“…However, inherent to this notion is some ambiguity regarding its exact meaning and scope (Bublitz, 2020). Some define a right to mental integrity as an individual's "mastery of his mental states and brain data" (Lavazza, 2018), characterizing it as a mental "capacity," while others define the right as a right "against nonconsensual mental interference" (Bublitz and Merkel, 2014;Mendlow, 2021), emphasizing the absence of external influences (see also Douglas and Forsberg, 2021). The notion of mental integrity is also closely associated with other, more well-known, fundamental concepts such as autonomy, agency, and bodily integrity.…”