Algorithmic Assessments in Deciding on Voluntary, Assisted or Involuntary Psychiatric Treatment.

ABSTRACT: The challenges in assessing whether psychiatric treatment should be provided on voluntary, assisted or involuntary legal bases prompted the development of an assessment algorithm that may aid clinicians. It comprises a part that assesses the incapacity to provide informed consent to treatment, care or rehabilitation. It also captures the patient's willingness to receive these treatments, the risk posed to the patient's health or safety, financial interests or reputation and risks of serious harm to self or others. By following various decision paths, the algorithm yields one of four legal states: a voluntary, assisted, or involuntary state or that the proposed intervention should be declined. This study examined the predictive validity and the reliability of this algorithm. It was applied

SUBMITTER: Grobler G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9330761 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature