Chapter 17 Flashcards
Deinstitutionalization
Movement to close mental hospitals and treat people with severe mental disorders in the community
Forensic psychology/psychiatry
Branches of psychology and psychiatry dealing with legal problems related to mental disorders and the legal rights and protection of patients with mental disorders and members of society at large
Guilty but mentally ill (GBMI)
Plea and possible verdict that would provide an alternative to pleading not guilty by reason of insanity (NGRI) and would allow for placing a defendant in a treatment facility rather than in a prison
Health maintenance organization (HMO)
Health plan that provides services to employers and individuals for a fixed, prepaid fee.
Indicated interventions
Early detection and prompt treatment of maladaptive behavior in a person’s family and community setting.
Insanity defense
The not guilty by reason of insanity (NGRI) plea used as a legal defense in criminal trails
Managed health care
System of corporations that secures services from hospitals, physicians, and other providers for treating a designated population, with the goal of holding down health care costs
Milieu therapy
General approach to treatment for hospitalized patients that focuses on making the hospital environment itself therapeutic community
NGRI plea
The not guilty by reason of insanity plea, or NGRI, is a legal defense a defendant might use to claim that he or she was not guilty of a crime because of insanity
Residental treatment
Out-of-home placements for children and adolescents with mental health problems
Selective interventions
Mobilization of prevention resources to eliminate or reduce a particular type of problem (such as teenage pregnancy or alcohol or drug abuse)
Social-learning programs
Behavioral programs using learning techniques, especially token economies, to help patients assume more responsibility for their own behavior
Tarasoff decision
Ruling by a California court (1974) that a therapist has a duty to warn a prospective victim of an explicit threat expressed by a client in therapy
Universal interventions
The tasks of altering conditions that cause or contribute to mental disorders (risk factors) and establishing conditions that foster positive mental health (protective factors)
