Mental health assessment of altruistic non-directed kidney donors: An EAPM consensus statement

•The practice of non-directed or altruistic kidney donation varies widely between countries.•The need for some form of mental health assessment of potential donors is well recognised, but again practice varies widely.•This paper reports an attempt by international authors to establish consensus abou...

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Published inJournal of psychosomatic research Vol. 107; pp. 26 - 32
Main Authors Potts, Stephen, Vitinius, Frank, Erim, Yesim, Gazdag, Gabor, Gribble, Robert, Ismail, S.Y. (Sohal), Massey, Emma K., Maldonado, Jose, Mucsi, Istvan, Novak, Marta, Niazi, Shehzad Khan, Schneekloth, Terry D., Syngelakis, Markos, Zimbrean, Paula
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Elsevier Inc 01.04.2018
Elsevier Science Ltd
Subjects
Altruism
Blood & organ donations
Consensus
Donors
Humans
Kidney Transplantation
Kidneys
Mental Health
Organ donors
Psychiatry
Psychological assessment
Psychology
Psychosomatic medicine
Standardization
Tissue Donors - psychology
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Summary:•The practice of non-directed or altruistic kidney donation varies widely between countries.•The need for some form of mental health assessment of potential donors is well recognised, but again practice varies widely.•This paper reports an attempt by international authors to establish consensus about the approach to donor assessments.•It makes recommendations about the timing, content, process and outcomes of the assessments.•The paper also proposes a minimum data set to allow comparisons between centres and nations.
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ISSN:0022-3999
1879-1360
DOI:10.1016/j.jpsychores.2017.12.001