Chapter 14 Flashcards
civil commitment laws
Legal proceeding that determines a person is mentally disordered and may be hospitalized, even involuntarily.
mental illness
Term formerly used to mean psychological disorder but less preferred because it implies that the causes of the disorder can be found in a medical disease process.
dangerousness
Tendency to violence that, contrary to popular opinion, is not more likely among mental patients.
deinstitutionalization
Systematic removal of people with severe mental illness or intellectual disability from institutions like psychiatric hospitals.
transinstitutionalization
Movement of people with severe mental illness from large psychiatric hospitals to smaller group residences.
criminal commitment
Legal procedure by which a person found not guilty of a crime by reason of insanity must be confined in a psychiatric hospital.
diminished capacity
Evidence of an abnormal mental condition in people that causes criminal charges against them requiring intent or knowledge to be reduced to lesser offenses requiring only reckless or criminal neglect.
competence
Ability of legal defendants to participate in their own defense and understand the charges and the roles of the trial participants.
duty to warn
Mental health professional’s responsibility to break confidentiality and notify the potential victim whom a client has specifically threatened.
expert witnesses
Person who because of special training and experience is allowed to offer opinion testimony in legal trials.
clinical efficacy axis
One of a proposed set of guidelines for evaluating clinical interventions on the evidence of their effectiveness (compare with clinical utility axis).
clinical utility axis
One of a proposed set of guidelines for evaluating clinical interventions by whether they can be applied effectively and cost effectively in real clinical settings (compare with clinical efficacy axis).
