Decision making in structure of self-regulation of persons with mental disorders at assessment of capacity

Abstract

The paper is based on the conception of Luria's neuropsychological theory, the conception of self-regulation (Nikolaeva V.V.), the model of decision making (Kornilova T.V.), methodological basis of psychological and psychiatric assessment of capacity of The Serbsky State Scientific Center for Social and Forensic Psychiatry (Kharitonova N.K.).

Research goal

To study neuropsychological factors in persons with mental disorders who are involves in forensic assessment of capacity and find out correlation between decision-making and neuropsychological factors.

Research subject

The three levels of self-regulation (the level of regulation of mental status, the operational level, the motivational level) and the role of decision making in this structure in persons with mental disorders who are involves in forensic assessment of capacity.

The research methods

Neuropsychological methods by Luria A.R., patopsychological methods for assessment Higher Psychological Functions (Zeigarnik B.V.), Melbourne decision making questionnaire (a Russian adaptation, Kornilova T.V.).

According to Luria's neuropsychological theory, series of the basic neuropsychological methods include: (1) determine arithmetic task using an algorithm, (2) tests for study of praxis and gnosis, (3) tests for study of memory and attention, (4) test for study of comprehension of logical-grammatic expressions.

Results

• – The three levels of self-regulation correspond to the three functional brain's areas (according to Luria's neuropsychological theory)

• – Decision making correlation with factors of the third brain‘s area (the frontal lobe)

The conclusions

Our research considers neuropsychological factors like possible medical criterion for assessment of capacity.

Disclosure of interest

The author has not supplied his/her declaration of competing interest.