Insanity

closest friends struggled with depression and self-harm and I watched her go through it, so mental health is an issue that is near and dear to my heart. I understand that this production centers around a healthy woman who has been falsely accused of insanity, but I’m still nervous to see how Emily Mann treats the subject. From what I have read, I’m fairly certain that she has written about mental illness with respect and…

The woman from The Yellow Wallpaper lived in a time where a revolutionary thoughts and reforms about women's right. Not to mention, the husband is the superior of the house. The woman has a nervous depression, so John, her husband, prescribes her a cure which leads her to creepiness and freedom. The treatment is isolation in a locked room with no physical activities, so like prison and even prison is better because there are physical activities and times to leave the cells. Not to mention, the…

Deane utilizes these incidents for a spectrum of varying symbols, a primary one representing the repression which leads to the mother reaching an apparent level of insanity. In the article by Liam Harte he states “a past which is seldom spoken about and not fully understood by all. Throughout the novel this secret past exists at the level of shadows and hauntings. Because it cannot be spoken of and has no substantial…

straitjackets, tranquilizing chairs, and Utica cribs. Pelvic massages with water pressure were done on females and anti-masturbation devices were put on men’s genitalia. All these treatments were used to achieve that these patients choose rationality over insanity. The “gyrating chair” treatment became popular in mid-1700. This chair would spin the patient at speeds up to 100 rmp, which caused the patient 's unconsciousness, with the intended to shake up the blood and tissues of their body in…

Mental Health and Crime When crimes are committed terms such as insane or crazy are often used to describe the guilty party. For the average law abiding citizen it seems impossible that anyone could even consider killing another person or even stealing something that does not belong to them. Although it has been proven that not every criminal has a mental illness, and not everyone who has a mental illness is a criminal. However the mentally ill are often find themselves in prisons and it is a…

Guilt is an emotion associated with feelings of shame, regret, or responsibility for something a person has done. In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, the two protagonists, Macbeth and his wife Lady Macbeth, both suffer feelings of guilt for a heinous crime, the murder of their king. Guilt manifests itself differently in these two characters, as it does in every guilty person. Shakespeare uses blood imagery to develop the theme of guilt, as both characters struggle with and grow accustomed to the presence…

Therefore, I believe the defendant is insane; and I support him for pleading not guilty by reason of insanity to the charge of willfully discharging a firearm at an inhabited house. I firmly believe Mr. Wertz has PTSD. I think if we apply the M’Naghten cognitive test to the defendant actions, such as if the accused commits the crazy act, because of a crazy…

“I had no doubt he was suffering from a mental illness at the time, namely, Major Clinical Depression. But the definition of insanity (written in 1843) requires a mental illness of the sort that prevents a person from knowing what they are doing and knowing right from wrong” (123). This demonstrates the way in which lawyers and such have to examine a person’s sanity. Insanity in diction of current times is commonly defined as a crazed or ridiculous person and it is used in a very casual manner,…

enter a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity? First, a solid understanding must be reached as to what it means to be competent to stand trial. A look at how Costanzo and Krauss (2015) define competency to stand trial and how it pertains to the Miller case. Then an examination of an article in which competency to stand trial is the main focus. Next, what factors are involved when determining if a defendant can be found not guilty by reason of insanity as per Costanzo and Krauss (2015).…

gentleman of the jury we are gathered here today to discuss the murder of Mr. Jones. The prosecution states that Mr. Smith is completely and utterly sane. As the defense, we believe that the our defendant, Mr. Smith, is insane. The legal definition of insanity is, “could not distinguish fantasy from reality, could not tell right from wrong, or is subject to uncontrollable impulsive behavior”. The definition says “or” indicating that the person only has to show signs of one of these example,…