caa a22 4500 445798203 CHVBK 20180317145132.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11017-010-9171-8 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11017-010-9171-8 Meynen Gerben Faculty of Philosophy and EMGO Institute, VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1105, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands aut Depression, possibilities, and competence: A phenomenological perspective [Elektronische Daten] [Gerben Meynen] Competent decision-making is required for informed consent. In this paper, I aim, from a phenomenological perspective, to identify the specific facets of competent decision-making that may form a challenge to depressed patients. On a phenomenological account, mood and emotions are crucial to the way in which human beings encounter the world. More precisely, mood is intimately related to the options and future possibilities we perceive in the world around us. I examine how possibilities should be understood in this context, and how, in depression, decision-making might be compromised. I suggest that, based on this analysis, a specific emphasis and alertness in assessments of competence in depressed patients is called for. In fact, close attention should be paid to the range of future possibilities depressed patients are able to perceive. In addition, providing environmental cues to these patients might be one way of enhancing their decision-making capacity. The practical suggestions arrived at are open to empirical research. The Author(s), 2011 Depression nationallicence Mood nationallicence Competence nationallicence Decision-making nationallicence Possibilities nationallicence Phenomenology nationallicence Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics Springer Netherlands 32/3(2011-06-01), 181-193 1386-7415 32:3<181 2011 32 11017 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11017-010-9171-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11017-010-9171-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Meynen Gerben Faculty of Philosophy and EMGO Institute, VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1105, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics Springer Netherlands 32/3(2011-06-01), 181-193 1386-7415 32:3<181 2011 32 11017 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer