Owen, Gareth S and Freyenhagen, Fabian and Hotopf, Matthew and Martin, Wayne (2015) Temporal inabilities and decision-making capacity in depression. Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences, 14 (1). pp. 163-182. DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s11097-013-9327-x
Owen, Gareth S and Freyenhagen, Fabian and Hotopf, Matthew and Martin, Wayne (2015) Temporal inabilities and decision-making capacity in depression. Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences, 14 (1). pp. 163-182. DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s11097-013-9327-x
Owen, Gareth S and Freyenhagen, Fabian and Hotopf, Matthew and Martin, Wayne (2015) Temporal inabilities and decision-making capacity in depression. Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences, 14 (1). pp. 163-182. DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s11097-013-9327-x
Abstract
We report on an interview-based study of decision-making capacity in two classes of patients suffering from depression. Developing a method of second-person hermeneutic phenomenology, we articulate the distinctive combination of temporal agility and temporal inability characteristic of the experience of severely depressed patients. We argue that a cluster of decision-specific temporal abilities is a critical element of decision-making capacity, and we show that loss of these abilities is a risk factor distinguishing severely depressed patients from mildly/moderately depressed patients. We explore the legal and clinical consequences of this result.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Decision-making capacity; Mental capacity; Depression; Phenomenology; Temporality; Hope; MacCAT-T |
Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) R Medicine > R Medicine (General) |
Divisions: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Philosophical, Historical and Interdisciplinary Studies, School of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 14 Oct 2013 13:55 |
Last Modified: | 30 Oct 2024 16:40 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/8159 |
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