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Cultural competence in correctional mental health
International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 2013Cultural competence is an essential aspect of competence as a mental health professional. In this article, the framework of cultural competence developed in general psychiatry-acquiring knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to understand the interaction between culture and the individual-is applied to the prison setting.
Reena, Kapoor +4 more
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Journal of Applied Philosophy, 2010
abstractJustification for psychiatric paternalism is most easily established where mental illness renders the person mentally incompetent, depriving him of the capacity for rational agency and for autonomy, hence undermining the basis for liberal rights against paternalism. But some philosophers, and no doubt some doctors, have been deeply concerned by
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abstractJustification for psychiatric paternalism is most easily established where mental illness renders the person mentally incompetent, depriving him of the capacity for rational agency and for autonomy, hence undermining the basis for liberal rights against paternalism. But some philosophers, and no doubt some doctors, have been deeply concerned by
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Mental Competence and Consent to Treatment
The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 1980The issue of mental competence in relation to consent to treatment has been high-lighted in the recently amended Mental Health Act in Ontario. The definition of mental competence in this context, how it is to be determined, and some practical implications of the Section of the Act pertaining to this matter, are discussed.
P, Burra, R, Kimberley, C, Miura
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Competence in mental health care
Health Care Analysis, 2004In this paper we develop a hermeneutic approach to the concept of competence. Patient competence, according to a hermeneutic approach, is not primarily a matter of being able to reason, but of being able to interpret the world and respond to it. Capacity should then not be seen as theoretical, but as practical.
Benaroyo, Lazare, Widdershoven, Guy
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Determining mental capacity and competence
2021The right of a mentally competent adult to refuse medical or any other intervention is enshrined in the common law in the United Kingdom. The issue of how to determine mental capacity was further reviewed by the both the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission in their reports on mental incapacity, and by the Court of Appeal in “re MB” a case ...
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Older Immigrants: Language Competencies and Mental Health
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, 2005Later-life immigration and a lack of dominant language competency present many challenges to mental health for older adults. English as a Second Language (ESL) classes for seniors, often regarded as the sole domain of ESL teachers, offer mental health professionals opportunities for mental health promotion and education.
Laura E, Taylor +2 more
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Mental health - cultural competence.
Australian family physician, 2010Depression, and its associated anxiety, is very common in the community and frequently managed in general practice. Yet it remains a problematic concept. Differing views of depression influence both clinical practice and research.This article discusses the way each patient's culture interacts with other important contexts of clinical practice to shape ...
John, Furler, Renata, Kokanovic
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Improving competence in emergency mental health triage
Accident and Emergency Nursing, 2002The Emergency Department is an important contact point for people with mental health problems (Tobin et al. 1999, p. 2). The Barwon Health Emergency Department is no exception. Approximately 1000 clients per year, or 2.6% of the 38,000 people seen annually in the Barwon Health, Geelong Hospital Emergency Department present with a primary mental health ...
Broadbent, Marc. +2 more
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Promoting mental health competency in residency training
Patient Education and Counseling, 2011To evaluate the effect our developmental-behavioral pediatrics (DBP) curricular model had on residents' comfort with handling mental health issues.From August 2007 to January 2010, residents participating in the Indiana University DBP rotation completed a self-assessment questionnaire at baseline and at rotation end.
Nerissa S, Bauer +3 more
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Assessment of Mental Competency in Community-Dwelling Elderly
Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders, 1999We studied the utility of a "vignette method" to assess mental competency for decision making on medical treatment and research participation. A vignette is a description of an imaginary situation in which the subject is asked to decide on a proposed treatment or on participation in research. His or her understanding of the situation and the quality of
Schmand, B. +3 more
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