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SUBMITTER: Fisher CE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3624886 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Fisher Carl Erik CE Dunn Laura B LB Christopher Paul P PP Holtzheimer Paul E PE Leykin Yan Y Mayberg Helen S HS Lisanby Sarah H SH Appelbaum Paul S PS
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 20120719
Research on deep brain stimulation (DBS) for treatment-resistant depression appears promising, but concerns have been raised about the decisional capacity of severely depressed patients and their potential misconceptions about the research. We assessed 31 DBS research participants with the MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool for Clinical Research (MacCAT-CR), a well-validated capacity measure, and with a scale to measure therapeutic misconception, which occurs when subjects do not recognize key ...[more]