Mental Competency (Latest Articles)

Latest indexed articles for 'Mental Competency'

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High Court ruling means people with mental illness may now get a fairer hearing in court.

29 Apr 2009
rec_pub_19522077-high-court-ruling-means-people-mental-illness-fairer-hearing-court.htm

Borderline personality disorder and related traits in forensic psychiatry.

29 Apr 2009 Persons with borderline personality disorder (BPD) and related traits appear in many forensic psychiatry settings. Their clinical hallmarks affecting judgment, insight, impulsivity, motivations, and regulation of emotions, as well as their ...
rec_pub_19461395-borderline-personality-disorder-related-traits-forensic-psychiatry.htm

[Psychiatric assessment in civil law questions]

29 Apr 2009 Psychiatric reports in German civil law cases are required if questions are raised of legal capacity, capacity to express a testamentary will, ability to sue or be sued, capacity to marry, ability of mentally disordered patients to consent to ...
rec_pub_19159913-psychiatric-assessment-civil-law-questions.htm

Combat veterans, mental health issues, and the death penalty: addressing the impact of post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury.

29 Apr 2009 More than 1.5 million Americans have participated in combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan over the past seven years. Some of these veterans have subsequently committed capital crimes and found themselves in our nation's criminal justice system. ...
rec_pub_19618551-combat-veterans-mental-health-issues-death-penalty-addressing-impact.htm

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
rec_pub_19492499-constitutional-law-substantive-process-pennsylvania-supreme-court.htm

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: ...
rec_pub_19390300-capacity-make-treatment-decisions-chinese-older-persons-mild-dementia.htm

Literacy and informed consent: a case for literacy screening in glaucoma research.

29 Apr 2009
rec_pub_19433725-literacy-informed-consent-case-literacy-screening-glaucoma-research.htm

[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 ...
rec_pub_19360384-fundamental-principles-social-work-contribution-public-health-ethics.htm

Minimum clinically important difference for the Nepean Dyspepsia Index, a validated quality of life scale for functional dyspepsia.

26 Apr 2009 OBJECTIVES: The Nepean Dyspepsia Index (NDI) was specifically developed for trials in functional dyspepsia, but the smallest change on the total or subscale scores, which corresponds to a clinically meaningful change (minimal clinically important ...
rec_pub_19491862-minimum-clinically-important-difference-nepean-dyspepsia-index.htm

[Patient refusal of treatment]

25 Apr 2009
rec_pub_19425263-patient-refusal-treatment.htm

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