Mental Health & the Law

Question 1

Historically, people with mental illnesses

Answer 1

were less likely than others to commit violent or dangerous acts because of mass hospitalizations (Since deinstitutionalization, however, this is no longer true)

Question 2

The Supreme Court ruled that imprisoning people who suffered from drug addictions

Answer 2

might violate the Constitution’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment

Question 3

jury specialists

Answer 3

They advise lawyers about which jury candidates are likely to favor their side and which strategies are likely to win jurors’ support during trials

Question 4

eyewitness testimony can be highly unreliable

Question 5

Confidentiality can be violated when

Answer 5

• A patient gives the clinician
  permission to violate confidentiality
• A clinician has reasonable cause to
  suspect child abuse, elder abuse, or
  abuse of the disabled
• A clinician has reasonable cause to
  suspect that the patient is a threat to
  himself or herself (suicidal)
• A clinician has reasonable cause to
  suspect that the patient is a threat to
  others (homicidal)