Treatment Decision-Making Capacity in Children and Adolescents Hospitalized for an Acute Mental Disorder: The Role of Cognitive Functioning and Psychiatric Symptoms

Abstract

The MacCAT-T proved feasible for measuring TDMC in a child and adolescent psychiatric sample. TDMC in minors with severe mental disorders was not necessarily impaired. These results deserve reconsidering the interplay between minors and surrogate decision-makers as concerning treatment decisions.