title: Commentary: Competency restoration research--complicating an already complex process.
abstract: Predicting restorability in individuals found not competent to stand trial is an enduring focus of interest among forensic clinicians and academicians. In our commentary, we suggest that to understand this area even more comprehensively, we must look further. We must build on existing research on fitness to stand trial, move beyond diagnosis and a binary competence variable, and include the complex interplay between symptoms and fitness-related capacities that may be associated with lack of adjudicative competence and challenges to restorability.
authors: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1500 Waters Place, Bronx, NY 10451, USA. merrill.rotter@omh.ny.gov
authors: Merrill
authors: M
authors: Rotter
authors: Michael
authors: M
authors: Greenspan
mesh_terms: D003417:Criminal Psychology / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D003710:Demography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016743:Mental Competency / Q000523:psychology*; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*