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MP for Hayes and Harlington, whose constituency includes Heathrow, says homes will either be unliveable or need to be demolishedQ: Are doctors able to recognise depression? And can they decide if that affects someone’s capacity to make a decision about their health?Whitty says doctors can identify depression. But he says it is harder for them to assess if that is affecting capacity.That’s where help from colleagues from psychiatry, mental health more widely, is going to be useful. But that should be good medical practice, in my view, under all circumstances.Certainly what I wouldn’t want is to be in a situation where the existence of the fact that someone who has a terminal diagnosis has some degree of low mood in itself just rules them out from any kind of medical intervention, this or any other. That shouldn’t be the case. Continue reading...
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MP for Hayes and Harlington, whose constituency includes Heathrow, says homes will either be unliveable or need to be demolished
Q: Are doctors able to recognise depression? And can they decide if that affects someone’s capacity to make a decision about their health?
Whitty says doctors can identify depression. But he says it is harder for them to assess if that is affecting capacity.
That’s where help from colleagues from psychiatry, mental health more widely, is going to be useful. But that should be good medical practice, in my view, under all circumstances.
Certainly what I wouldn’t want is to be in a situation where the existence of the fact that someone who has a terminal diagnosis has some degree of low mood in itself just rules them out from any kind of medical intervention, this or any other. That shouldn’t be the case. Continue reading...
