Decisional capacity in mental illness and substance use disorders: Empirical database and policy implications

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 607-628

  Jeste, Dilip V ^a,b   Saks, Elyn ^b,c,d  

^a University of California San Diego School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d New Center for Psychoanalysis   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPETENCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT RIGHT; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCORING SYSTEM; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CRIMINAL LAW; DATABASES; DATABASES AS TOPIC; DECISION MAKING; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PUBLIC POLICY; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748294146     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: 10990798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bsl.707     Document Type: Conference Paper

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