16: Mental Health and the Law

Question 1

Civil Justice System addresses…

Answer 1

Resolutions of disputes b/w individuals or organization regarding rights or duties

Question 2

Criminal Justice System addresses…

Answer 2

Punishments for violating rules set by a state legislature or Congress

Question 3

Defenses in the Criminal Justice System include…

Answer 3

• Competency to stand trial

- Insanity defense

Question 4

Involuntary civil commitment can be evoked if…(2)

Answer 4

• the person is a danger to self or others

- the affliction causes grave disability

Question 5

Danger to Self in NC (3)

Answer 5

1. Cannot care for self and is likely to suffer serious physical debilitation in near future OR
2. Attempted, threatened, or likely suicide OR
3. Attempted, threatened, or likely self-mutilation

Question 6

Involuntary commitment is a balance between

Answer 6

Autonomy and beneficence

Question 7

Recent trends in involuntary commitment

Answer 7

• Mandatory outpatient commitment

- Civil commitment of sex offenders

Question 8

Confidentiality can be broken by…

Answer 8

Duty to warn

Question 9

Competency to Stand Trial depends on…

Answer 9

• Understanding of the charges

- Ability to participate in their own defense

Question 10

Less than __ % of defendants found incompetent

Answer 10

1

Question 11

The person should not be held criminally responsible if they did not know it was wrong

Answer 11

M’Naghten Rule

Question 12

The person was driven by an irresistible impulse

Answer 12

Irresistible Impulse Rule

Question 13

The crime was a product of mental disease

Answer 13

Durham Rule (typically not accepted)

Question 14

Grave disability is…

Answer 14

being so incapacitated that one is not able to provide for their basic needs

Question 15

The person could not appreciate the wrongfulness of the crime

Answer 15

ALI Rule