How do you approach patients with underlying psychiatric disorders who refuse CML treatment due to not believing their diagnosis?

Importantly, having an underlying psychiatric disorder doesn't unto itself mean that the patient lacks the capacity to make their own medical decisions. Further information is necessary about the patient's understanding, their current status, etc., to make that determination. At many institutions, psychiatry teams assist with such capacity assessments. Even if the patient DOESN'T have the capacity to accept/refuse treatment for their CML, however, that is not to say that it necessarily would be ...