"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.
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
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Mental Competency".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Mental Competency".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Mental Competency" by people in this website by year, and whether "Mental Competency" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 2018 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2019 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2020 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
To return to the timeline, click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Mental Competency" by people in Profiles.
-
COVID-19 Vaccination of Minors Without Parental Consent: Respecting Emerging Autonomy and Advancing Public Health. JAMA Pediatr. 2021 10 01; 175(10):995-996.
-
The COVID-19 vaccine and the best interests of a person who lacks capacity. Br J Nurs. 2021 Mar 11; 30(5):320-321.
-
Adolescent Consent for Human Papillomavirus Vaccine: Ethical, Legal, and Practical Considerations. J Pediatr. 2021 04; 231:24-30.
-
The impact of health QR code system on older people in China during the COVID-19 outbreak. Age Ageing. 2021 01 08; 50(1):55-56.
-
Mental Capacity Assessments for COVID-19 Patients: Emergency Admissions and the CARD Approach. J Bioeth Inq. 2020 Dec; 17(4):803-808.
-
UK cancer care threatened by government incompetence. Lancet Oncol. 2020 11; 21(11):1387.
-
How nurses can support the inclusion in research of older people who lack capacity to consent. Nurs Older People. 2021 Mar 30; 33(2):26-31.
-
Helping People With Dementia Exercise Their Right to Vote. JAMA. 2020 10 20; 324(15):1485-1486.
-
COVID-19 Trial Enrollment for Those Who Cannot Consent: Ethical Challenges Posed by a Pandemic. Pediatrics. 2020 11; 146(5).
-
Mental health, mental capacity, ethics, and the law in the context of COVID-19 (coronavirus). Int J Law Psychiatry. 2020 Nov - Dec; 73:101632.