 2003
• Pitfalls in assessment of decision-making capacity. 29 Apr 2003
• [The legal position of psycho-geriatric patients in nursing homes and residential homes] 30 Mar 2003
• [Second evaluation BOPZ (Special Survey in Psychiatric Hospitals): from BOPZ to WGBO (The Medical Treatment Agreement)?] 30 Oct 2002
• Involving decisionally impaired subjects in research: the need for legislation. 27 Feb 2002
• Old age psychiatry and the law. 30 Jan 2002
• A survey of use of a durable power of attorney to admit geropsychiatric patients. 30 Dec 2000
• A descriptive survey of acute bed usage for dementia care in old age psychiatry. 29 Apr 1999
• The impact of OBRA '87 on psychiatric services in nursing homes. Joint testimony of the American Psychiatric Association and the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry. 30 Dec 1998
• Geriatric psychiatry in Australia. 30 Jan 1998
• Psychogeriatrics, nursing homes, and lawsuits. 30 May 1997
• [Involuntary commitment in psychiatry of persons aged 65 and older] 4 May 1996
• OBRA regulations and the use of psychotropic drugs in long-term care facilities: impact and implications for geropsychiatric care. 28 Feb 1996

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Technical information about 'Geriatric Psychiatry'

Definition: A subspecialty of psychiatry concerned with the mental health of the aged.

Descriptor UI: D005852

Alternative terms: Geriatric Psychiatry; Psychiatry, Geriatric; Psychogeriatrics;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: F04.096.544.380; H02.403.776.655.260;

History Note: 75

Technical Notes: SPEC: SPEC qualif, not for mental disorders in the aged ( = MENTAL DISORDERS (IM) + AGED (NIM) ): Manual 27.9