NEW! Publication on treatment Decision-Making Capacity in Forensic vs Non-forensic Psychiatric Patients

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We are pleased to announce that an article by the EU-VIORMED group has been published in Schizophrenia Bulletin Open (Impact Factor: 5.3) on June 16, 2022.

Consent to treatment is a cornerstone of medical ethics and law. Nevertheless, very little empirical evidence is available to inform clinicians and policymakers regarding the capacities of forensic patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSDs) to make decisions about their treatment, with the risk of clinical and legal inertia, silent coercion, stigmatization, or ill-conceived reforms.

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The article is available also as online content, please see https://doi.org/10.1093/schizbullopen/sgac037

 

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