When a Person Is Declared Mentally Incompetent by a Court

question 30

Essay

When a person is declared mentally incompetent by a court, who is appointed and for what purpose?

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Definitions:

Assessment Instruments

Tools or methods used to evaluate, measure, or otherwise assess various dimensions of behavior, ability, or achievement.

Likert-Type

A scale used in questionnaires to measure respondents' attitudes or opinions, where they indicate their level of agreement or disagreement on a symmetric agree-disagree scale for a series of statements.

Rating Scale

A set of categories designed to elicit information about a quantitative or qualitative attribute.

Class

In an educational context, refers to a group of students who are taught together; in sociology, pertains to the categorization of people based on socio-economic status.