The juvenile court was founded on a rehabilitation model in which competence of the juvenile defendant to undergo criminal process was not an issue. A few juveniles charged with serious crimes such as murder were waived to adult court, but maturity was generally taken into consideration in the waiver decision, and so severely mentally ill, mentally retarded, or very young defendants tended to r...

background: the success of faculty members of medical sciences universities in medical education arena requires qualification and capabilities authentication in relation with education.  in order to achieve these capabilities, it is necessary to use new and influential approaches of empowerment. one of the appropriate approaches is “competency based training” (cbt). in this method, competencies...

The assessment of competency to stand trial is frequently fraught with conceptual confusion resulting from a failure to properly apply the data of the clinical examination to the relevant legal criteria. A basic question scheme that encompasses (1) the defendant's psychiatric status, (2) the effects of that status on his functioning, and (3) his apparent ability to participate in legal proceedi...

Part I of this Article will examine plain-text selections of legal language concerning mental competency from the constitutions, codes, or relevant decisions by the highest national courts, of three countries: the United States, Germany, and Japan. As three of the biggest economic powers on the planet, these countries merit consideration not just for their contrasting cultural and legal framewo...

Background: Clinical evaluation of hospitalized patients with acute altered mental status (AMS) is a common task of interns, regardless ofmedical specialty. The effectiveness ofmedical education to ensure competence in this area is unknown. Objective: To measure competency of new interns in the evaluation and management of AMS using an Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE). Methods: ...

OBJECTIVE The present demonstration project involved development of a training program designed to teach recovering consumers employed as peer advocates how to provide evidence-based supported employment services to consumers with severe mental illness. METHODS A training curriculum was developed to teach the core competencies of the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) model of supported e...

BACKGROUND Cultural competency is a multifaceted intervention approach, which needs to be implemented at various levels of health-care systems to improve quality of care for culturally and ethnically diverse populations. One level of health care where cultural competency is required is in the provision of health promotion services and programs targeted to diverse patient groups who experience h...

a bstract background: clinical competency is one of the most important requirements in nursing profession, based on which nurses are assessed. to obtain an effective and improved form of clinical competency, several factors are observed and monitored by the health educational systems. among these observed factors, spiritual intelligence is considered as one of the most significant factors in nu...