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What is a decision making capacity assessment?
A decision making capacity assessment (or ‘mental capacity assessment’) is a neuropsychological test that evaluates a person’s ability to make logical, reasonable, and informed decisions. It may also uncover any mental impairments due to illness, disability or injury, which may impact decision making capabilities.
Decision making capacity assessments play an important role in determining whether an individual can make decisions for themselves, or whether they may require a ‘legal guardian’ (or ‘litigation guardian’) to make decisions on their behalf.
At GoNeuro Asia, our expert neuropsychologists provide decision making capacity assessments for the medico legal industry including tribunals and other legal matters. If you’re looking for a thorough and detailed medico legal report and decision making capacity assessment in Singapore and around SEA, enquire now or book an appointment today.
高级调查技能
Our clinical medico legal neuropsychologists have advanced skills in investigating and understanding the cognitive, emotional and behavioural effects of your brain. We provide you with highly informative, accurate, and detailed information about assessments of cognitive capacity - all outlined in a comprehensive capacity assessment medico legal report.
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无论您是在记忆、情绪、注意力、语言、阅读、解决问题、决策方面还是在其他神经心理健康领域遇到困难，我们都会为您提供丰富的决策能力评估经验和知识。
Tailored Decision Making Capacity Assessments
Depending on the requirements of the specific tribunal or government body, we’re able to tailor a comprehensive decision making capacity assessment and medico legal report for you, ensuring it meets the relevant requirements and regulations.
What does a mental capacity assessment involve?
Generally, decision making and mental capacity assessments involve a series of questions and cognitive tests that evaluate how well a person can make a reasonable and informed decision.
The main areas that mental capacity assessments review include the individual’s ability to:
- Understand relevant information provided
- Retain information and problem-solve
- Be able to coherently and logically communicate their decisions with reasoning
When should decision making capacity be assessed?
Decision making capacity assessments should be carried out when there is a question of whether an individual lacks the capacity to make informed and reasonable decisions (especially important legal decisions that will have significant impacts on their lifestyle).
Some situations where a decision making capacity assessment may be needed include:
- The individual continues to make ill-informed decisions that negatively impacts their quality of life
- The individual experiences difficulty in remembering events (especially recent events or occurrences)
- The individual feels confused very often, and experiences dramatic mood swings
- The individual is diagnosed with an illness or condition that may impact their ability to making reasonable and informed decisions
Demonstrating capacity for courts & legal proceedings
If you’re involved in court proceedings or bodies that require an investigation into demonstrating decision making capacity in a criminal or civil law context, our expert team of medico legal psychologists are here to help.
At GoNeuro Asia, our decision making capacity assessments can help assess an individual’s capacity to:
- Make financial, medical, lifestyle or personal decisions
- Appoint an enduring Power of Attorney
- Appoint a Medical Treatment Decision Maker
- Be involved in court matters and legal proceedings (without a ‘legal guardian’)
- Make or change a will (demonstrate ‘Testamentary Capacity’)
Plus, our assessments can be used for any other situation where a demonstration of decision making capacity is required. We ensure that your tailored capacity assessments and medico legal reports meet relevant guidelines and regulations in the legal sector.
What are decision making capacity assessments dependent upon?
The specific questions and cognitive tests carried out in decision making capacity assessments depend upon each individual’s situation. Therefore each capacity assessment and medico legal report we provide will vary on a case-by-case basis.
Some of the factors that are considered include:
- 具体推荐问题
- 您或您的医生可能有的任何问题
- 任何特定的健康投诉
- 任何报告的症状
- 您的临床神经心理学家的观察结果
Additional considerations we address to strengthen your legal case
确保更深层次的分析是处理州法庭和其他法律程序的关键。当涉及特定事件时，我们会考虑多种环境情况，尽可能加强您的案例。
Additional areas we consider with our decision making capacity assessments to strengthen your legal case include:
- 一天中的时间
- 地点
- 噪音水平
- 出席的其他各方
- 压力或焦虑程度
- 药物
- 感染
- 存在药物或酒精
For more information on our capacity assessments, get in touch with the expert team of medico legal psychologists at GoNeuro Asia today – we offer our tailored decision making capacity assessments in Singapore and all across SEA.
Frequently Asked Questions
Although we can’t tell you exactly what will be asked, we can say that the assessment includes two sections. The first is the interview stage, where you and the Neuropsychologist will discuss topics of interest. The second is the ‘pen and paper’ stage where the cognitive testing happens.
During the interview stage of the assessment the Neuropsychologist will gear some of the questions towards the specific decision-making capacity topic of interest. These questions help our Neuropsychologist make sure the assessee can comprehend and retain the information relevant to the topic, and is able to make decisions without putting themselves or people around them at risk. The standard test forms used may also differ to suit the needs of the assessee.
Decision-making capacity is used to assist an individual in making decisions to improve their quality of life, and is not to be used to inhibit someone’s ability to make choices within their lives. A person’s capacity to make a decision is ‘decision-specific’. If someone is identified as unable to make some decisions, it does not mean they are unable to make all decisions. The results of a decision-making capacity assessment can vary from allowing a person to regain financial independence to recommendations for future planning and implementing surrounding supports.
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您将通过 Invictus Health 进行的正式神经心理学评估是完全标准化的，因此它以一致的方式对所有患者进行管理，并且每次都使用一致的方法进行评分。
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您可以放心，以负责任和合乎道德的方式收集有关您的数据，并且此类数据仅在绝对必要的情况下存档。
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我们的团队不断学习和指导，确保神经心理学所有模式和领域的最佳实践，持续进行专业发展并严格遵守 APS 指南。
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在 Judy Tang 博士的带领下，拥有超过 10 年神经心理学经验的 Tang 博士在其职业生涯中涵盖了法律和法庭诉讼的各个方面。
Your personalised assessment will be reviewed in detail by Dr Tang personally, ensuring all details are correct and presented in accordance with all relevant requirements and regulations
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