Improving Rates of Capacity Assessment in an Acute Psychiatric Ward in London

Aims: Capacity is a decision and time dependent construct and assessing capacity regularly is a core tenet of ethical practice, particularly in a psychiatric setting. However, on our ward we found that these assessments were not formally recorded for all patients. We felt it was pertinent to assess...

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Main Authors: Mia Harada-Laszlo, Sarah Elrifai, Alex Berry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2025-06-01
Series:BJPsych Open
Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2056472425103724/type/journal_article
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