Capacity

• Apply current law, policy and local procedure for the relevant Australian jurisdiction.
• The meaning is decision- and context-specific and should not be inferred from diagnosis alone.

These related entries share a topic but may describe different kinds of finding, context or clinical task. Open each definition before treating the terms as interchangeable.

Source checking confirms that the published wording is supported by the cited material. It does not mean specialist clinical approval; new wording remains approval pending.

• Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing: Rights and responsibilities in mental health care