 Mental Competency
"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 UAMS Profiles 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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| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2008 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2007 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2006 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2003 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2002 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 1992 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mental Competency" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Hester DM, Eisenberg L, Guidry-Grimes L. Regulating Decisions for Incapacitated Pregnant Women. JAMA. 2019 09 03; 322(9):894-895.
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Guidry-Grimes L. Ethical complexities in assessing patients' insight. J Med Ethics. 2019 03; 45(3):178-182.
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Palmer BW, Harmell AL, Dunn LB, Kim SY, Pinto LL, Golshan S, Jeste DV. Multimedia Aided Consent for Alzheimer's Disease Research. Clin Gerontol. 2018 Jan-Feb; 41(1):20-32.
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Palmer BW, Harmell AL, Pinto LL, Dunn LB, Kim SY, Golshan S, Jeste DV. Determinants of Capacity to Consent to Research on Alzheimer's disease. Clin Gerontol. 2017; 40(1):24-34.
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