Chapter 16

Question 1

Due to a mental health condition Jonathan seems unable to feed or care for himself his family want to put him in a facility against his will. Joanna has told her therapist that she plans to kill her husband, the therapist is contemplating breeching this confidence so the husband can know. Which case involve behavior that has legal and ethical implication.

Answer 1

A) Both

Question 2

which statement about criminal commitment is accurate.

Answer 2

A) It refers to the incarceration of somebody for having committed a crime

Question 3

Which Statement is accurate regarding the term Insanity.

Answer 3

A) insanity is a legal concept to remember ……?????

Question 4

What is a question raised by the tarisoff ruling?

Answer 4

B) When is a therapist legally and ethically obligated to breach patient-therapist confidentiality.

Question 5

A man who has delusions and hallusinations that told him to kill his parents is found not guilty by reason of insanity because at the time of the crime, he did not know right from wrong this insanity verdict is

Answer 5

D) illustrates the McNaughten Rule

Question 6

criminal commitment

Answer 6

the incarceration of an individual for having committed a crime

Question 7

competency to stand trial

Answer 7

A judgment that a defendant has a factual and rational understanding of the criminal proceedings and can rationally consult with counsel in presenting a defense

Question 8

due process

Answer 8

the constitutional guarantee of fair treatment
within the judicial system

Question 9

insanity defense

Answer 9

the legal argument used by defendants who admit that they have committed a crime but plead not guilty because they were mentally disturbed at the time of the offense

Question 10

M’Naghten rule

Answer 10

a cognitive test of legal insanity that inquires whether the accused knew right from wrong when the crime was committed

Question 11

irresistible impulse test

Answer 11

a doctrine that contends that a defendant is not criminally responsible if he or she lacked the willpower to control his or her behavior

Question 12

Durham standard

Answer 12

a test of legal insanity also known as the product test—an accused person is not responsible if the unlawful act was the product of a mental disease or defect

Question 13

diminished capacity

Answer 13

a law standard allowing defendant to be convicted of a lesser offense due to mental impairment

Question 14

Civil commitment

Answer 14

the involuntary confinement of a person judged
to be a danger to the self or to others, even though the person has not committed a crime

Question 15

dangerousness

Answer 15

a person’s potential for doing harm to the self or to others

Question 16

least restrictive environment

Answer 16

the least restrictive alternative to freedom that is appropriate to a person’s condition

Question 17

right to treatment

Answer 17

the concept that mental patients who have been involuntarily committed have a right to receive therapy for their condition

Question 18

Deinstitutionalization

Answer 18

the shifting of responsibility for the care of mental patients from large central institutions
to agencies within local communities

Question 19

Confidentiality

Answer 19

an ethical standard that protects clients from disclosure of information without their consent

Question 20

privileged communication

Answer 20

a therapist’s legal obligation to protect a client’s privacy and to prevent the disclosure of confidential communications without a client’s permission

Question 21

Tarasoff ruling

Answer 21

A California Supreme Court decision that obligates mental health professionals to
break confidentiality when their clients pose a clear and imminent danger to another person