RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
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
FD American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
SP 505
OP 511
VO 24
IS 4
A1 Billick, Stephen B.
A1 Naylor, Peter W.
A1 Majeske, Mathew F.
A1 Burgert, Woodward
A1 Davis, Glen P.
YR 1996
UL http://jaapl.org/content/24/4/505.abstract
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.