Neuropsychological assessment at forensic psychological assessment of decision making capacity

Relevance of the research consists in consideration the forensic neuropsychological assessment in Russia. The new problem of use of neuropsychological methods in complex forensic psychological and psychiatric examination and forensic psychiatric examination is studied. The article presents the results of neuropsychological assessment of the persons, who could not understand the meaning of their actions, regulate and control them at the time of the transaction. The persons, who could not understand the meaning of their actions, regulate and control them at the time of the transaction, characterized by the presence of a decrease of the ability to control one's actions and the of spatial functions, the neuropsychological syndrome of memory and consciousness. The persons who were able to make decisions at the time of the transaction, such features were less. The importance of the use of neuropsychological methods in forensic examination was established.

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