TY - JOUR T1 - A Clinical Study of Competency in Psychiatric Inpatients JF - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online JO - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law SP - 505 LP - 511 VL - 24 IS - 4 AU - Stephen B. Billick AU - Peter W. Naylor AU - Mathew F. Majeske AU - Woodward Burgert III AU - Glen P. Davis Y1 - 1996/12/01 UR - http://jaapl.org/content/24/4/505.abstract N2 - 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. ER -