Chapter 14: Mental Health Services Flashcards
What is the civil commitment laws?
Legal proceeding that determines a person is mentally disordered an may be hospitalized, even involuntarily
What are the three criteria for civil commitment laws?
Person has a mental illness and needs treatment
Person is dangerous to self or others
Grave disability-inability to care for self
Cannot be involuntarily committed without treatment
The right to treatment
Treatment within the least confining and limiting setting
The right to the least restrictive alternative
Persons cannot be forced to become competent for trial
The right to refuse treatment
What court case resulted in you must warn individual in danger?
Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California
What is the Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California case?
Poddar hinted he was going to kill Tarasoff in a session. Therapist believed this threat was serious and contacted the campus police, who received assurances from Poddar that he would leave Tarasoff alone. Weeks later Poddar shot and killed Tarasoff.
What court case resulted in threats needing to be specific?
Thompson v. County of Alameda
What is 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.
Accused of committing a crime, detainment in a mental health facility for evaluation, focus on fitness to stand trial, found guilty or not guilty by reason of insanity
What is the process of insanity defense?
Incompetent to stand trial, treated, competent for trial, they then look normal to the jury and have to convince the jury they were insane when the crime was committed. Has to be a psychological reason for the insane state during crime, not substance induced.
What was the instance of public misperceptions and outrage at insanity defense?
John Hinckley Jr. (guy who shot Reagan) found not guilty by reason of insanity. Everyone thought he was going to be set free when really he would be institutionalized probably for life.
