A clinical study of competency in psychiatric inpatients

Bulletin of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 505-511

  Billick, Stephen B ^a,c   Naylor, Peter W ^b   Majeske, Mathew F ^a   Burgert III, Woodward ^b   Davis, Glen P ^b  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b St Vincent's Hospital

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

COMPETENCE; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; INSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES; MENTALLY ILL; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; ST. VINCENT'S HOSPITAL (NEW YORK CITY); VOLUNTARY ADMISSION;

ADULT; AGED; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0030459493     PISSN: 0091634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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