Chapter 16 - Law Flashcards
Defendants who are actively hallucinating and experiencing delusions during the time of their trials are MOST likely to be:
committed for treatment until they improve enough to defend themselves.
Which of the following people would never have to stand trial for a crime he or she might have committed?
one judged not guilty by reason of insanity
If someone is interested in pursuing a career in a field that combined mental health and the legal and judicial systems, you would direct that person toward:
forensic psychology.
The MOST common diagnosis of those found not guilty by reason of insanity is:
schizophrenia
If parents go to a mental health professional and seek to have their son committed, and the mental health professional agrees and involuntarily commits the son without a hearing or the opportunity for the son to contest the decision, we know that the son is probably:
a minor.
An important current distinction between psychologists and psychiatrists that is changing is that:
psychiatrists may prescribe drugs and psychologists may not.
If a man walked in on his wife in bed with his best friend and killed both of them in a fit of “passion,” that man may be eligible for an insanity defense under the:
irresistible impulse test.
Which of the following cases caused the uproar and outrage that led to a return to the M’Naghten rule in determining insanity?
A Bulgarian zealot’s attempted assassination of Pope John Paul II
If a therapist has a client who is threatening to kill another person, the therapist must inform that other person because of the ethical principle of:
duty to protect.
If you were having marital problems that were affecting your work, and your employer made mental health services available to you to deal with those problems, your employer would be providing you with:
an employee assistance program.
Which of the following is the BEST example of mental health parity?
Your insurance covers medical and mental illnesses equally.
One difficulty with the mentally disordered sex offender classification is that:
racial bias appears to affect who is given this classification.
If a patient is assigned to a community mental health center inpatient facility instead of a mental hospital, the decision makers are applying the principle of:
least restrictive environment.
All of the following are characteristics of a serial murderer EXCEPT:
They have empathy for their victims.
A psychologist wanted to accept a client with whom he had previously had a sexual relationship. According to ethical guidelines, the psychologist:
could not see the patient.
