"Mental Competency" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The ability to understand the nature and effect of the act in which the individual is engaged. (From Black's Law Dictionary, 6th ed).
| Descriptor ID |
D016743
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.590 F02.410 I01.880.604.583.530 N03.706.535.625
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| Concept/Terms |
Mental Competency- Mental Competency
- Mental Competence
- Competence, Mental
- Competency, Mental
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Mental Competency" by people in this website by year, and whether "Mental Competency" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2000 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2006 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mental Competency" by people in Profiles.
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C-L Case Conference: Assessment of Dispositional Capacity in Medically Complex Patients. J Acad Consult Liaison Psychiatry. 2024 Jul-Aug; 65(4):379-387.
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Assessment of the Decision-Making Capacity for Clinical Research Participation in Patients With Advanced Cancer in the Last Weeks of Life. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2020 08; 60(2):400-406.
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Psychiatric Advance Directives: Origins, Benefits, Challenges, and Future Directions. J Psychiatr Pract. 2019 Jul; 25(4):303-307.
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Utilization of the Patient Competency Rating Scale in an epileptic and non-epileptic veteran population. Neurol Sci. 2019 Mar; 40(3):571-576.
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Gender Differences in Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Mild to Moderate Alzheimer's Disease Patients Undergoing Switch of Cholinesterase Inhibitors: A Post Hoc Analysis of the EVOLUTION Study. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2018 11; 27(11):1368-1377.
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Managing Care of an Intrapartum Patient with Agitation and Psychosis: Ethical and Legal Implications. AMA J Ethics. 2016 Mar 01; 18(3):209-14.
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Case study. Consultations across Languages. Commentary. Hastings Cent Rep. 2015 May-Jun; 45(3):13-4.
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Organ Donation Beyond Brain Death: Donors as Ends and Maximal Utility. Am J Bioeth. 2015; 15(8):17-9.
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[Medical treatment without patient's consent and against her will]. Harefuah. 2014 Mar-Apr; 153(3-4):139-41, 241.
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Dysphagia in stroke, neurodegenerative disease, and advanced dementia. Otolaryngol Clin North Am. 2013 Dec; 46(6):1137-49.