Mental Competency
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Physician-assisted suicide laws in Oregon and Washington require the person to have current competency and a prognosis of terminal illness. In The Netherlands voluntariness and unbearable suffering are required for euthanasia. Many people... more
The present study examined the role of attributions to discrimination and competence in predicting depression among a sample of 93 Latino/a adults. The major findings showed that attributions to discrimination were related to decreases in... more
Although suicide was the 1 ith leading cause of death in the United States in zooo, the number of empirically validated treat-ments to reduce suicidality is small. Recent reviews indicate that the zo or so trials focused on reducing... more
Philosophically, the most interesting objection to the reliance on advance directives to guide treatment decisions for formerly competent patients is the argument from the loss of personal identity. Starting with a psychological... more
CONSTRUCTING COMPETENCE: FORMULATING STANDARDS OF LEGAL COMPETENCE TO MAKE MEDICAL DECISIONS Jessica Wilen Berg, JD Paul S. Appelbaum, MD & Thomas Grisso, Ph.D.* A young woman ... Rodriguez v. Pino, 634 So. ... 31. People v. Delgado, 213... more
The perormance of two groups of hospitalized mentally ill patients (schizophrenia and major depression) and two groups of non-mentally-ill patients (patients hospitalized for ischemic heart disease and non-ill primary care patients) was... more
1. Thought. 1982 Dec;57(227):449-64. Ethical issues of life and death: a review article. Rowntree S. PMID: 11649634 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]. Publication Types: Review. MeSH Terms: Abortion, Induced; Altruism; Animal ...
Seriously ill hospitalized patients have identified communication and decision making about goals of care as high priorities for quality improvement in end-of-life care. Interventions to improve care are more likely to succeed if tailored... more
Leverage is often applied to persons with mental illnesses who live in the community to encourage them to adhere to treatment. Given the underlying assumption that the targets of such leverage are unable to make good decisions about... more
The legal competency or capability to exercise rights is level of judgment and decision-making ability needed to manage one's own affairs and to sign official documents. With some exceptions, the person entitles this right in age of... more
Assessment of competence to stand trial is a common evaluation that can have substantial consequences for defendants and the criminal justice system. Despite a voluminous literature, much remains unknown. An obstacle to progress in... more
The "mature minor doctrine" is the common-law rule that allows an adolescent who is mature to give consent for medical care. Ethical decisions regarding consent and confidentiality should be distinguished from legal... more
Dissociative identity disorder (multiple personality) is increasingly diagnosed, often follows childhood trauma. and is characterized bv riqidification of phenomena that resemble hypnosis. To inteipret dissociated aspeck of selfhood as... more
Adolescents' rights to abortion have traditionally been restricted more than adults' because of their presumed immaturity. In many states, minors must obtain adult consent for an abortion, but these laws all include a “bypass” stipulation... more
Serial killers have always fascinated society. A serial killer is typically defined as a perpetrator who murders three or more people over a period of time. Most reported cases of serial killers come from the United States and Canada. In... more
This commentary offers a perspective from another common law jurisdiction, specifically the law in England and Wales, where competency to stand trial on a criminal charge is known as fitness to plead. The commentary begins with a... more
Patients who face making a high-stakes decision-whether or not to accept a lifesaving intervention-may make a decision that their careproviders believe is deeply and dangerously mistaken. How can careproviders best help patients in such... more