Chapter
Psychiatry and the law: Perspectives in geriatric borderline personality disorder
Abstract
Clinicians are often called upon to assess mental capacity of older adults in contexts involving civil and criminal law. Assessing decisional capacity is an important, yet complex and individualized task that involves medical, legal, and ethical considerations. Cognitive and personality issues influence the nature and process of how individuals make decisions, and how clinicians conduct capacity assessments of older adults with borderline …
Authors
Parthasarathi U; Alatishe YA; Ambrosini DL
Book title
Borderline personality disorder in older adults: Emphasis on care in institutional settings
Series
Psychiatry — Theory, applications and treatments
Pagination
pp. 81-88
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers
Place of publication
Hauppauge, NY, US
Publication Date
2015