The capacity to vote of persons with serious mental illness

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 624-628

  Raad, Raymond ^a   Karlawish, Jason ^b   Appelbaum, Paul S ^c  

^a New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COGNITION; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTERVIEW; LOGIC; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 66249137763     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.2009.60.5.624     Document Type: Article

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