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(2015) Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences 14 (1).
Temporal inabilities and decision-making capacity in depression
Gareth S. Owen , Fabian Freyenhagen , Matthew Hotopf , Wayne Martin
pp. 163-182
We report on an interview-based study of decision-making capacity in two classes of patients suffering from depression. Developing a method of second-person hermeneutic phenomenology, we articulate the distinctive combination of temporal agility and temporal inability characteristic of the experience of severely depressed patients. We argue that a cluster of decision-specific temporal abilities is a critical element of decision-making capacity, and we show that loss of these abilities is a risk factor distinguishing severely depressed patients from mildly/moderately depressed patients. We explore the legal and clinical consequences of this result.
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DOI: 10.1007/s11097-013-9327-x
Full citation:
Owen, G. S. , Freyenhagen, F. , Hotopf, M. , Martin, W. (2015). Temporal inabilities and decision-making capacity in depression. Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences 14 (1), pp. 163-182.
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