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International Studies in Phenomenology and Philosophy

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Temporal inabilities and decision-making capacity in depression

Gareth S. Owen Fabian Freyenhagen Matthew Hotopf Wayne Martin

pp. 163-182

Abstract

We report on an interview-based study of decision-making capacity in two classes of patients suffering from depression. Developing a method of second-person hermeneutic phenomenology, we articulate the distinctive combination of temporal agility and temporal inability characteristic of the experience of severely depressed patients. We argue that a cluster of decision-specific temporal abilities is a critical element of decision-making capacity, and we show that loss of these abilities is a risk factor distinguishing severely depressed patients from mildly/moderately depressed patients. We explore the legal and clinical consequences of this result.

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(2015) Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences 14 (1).

Pages: 163-182

DOI: 10.1007/s11097-013-9327-x

Full citation:

Owen Gareth S., Freyenhagen Fabian, Hotopf Matthew, Martin Wayne (2015) „Temporal inabilities and decision-making capacity in depression“. Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences 14 (1), 163–182.