Decisional capacity in young people with first episode psychosis, major depressive disorder and no mental disorder

CMJ Killey; K Allott; S Whitson; SM Francey; C Bryant; MB Simmons

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Decisional capacity in young people with first episode psychosis, major depressive disorder and no mental disorder

CMJ Killey, K Allott, S Whitson, SM Francey, C Bryant, MB Simmons

Schizophrenia Research Cognition | ELSEVIER | Published : 2022

DOI: 10.1016/j.scog.2021.100228

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Abstract

We aimed to (1) examine decisional capacity for treatment in young people (aged 15 to 25 years) with first-episode psychosis (FEP), Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) and no mental disorder, and (2) determine which theoretically relevant factors are associated with, and predict decisional capacity. We assessed decisional capacity (using MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool-Treatment; MacCAT-T), cognitive abilities, insight and symptom severity in young people with no mental disorder (n = 38), MDD (n = 38) and FEP (n = 18) from inpatient and outpatient services. Most young people with MDD (84.2%) or no mental disorder (86.8%) had adequate decisional capacity to consent to treatment based on reco..

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Funding Acknowledgements

We would like to thank Jacky Cheung, Morgan Rayner, Yu Gen Lim and Jeff Jung for their assistance with data collection. This work was supported by an Early Career Researcher Grant from The University of Melbourne (MS), a Dame Kate Campbell Fellowship from The University of Melbourne (KA) and a Career Development Fellowship from the National Health and Medical Research Council (KA, reference 1141207).