Mental Competency

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Dementia and dignity: towards a new method of surrogate decision making.

Autonomous decisions are decisions that reflect the self who makes them. Since patients in need of surrogate decision making can no longer enjoy the dignity of being free to express who they are through choice and action, surrogates should strive to, at ...
Elysa R Koppelman (J Med Philos, 200202)
dementia-dignity-towards-new-method-surrogate-decision-making.asp

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Confidentiality for mental health concerns in adolescent primary care.

Guidelines from several national professional groups and a patchwork of state laws support the option to provide confidential mental healthcare for adolescents as a way to reduce barriers to treatment. These guidelines do not, however, help doctors ...
Larry Wissow, Kate Fothergill, Jane Forman (Bioethics Forum, 2002)
confidentiality-mental-health-concerns-adolescent-primary-care.asp

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Ethical issues in psychosocial interventions research involving controls.

Psychiatric research is of critical importance in improving the care of persons with mental illness. Yet it may also raise difficult ethical issues. This article explores those issues in the context of a particular kind of research: psychosocial ...
E R Saks, D V Jeste, E Granholm, B W Palmer, L Schneiderman (Ethics Behav, 2002)
ethical-issues-psychosocial-interventions-research-involving-controls.asp

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Competence-to-stand-trial evaluations of geriatric defendants.

This descriptive study compares geriatric defendants (n = 57) found competent to stand trial (n = 36) with those found incompetent (n = 21). A review of the records of 57 consecutive pretrial geriatric detainees who underwent competence-to-stand-trial ...
Richard L Frierson, Steven J Shea, Mary E Craig Shea (J Am Acad Psychiatry Law, 2002)
competence-stand-trial-evaluations-geriatric-defendants.asp

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Trust and understanding in the attorney-juvenile relationship.

This study investigated whether court-experienced juveniles differ from court-experienced adults in their understanding of the defense counsel role and their trust in attorneys. Court-experienced juveniles and young adults, ages 12 to 20, were compared ...
Christine Schnyder Pierce, Stanley L Brodsky (Behav Sci Law, 2002)
trust-understanding-attorney-juvenile-relationship.asp