Exam 15: Abnormal Psychology and the Law

Compare and contrast the various types of commitment and hospitalization. Explain why some people are critical of the entire psychiatric hospitalization process and system.

Discuss some of the conflicts involved in requiring helping professionals to warn third parties of threats.

The federal court case of ______ established a minimum standard of care in psychiatric hospitals

Legal protections ensuring patients' rights to refuse psychiatric treatments appear to have had ______ on mental-health services or the people receiving these services.

People can be psychiatrically committed because they are eccentric.

The courts have ruled that the rights of an intended victim are outweighed by a client's rights to confidentiality.

Discuss legal developments concerning the right to refuse treatment. Cite the 1979 case, Rogers v. Okin, and details of this case, in your discussion of the issues.

Appearing before a U.S. district court, Jared Loughner was found to be ________.

In O'Connor v. Donaldson, Kenneth Donaldson had lived in a state psychiatric hospital for ______ without needing or obtaining treatment before his lawsuit.

Which of the following is listed in the "Patient's Bill of Rights" established by the federal court?

Michael Jones, the subject of Jones v. the United States, was acquitted of ______ by reason of insanity.

In the Hinckley case, the prosecutor was burdened to demonstrate beyond a reasonable doubt that __________.

The key phrase added by the American Law Institute related to the insanity defense is ______.

Which of the following is a factor cited to account for the inability of professionals to predict dangerousness?

Which classic movie featured abuses in the mental health system?

Therapists may not disclose confidential information about clients to third parties, even when their clients threaten violence to the third parties.

Which of the following types of threats is the MOST reliable indicator of dangerousness?

A mental health professional should be particularly alarmed about potential violence if a schizophrenic person reports experiencing ______.

In the Hinckley case, the prosecution had to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Hinckley was sane, once he used the insanity defense.

In psychotherapy, threats of violence are likely to be ______.