Guardianship, psychotic disorders and capacity to vote

Authors

  • Matías Juan Martínez Poder Judicial Provincia de Buenos Aires

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31053/1853.0605.v75.n1.16494

Keywords:

psychiatry, forensic psychiatry, schizophrenia spectrum and others psychotic disorders, mental disabled persons.

Abstract

The article is aimed to offer an approach of the state of the art of the practices in legal ability determination proceedings in people affected by psychotic disorders and their competency to vote. Therefore, we offer a revision of the subject with special emphasis in the contribution from psychiatry, linked with capacity evaluation models for the decision-making process, and the report of a brief descriptive study based on the results of legal proceedings carried on by a Family Court in Buenos Aires Province from March 2014 to December 2016.

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Published

2018-02-27

How to Cite

1.
Martínez MJ. Guardianship, psychotic disorders and capacity to vote. Rev Fac Cien Med Univ Nac Cordoba [Internet]. 2018 Feb. 27 [cited 2024 Jul. 17];75(1):52-61. Available from: https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/med/article/view/16494

Issue

Vol. 75 No. 1 (2018)

Section

Humanism and Medicine

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