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Published Online: July 1971

Competency for Trial: A Screening Instrument

PAUL D. LIPSITT, DAVID LELOS, and A. LOUIS McGARRYAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 128, Number 1

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.1.105

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The process of determining an accused person's competence to stand trial often causes indefinite commitment to mental hospitals. The authors administered the Competency Screening Test, a device for determining competency, to 43 men who had been referred to a state hospital for determination of competency to stand trial. The majority who scored low on the test were indefinitely committed, while the majority who scored high were returned for trial. The test seems to facilitate screening procedures and avoids hospitalization of competent persons.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 128 • Number 1 • July 1971

Pages: 105 - 109

PubMed: 5170598

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Published in print: July 1971

Published online: 1 April 2006

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PAUL D. LIPSITT

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DAVID LELOS

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A. LOUIS McGARRY

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Lecturer on Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, 58 Fenwood Rd., Boston, Mass. 02115

Associate in Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, 58 Fenwood Rd., Boston, Mass. 02115

Lecturer on Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, 58 Fenwood Rd., Boston, Mass. 02115

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Competency for Trial: A Screening Instrument

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