The delusion based will: the question of validity.
The psychiatric evaluation of the testamentary capacities of a delusional person may be hindered by (a) the cognitive, emotional and situational factors affecting the evaluator during the execution of her or his task, and (b) the sometimes very difficult challenge of proving testament invalidity due to the presence of delusions. As an illustration, this article presents a specific case which was recently brought to court in Israel.
Mester
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Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel.
Toren
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Gonen
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D003702:Delusions / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005104:Expert Testimony / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D008297:Male; D016743:Mental Competency / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012563:Schizophrenia, Paranoid / Q000175:diagnosis; D014918:Wills / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000523:psychology