Lecture 9 Mental Illness And Crime

Question 0

Who deal with the mentally ill?

Answer 0

Criminal justice system

Medical services

Voluntary services

Communities

Family

Question 1

What does mental illness mean?

Answer 1

A variety if of psychological conditions in which there is a characteristic disabling and distressing impairment in some aspect of the psychological functioning of an individual

Question 2

What does DSM stand for?

Answer 2

Diagnostic statistical manual

Question 3

What is the DSM?

Answer 3

The key published source of definitions if mental illness.

Question 4

What is axis 1 in the DSM?

Answer 4

Clinical disorders (major depression etc)

Question 5

What is Axis 2 in the DSM?

Answer 5

Personality disorders

Question 6

What is Axis 3 in the DSM?

Answer 6

General medical conditions

Question 7

What is Axis 4 in the DSM?

Answer 7

Psychosocial and environmental problems

Question 8

What is Axis 5 in the DSM?

Answer 8

Global functioning

Question 9

What are command hallucinations?

Answer 9

A hallucination where voices instruct the person to perform a certain act

Question 10

What are the best predictor of violence?

Answer 10

Previous history of violence

Being a victim of violence