The capacity to consent to treatment is altered in suicidal patients

The capacity to consent to treatment is altered in suicidal patients

Abstract Background Many patients with depression refuse treatment. Moreover, suicide attempters often display low perceived need of treatment and impaired decision-making. These observations raise questions about the capacity to treatment consent in depressed suicide attempters (SA). Methods In pat...

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Main Authors: Emilie Olié, Thomas Catanzaro, Manon Malestroit, Julio A. Guija, Lucas Giner, Philippe Courtet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-09-01
Series:Annals of General Psychiatry
Subjects:
Capacity to consent
Decision-making capacity
MacCAT-T
Depression
Suicide attempt
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12991-023-00459-w

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12991-023-00459-w

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