Owen, Gareth S and Freyenhagen, Fabian and Martin, Wayne and David, Anthony S (2017) Clinical assessment of decision-making capacity in acquired brain injury with personality change. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 27 (1). pp. 133-148. DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/09602011.2015.1053948
Owen, Gareth S and Freyenhagen, Fabian and Martin, Wayne and David, Anthony S (2017) Clinical assessment of decision-making capacity in acquired brain injury with personality change. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 27 (1). pp. 133-148. DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/09602011.2015.1053948
Owen, Gareth S and Freyenhagen, Fabian and Martin, Wayne and David, Anthony S (2017) Clinical assessment of decision-making capacity in acquired brain injury with personality change. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 27 (1). pp. 133-148. DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/09602011.2015.1053948
Abstract
Assessment of decision-making capacity (DMC) can be difficult in acquired brain injury (ABI) particularly with the syndrome of organic personality disorder (OPD) (the “frontal lobe syndrome”). Clinical neuroscience may help but there are challenges translating its constructs to the decision-making abilities considered relevant by law and ethics. An in-depth interview study of DMC in OPD was undertaken. Six patients were purposefully sampled and rich interview data were acquired for scrutiny using interpretative phenomenological analysis. Interview data revealed that awareness of deficit and thinking about psychological states can be present. However, the awareness of deficit may not be “online” and effectively integrated into decision-making. Without this online awareness of deficit the ability to appreciate or use and weigh information in the process of deciding some matters appeared absent. We argue that the decision-making abilities discussed are: (1) necessary for DMC, (2) threatened by ABI , and (3) assessable at interview. Some advice for practically incorporating these abilities within assessments of DMC in patients with OPD is outlined.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Mental capacity; Decision-making capacity; Acquired brain injury; Frontal lobe syndrome; Organic personality disorder |
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: | 15 Sep 2015 10:55 |
Last Modified: | 30 Oct 2024 16:40 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/14910 |
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