Civil responsibility in Geriatric Psychiatry

Civil responsibility in Geriatric Psychiatry

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Mental health issues impair decision-making capacity, more so in elderly people.Impaired decision-making capacity can make person unfit to enter into various civil deeds and agreements.Such civil deeds can include guardianship, property transaction, holding a bank account, having voting rights, veuve ambal rose making a will, donating an organ, etc.This article focuses on importance of mental health in entering into above-mentioned civil agreements, how to do assessments to determine if one is here fit to enter into civil agreements, and what are the legal ways in which a person can avail help to execute his/her civil rights even when affected by mental health issues.