What it is like to be manic
A response to Director
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21514871 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nuala B Kane (0000-0002-0618-1231, Health Service Executive, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Pages | 716-717 |
| Publication date | 2024-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Medical Ethics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0306-6800 • E-ISSN: 1473-4257 |
| Publisher | BMJ (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1136/jme-2024-110032 |
| PMID | 38688687 |
| OpenAlex | W4396508251 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 10 |
In a recent article, Director makes the case that many individuals with bipolar disorder have the capacity to consent to many decisions while acutely manic, even when those decisions are out of character and cause harm. Referring to recent qualitative evidence, I argue that Director overlooks a key mechanism of manic incapacity, an inflexible experience of the future that impairs one’s ability to value. Without attention to the illness-specific experience of decision-making, capacity assessments risk false negatives in people with mania
Data science · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Psychiatric care and mental health services
| Citations per year | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |