Multiple Choice
According to the O'Connor vs. Donaldson decision, which of the following conditions in state laws would NOT be Constitutional?
A) Legislating that a person must suffer a mental illness to be committed.
B) Legislating that a person can be committed if (A) is true, and she is also dangerous to others.
C) Legislating that a person can be committed if (A) is true, and she is also dangerous to herself.
D) Legislating that a person can be committed if she has no mental illness but neglects herself so much that her health is weakened.
E) Legislating that a person can be committed if (A) is true and if she is dangerous to herself, and specifying that "dangerous to herself" includes an overt threat to others.
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Q2: The Rosenhan study is famous for showing:<br>A)
Q3: Thomas Szasz holds that, to be real,
Q4: Mayor Koch supposedly wanted to commit Joyce
Q6: Joyce Brown's ultimate medical problem was:<br>A) schizophrenia<br>B)
Q7: In the Alabama legal decision of Wyatt
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