Relationship Between Cognitive Functions and Decision-Making Capacity in Older Institutionalized Patients with Schizophrenia: A Preliminary Study.

Norio Sugawara Yasui-Furukori NorioSonoko YamadaMei AokiYoshitaka TakeuchiKensuke MiyazakiKatzutaka Shimoda

Published in: Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment (2022)

The generally poor cognitive performance of inpatients with chronic schizophrenia indicated that the informed consent process for their treatment might pressure these patients on the basis of cognitive demands. It is necessary for psychiatrists to assess individual decision-making capacity and to increase their patients' involvement in the treatment process.

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