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The Medico-Legal Approach to the Assessment of Testamentary Capacity: A Systematic Review.
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry
November 2024
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (K.S.), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario. Electronic address:
An increase in will challenges on the grounds of lack of capacity and undue influence is anticipated in the face of an imminent transfer of generational wealth by a growing elderly population with a high prevalence of cognitive impairment. Medical experts will be a necessary element of litigation to help the courts make the best legal determinations involving cognitive and psychiatric functions that may affect mental capacity and vulnerability to influence. We conducted the first systematic literature review using Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses ("PRISMA") guidelines in order to identify articles that addressed a comprehensive medico-legal approach to the assessment of testamentary capacity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF2024 Canadian Surgery Forum: Sept. 25-28, 2024.
Can J Surg
November 2024
From St. Michael's Hospital (Naveed, Deshpande, Gomez, Rezende-Neto, Ahmed, Beckett), and the University of Toronto (Naveed).
A Review of the Interpretation of the Canadian Test for Fitness to Stand Trial.
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law
December 2024
Dr. Eid and Dr. Ali are Assistant Professors, Ms. Senko is an Adjunct Lecturer, Dr. Glancy are a Professor and Director, Division of Forensic Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario. Ms. Senko is Senior Legal Counsel (Forensics) and Drs. Eid, Ali, and Glancy are Staff Psychiatrists, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario.
In 1991, Canada introduced Bill C-30 to amend the Criminal Code (mental disorder). Bill C-30 codified accumulated law specifying the criteria for fitness to stand trial. This test was clarified in a landmark case, , which appeared to accept the limited cognitive capacity test.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFManagement of opioid use disorder: 2024 update to the national clinical practice guideline.
CMAJ
November 2024
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience (Yakovenko, Belliveau, Fraleigh, Stewart); Department of Psychiatry (Yakovenko, Stewart), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; Research Centre of Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (Mukaneza, Germé), Montréal, Que.; Department of Medicine (Bach, Wood), University of British Columbia; British Columbia Centre on Substance Use (Bach, Wood), Vancouver, BC; Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care (Poulin); Department of Psychiatry (Poulin), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; Addictions Divisions (Selby), Centre for Addition and Mental Health; Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Selby, Rehm), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine (Goyer, Bruneau), Université de Montréal; Centre de recherche et d'aide pour narcomanes (Goyer), Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux du Centre-Sud-del'Île-de Montréal, Montréal, Que.; Division of General Internal Medicine (Brothers), Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; Addiction Medicine Consult Service, Mental Health & Addictions Program (Brothers), Nova Scotia Health; Institute for Mental Health Policy Research, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (Rehm), Toronto, Ont.; Department of Psychology (Hodgins), University of Calgary; Department of Psychology (Hodgins), Alberta Gambling Research Institute, Calgary, Alta.; Drug addiction service (Bruneau), Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que.
Article Synopsis
- - The 2024 update of the 2018 National Guideline for Clinical Management of Opioid Use Disorder emphasizes the need for current scientific evidence to inform treatment practices for opioid use disorder in Canada.
- - A comprehensive review from 2017 to 2023 was conducted to revise the guidelines, involving a national committee including those with personal experience in opioid use disorder, and ensuring quality through established methods.
- - Key changes in the recommendations include recognizing methadone and buprenorphine as equally effective first-line treatments, introducing slow-release oral morphine as a second-line option, and highlighting that psychosocial interventions should be optional rather than mandatory.
Fair and Safe Eligibility Criteria for Women's Sport: The Proposed Testing Regime Is Not Justified, Ethical, or Viable.
Scand J Med Sci Sports
November 2024
Manchester Metropolitan Institute of Sport, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK.
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