Mental Competency

"Mental Competency" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The ability to understand the nature and effect of the act in which the individual is engaged. (From Black's Law Dictionary, 6th ed).

Descriptor ID	D016743
MeSH Number(s)	F01.590 F02.410 I01.880.604.583.530 N03.706.535.625
Concept/Terms	Mental Competency Mental Competency Mental Competence Competence, Mental Competency, Mental Incompetency, Mental Incompetency, Mental Mental Incompetency Incompetence, Mental Mental Incompetence Competence Competence

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Mental Competency".

Psychiatry and Psychology [F]
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms [F01]
Mental Competency [F01.590]
Psychological Phenomena [F02]
Mental Competency [F02.410]
Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena [I]
Social Sciences [I01]
Sociology [I01.880]
Social Control, Formal [I01.880.604]
Jurisprudence [I01.880.604.583]
Mental Competency [I01.880.604.583.530]
Health Care [N]
Health Care Economics and Organizations [N03]
Social Control, Formal [N03.706]
Jurisprudence [N03.706.535]
Mental Competency [N03.706.535.625]

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2004	1	2	3
2005	1	0	1
2013	1	0	1
2016	0	1	1
2017	2	0	2
2019	2	0	2

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DeMartino ES, Doyle CK, Mueller PS. Regulating Decisions for Incapacitated Pregnant Women-Reply. JAMA. 2019 09 03; 322(9):895.

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DeMartino ES, Sperry BP, Doyle CK, Chor J, Kramer DB, Dudzinski DM, Mueller PS. US State Regulation of Decisions for Pregnant Women Without Decisional Capacity. JAMA. 2019 04 23; 321(16):1629-1631.

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Afolabi MOS, Sodeke SO. Reconciling Competence and Consent in Opioid-Dependence Research: The Value of Vulnerability Rhetoric. Am J Bioeth. 2017 12; 17(12):48-50.

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DeMartino ES, Dudzinski DM, Doyle CK, Sperry BP, Gregory SE, Siegler M, Sulmasy DP, Mueller PS, Kramer DB. Who Decides When a Patient Can't? Statutes on Alternate Decision Makers. N Engl J Med. 2017 Apr 13; 376(15):1478-1482.

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Lourenco SF, Bonny JW. Representations of numerical and non-numerical magnitude both contribute to mathematical competence in children. Dev Sci. 2017 07; 20(4).

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Conejero JS, Godue C, Guti?rrez JF, Valladares LM, Rabionet S, Concha J, Vald?s MV, G?mez RD, Mujica OJ, Cabezas C, Lucano LL, Castellanos J. [Core competencies in public health: a regional framework for the Americas]. Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2013 Jul; 34(1):47-53.

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Perkinson MA, Berg-Weger ML, Carr DB, Meuser TM, Palmer JL, Buckles VD, Powlishta KK, Foley DJ, Morris JC. Driving and dementia of the Alzheimer type: beliefs and cessation strategies among stakeholders. Gerontologist. 2005 Oct; 45(5):676-85.

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Alpert JS, Shine KI, Adams RJ, Antman EM, Kavey RE, Friedman L, Frye RL, Harrington RA, Korn D, Merz JF, Ofili E. Task force 1: The ACCF and AHA codes of conduct in human subjects research. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2004 Oct 19; 44(8):1724-8.

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Hoza B, Gerdes AC, Hinshaw SP, Arnold LE, Pelham WE, Molina BS, Abikoff HB, Epstein JN, Greenhill LL, Hechtman L, Odbert C, Swanson JM, Wigal T. Self-perceptions of competence in children with ADHD and comparison children. J Consult Clin Psychol. 2004 Jun; 72(3):382-91.

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Mueller PS, Hook CC, Fleming KC. Ethical issues in geriatrics: a guide for clinicians. Mayo Clin Proc. 2004 Apr; 79(4):554-62.

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