Capacity to take mental health care and treatment decisions in patients with major mental illnesses

Capacity to take mental health care and treatment decisions in patients with major mental illnesses

Background: The Central Mental Health Authority released the Capacity Assessment Guidance Document (CAGD) to help medical practitioners, and mental health professionals assess the capacity of persons to take mental health care of treatment decisions. The objectives of this study were to determine th...

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Main Authors:	Subasri Subramanian, Padmavathi Nagarajan, Moushumi Purkayastha Mukherjee, Parthasarathy Ramamurthy, Shivanand Kattimani
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2025-01-01
Series:	Archives of Mental Health
Subjects:	capacity assessment guidance document mental capacity mental healthcare act
Online Access:	https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/amh.amh_211_24
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