Functional mental capacity is not independent of the severity of psychosis

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-18

  Rutledge, Emer ^a   Kennedy, Miriam ^a   O'Neill, Helen ^a   Kennedy, Harry G ^a  

^a CENTRAL MENTAL HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOSIS; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; IRELAND; MENTAL COMPETENCY; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 38349091690     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2007.11.002     Document Type: Article

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