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What are common reasons for involuntary commitment?
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Individual is retained for psychiatric evaluation, and if determined to meet certain criteria, may be hospitalized against his or her will
Grave disability Danger to self Danger to others |
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What are settings of involuntary commitment?
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state/county hospitals
CMHCs private psych hospitals general hospitals Va hospitals |
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What are patients’ rights during involuntary commitment?
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Right to treatment
Right to refuse treatment Informed consent for treatment Right to public hearing, to counsel, to appeal decisions, to least restrictive commitment |
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Insanity Defense
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Insanity legal term
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What is the M’Naghten Test, the Irresistible Impulse Rule,
the Durham Rule, and the American Legal Institute Rule? M’ Naghten Test |
In 1843 Daniel M’Naghten shot the secretary to the prime minister
Was apparently experiencing hallucinations and delusions Was found not guilty for reasons of insanity M’Naghten Test: Holds people to be insane at the time they committed a crime if, because of a mental disorder, they did not know the nature of the act or did not know right from wrong |
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Subsequent Rules
Irresistible Impulse Rule |
At the time of the crime, the individual was driven by an irresistible impulse to perform the act or had a diminish capacity to resist performing the act
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Durham Rule:
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The crime was the product of a mental disease
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American Legal Institute Rule:
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At the time of the crime, as a result of mental disease or defect, the person lacked substantial capacity either to appreciate the criminality of the act or to conform his/her conduct to the law.
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What are the implications of the Hinckley trial?
Turning Point – Hinckley Trial |
Shot president Reagan in 1981 to impress Jodi Foster
Judged “not guilty by reason of insanity” Public uproar |
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What is APA’s definition of insanity?
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At the time of the crime, as a result of mental disease or mental retardation, the person was unable to appreciate the wrongfulness of his/her conduct
e.g., return to the M’Naghten Test |
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“Guilty But Mentally Ill”
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In some states, verdict can find an individual guilty of the crime, but tags them as “mentally ill” with the presumption that they will be treated while incarcerated
Adequate treatment rarely happens |
