PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Stephen B. Billick AU - Peter W. Naylor AU - Mathew F. Majeske AU - Woodward Burgert III AU - Glen P. Davis TI - A Clinical Study of Competency in Psychiatric Inpatients DP - 1996 Dec 01 TA - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online PG - 505--511 VI - 24 IP - 4 4099 - http://jaapl.org/content/24/4/505.short 4100 - http://jaapl.org/content/24/4/505.full SO - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law1996 Dec 01; 24 AB - A 15-item questionnaire used to evaluate competency to consent to psychiatric hospitalization was validated using a blind forensic psychiatric interview. The statistical correlation was excellent with p < .001. The questionnaire also correlated highly with the Mini-Mental State Exam (p < .05), the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (p < .05), and the Weschler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised vocabulary subtest (p < .01). This questionnaire may be a useful instrument for preliminary screening of psychiatric patients for competency to consent to hospitalization and general psychiatric treatment.