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Mental Incompetence Law and Legal Definition

Mental incompetence is the inability of a person to make or carry out important decisions regarding his or her affairs. An individual is defined as mentally incompetent if h/she is manifestly psychotic or otherwise of unsound mind, either consistently or sporadically, by reason of mental defect. Few examples of such mental defect are retardation, schizophrenia, and dementia.

Legal Definition list

• Mental Impairment
• Mental Illness
• Mental Health Service Professional
• Mental Health Parity Act [MHPA]
• Mental Health Court
• Mental Incompetence
• Mental Injury
• Mental Retardation
• Mental Shock
• Mentally Ill
• Mentally Retarded

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