Evaluation of Capacity to Consent to Treatment and Research

ABOUT THIS BOOK

• Selling point: Part of the successful Best Practices in Forensic Mental Health Assessment series
• Selling point: Provides step-by-step information on evaluating competence to consent to treatment
• Selling point: Contains useful features like key terms, best practice sidebars, and checklists

Forensic mental health assessment (FMHA) has grown into a specialization informed by research and professional guidelines. This series presents up-to-date information on the most important and frequently conducted forms of FMHA. The 19 topical volumes address best approaches to practice for particular types of evaluation in the criminal, civil, and juvenile/family areas. Each volume contains a thorough discussion of the relevant legal and psychological concepts, followed by a step-by-step description of the assessment process from preparing for the evaluation to writing the report and testifying in court.

Volumes include the following helpful features:

· Boxes that zero in on important information for use in evaluations
· Tips for best practice and cautions against common pitfalls
· Highlighting of relevant case law and statutes
· Separate list of assessment tools for easy reference
· Helpful glossary of key terms for the particular topic

In making recommendations for best practice, authors consider empirical support, legal relevance, and consistency with ethical and professional standards. These volumes offer invaluable guidance for anyone involved in conducting or using forensic evaluations. Patients provide valid informed consent to a treatment or a diagnostic procedure if they have sufficient capacity, have been given appropriate information, and give consent freely without coercion or undue influence. When a patient's capacity for treatment consent is in doubt, a clinician must determine whether the patient indeed has the capacity. This book provides clear, step-by-step information on the evaluation procedure for capacity to consent to both treatment and research.

Readership: Forensic Psychologists, Clinicians, Lawyers, Judges, students

AUTHOR INFORMATION

Scott Y.H. Kim, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Michigan

REVIEWS

"This is an excellent and important book addressing the issue of capacity top consent to treatment and research. Every physician and researcher needs to know the information contained in this very useful book." - Doody's Notes