This is the first of three papers reporting the results of the MacArthur Treatment Competence
Study, a project designed to develop reliable and valid information with which to address …

Three instruments assessing abilities related to legal standards for competence to consent
to treatment were administered to 6 groups: patients recently hospitalized for schizophrenia …

This article reports the development and psychometric properties of three standardized and
objectively scored measures, the MacArthur Treatment Competence Research Instruments …

The authors describe the various tests of competency to consent to treatment used today,
which include the following: 1) evidencing a choice, 2)" reasonable" outcome of choice, 3) …

One of the most contentious issues in medical and legal practice is how to reliably assess
the mental competence of individuals who consent or refuse psychiatric treatment. Current …

A set of measures assessing abilities related to legal standards for competence in the
adjudicative process were administered to mentally‐disordered criminal defendants with …

Objective: This study investigated the proportion of psychiatric and medical patients who are
impaired in their decision-making abilities in relation to each of several major legal …

Abstract The MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool for Treatment (MacCAT-T) is the
product of an 8-yr study of patients' capacities to make treatment decisions. It is a semi …

In their work on the MacArthur Treatment Competence Study (eg, PS Appelbaum and T.
Grisso, Grisso et al, and Grisso and Appelbaum; see records 82: 39258, 82: 35494, and 82 …

Objective The feasibility, reliability, and validity of a new instrument, the MacArthur
Competence Assessment Tool-Treatment (MacCAT-T), which was developed for use by …