Misevaluating the Future: Affective Disorder and Decision-Making Capacity for Treatment - A Temporal Understanding

摘要

BackgroundWithin psychiatric practice and policy there is considerable controversy surrounding the nature and assessment of impairments of decision-making capacity (DMC) for treatment in persons diagnosed with affective disorders. We identify the problems of “cognitive bias” and “outcome bias” in assessment of DMC for treatment in affective disorder and aim to help resolve these problems with an analysis of how time is experienced in depression and mania.