Mental Competency - Research News and Information

Saturday, July 04, 2009

Who will participate in acute stroke trials?

10 May 2009 BACKGROUND: Despite the high incidence of acute stroke, only a minority of patients are enrolled in acute stroke treatment trials. We aimed to identify factors associated with participation in clinical trials of novel therapeutic agents for acute ... Read more...

Capacity to make treatment decisions in Chinese older persons with very mild dementia and mild Alzheimer disease.

29 Apr 2009 OBJECTIVES: This study aims at assessing mental competence in Chinese patients with mild and very mild dementia with a semistructured assessment method and the impact of repeated presentations of information on patients' mental competence. DESIGN: ... Read more...

[Fundamental principles of social work--(also) a contribution to public health ethics]

29 Apr 2009 Social work and public health are different but mutually connected. Both are professions with their own ethical foundations. Despite all differences, they have the same goal: to protect and to enhance the well-being of people. This is, in part, why ... Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Mental Competency'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Deprivation of liberty safeguards and the Mental Capacity Act. 17 May 2009
• Who will participate in acute stroke trials? 10 May 2009
• Constitutional law--substantive due process--Pennsylvania Supreme Court holds that criminal defendant's best interests justify forcible medication.--Commonwealth v. Sam, 952 A.2d 565 (Pa. 2008). 29 Apr 2009
• Capacity to make treatment decisions in Chinese older persons with very mild dementia and mild Alzheimer disease. 29 Apr 2009
• Literacy and informed consent: a case for literacy screening in glaucoma research. 29 Apr 2009
• [Fundamental principles of social work--(also) a contribution to public health ethics] 29 Apr 2009
• Minimum clinically important difference for the Nepean Dyspepsia Index, a validated quality of life scale for functional dyspepsia. 26 Apr 2009
• [Patient refusal of treatment] 25 Apr 2009
• Clinical interview assessment of financial capacity in older adults with mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease. 19 Apr 2009
• Activity in the superior temporal sulcus highlights learning competence in an interaction game. 6 Apr 2009
• [Deviations from a treatment agreement without the patient's consent require legal basis] 4 Apr 2009
• Surgical research in the UK. 30 Mar 2009
• Criminal madness: cultural iconography and insanity. 30 Mar 2009
• The straight route to withholding hand-feeding and hydration. 30 Mar 2009
• Contemporaneous assessment of testamentary capacity. 25 Mar 2009
• Lives in the balance. 18 Mar 2009
• GMC is to reconsider guidance on end of life care. 28 Feb 2009
• The ethics of conducting research with mental health service users. 27 Feb 2009
• Choosing for another: beyond autonomy and best interests. 27 Feb 2009
• Case study. Waiting it out. Commentary. 27 Feb 2009

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Technical information about 'Mental Competency'

Definition: The ability to understand the nature and effect of the act in which the individual is engaged. (From Black's Law Dictionary, 6th ed).

Descriptor UI: D016743

Alternative terms: Mental Competency; Mental Competence; Competence, Mental; Competency, Mental; Incompetency, Mental; Mental Incompetency; Incompetence, Mental; Mental Incompetence; Competence;

Related Mesh Headings: Informed Consent; Insanity Defense; Legal Guardians; Treatment Refusal; Comprehension;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; legislation & jurisprudence; psychology; standards;

Tree Number: F01.590; F02.410; I01.880.604.583.530; N03.706.535.625;

History Note: 92

Technical Notes: in mental retard or organic or psychiat mental disord; coord IM with concomitant disord /psychol (IM); competency to consent: coord IM with INFORMED CONSENT (IM)