PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Akintunde A. Akinkunmi TI - Commentary: Competently Assessing Competence to Stand Trial Can Be Trying DP - 2006 Jun 01 TA - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online PG - 189--190 VI - 34 IP - 2 4099 - http://jaapl.org/content/34/2/189.short 4100 - http://jaapl.org/content/34/2/189.full SO - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law2006 Jun 01; 34 AB - This brief commentary discusses the difficulties inherent in assessing competency to stand trial (CST), especially when attempting to match the use of instruments with the outcomes of clinical assessment. Suggestions for possible future lines of research are made.