Extra information about treatment is too much for the patient with psychosis

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 369-376

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

^a CENTRAL MENTAL HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Capacity; Consent; Law; Mental health; Mental illness

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSTODY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL PATIENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; COMPREHENSION; DECISION MAKING; DISCLOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; IRELAND; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70350564978     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2009.09.006     Document Type: Article

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