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“Decisional Capacity in Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders: Empirical Database and Policy Implications” (with Dilip V. Jeste). 24 Behavioral Sciences and the Law 607 (2006).
Publication Year:
2006
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Elyn Saks
Orrin B. Evans Distinguished Professor of Law, and Professor of Law, Psychology, and Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences
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