Background Psychiatric disorders can pose problems in the assessment of decision-making
capacity (DMC). This is so particularly where psychopathology is seen as the extreme end of …

Objective To estimate the prevalence of mental capacity to make decisions on treatment in
people from different diagnostic and legal groups admitted to psychiatric hospital. Design …

With the waves of reform occurring in mental health legislation in England and other
jurisdictions, mental capacity is set to become a key medico‐legal concept. The concept is …

BackgroundMental capacity is now a core part of UK mental health law and clinicians will
increasingly be expected to assess it. Because it is a legal concept there is a need to clarify …

BackgroundIs the nature of decision-making capacity (DMC) for treatment significantly
different in medical and psychiatric patients? AimsTo compare the abilities relevant to DMC …

Abstract For people with Bipolar Affective Disorder, a self-binding (advance) directive (SBD),
by which they commit themselves to treatment during future episodes of mania, even if …

We tested a phenomenological hypothesis about theoretical and practical rationality in
people with schizophrenia. This hypothesis states that in schizophrenia there is an …

Most of the late 20th century wave of reforms in mental capacity or competence law were
predicated upon the so-called 'functional'model of mental capacity, asking not merely …

BackgroundThere are multiple models of mental illness that inform professional and lay
understanding. Few studies have formally investigated psychiatrists' attitudes. We aimed to …

The COVID-19 pandemic put a large burden on many healthcare systems, causing fears
about resource scarcity and triage. Several COVID-19 guidelines included age as an explicit …