Exam 16: Legal and Ethical Issues

Corey has been remanded to a psychiatric hospital to determine if he is competent to stand trial.He has been diagnosed with schizophrenia and is responding well to treatment with psychotropic medications.He is less delusional and his speech is more organized.Based on this,he is deemed competent and is scheduled to stand trial.This is an example of

The most recent extension of the Tarasoff ruling (2004)states

Some version of the insanity defense has been used since the

The trial of Andrea Yates caused great public debate because

The Jones v.United States case illustrated which problem with the insanity defense?

The definition of "insanity" comes from __________

Deinstitutionalization policies have inadvertently led to which of the following outcomes?

Mental health professionals are constrained by

An arrangement whereby a patient is allowed to leave the hospital,but must live in a halfway house or other supervised setting and report to a mental health agency frequently is called

The Insanity Defense Reform Act shifted the burden of proof onto the

What verdict has been proposed most recently for mentally ill persons who commit crimes?

Following civil commitment,patients must be placed in

Issues that have come up after the original Tarasoff ruling have included

The standard of proof for beyond a reasonable doubt requires __________ percent certainty to convict.

When the person's criminal act is a result of severe mental illness or defect that prevents the person from understanding the nature of his or her crime it is addressed by the

Fifty years ago,medical research with human subjects

When someone is determined incompetent to stand trial,what typically happens to him or her?

Mike has attacked his wife several times in the past and appears likely to do so again very soon.He can be locked up now (before he attacks her)if

Mr.J stood near an elementary school with a loaded gun,staring at the children and teachers,every day for a week.Could he be committed,even though he had a license for the gun and had not been seen committing a crime?

If an individual is judged to be Guilty but Mentally Ill,he or she