Key components of the mental capacity assessment of patients with anorexia nervosa: a study of three countries
Plain English summary This study investigated the method of assessing the mental capacity of anorexia nervosa (AN) patients who refuse treatment in Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Approximately one-third of clinicians who assessed patients with AN declared that those patients showe...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2022-07-01
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| Series: | Journal of Eating Disorders |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-022-00633-7 |
| Summary: | Plain English summary This study investigated the method of assessing the mental capacity of anorexia nervosa (AN) patients who refuse treatment in Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Approximately one-third of clinicians who assessed patients with AN declared that those patients showed impaired decision-making capacity when refusing treatment. Clinicians who considered patients with AN to have impaired decision-making ability tended to focus on the level of psychopathological values when assessing their mental capacity. |
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| ISSN: | 2050-2974 |