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Introduction:   Decision   Capacity   Assessment is one of the functions of consultation psychiatry.  It  involves  the  ability  to  make choices autonomously and arises in a relevant way in clinical practice as a precondition to informed consent.Aims:  The  authors  pretend  to  review  the process underlying decision capacity assessment, as well as other relevant information published in this regard.Methods: Non systematic review of the literature, through electronic search in Medline/Pubmed.Results: The ability to decide can only be assessed  in  relation  to  a  particular  decision,  and  its  outcome  is  not  necessarily stable  over  time.  Similarly,  there  is  no single  diagnosis  that  allows  concluding for  incapacity,  nor  dispensing  its  proper evaluation.  It  depends  on  various  factors like  the  thought  conte...