Exam 18: Legal and Ethical Issues

Melanie is learning about what she should and should not do in her role as a psychologist. She is learning:

If a person involuntarily committed to a mental hospital is not receiving treatment, he or she is legally permitted to leave.

Which of the following statements is true regarding the relationship between mental illness and dangerousness?

One reason to use community treatment orders is because people with mental illness often cannot make treatment decisions for themselves.

In terms of the right to refuse treatment in Canada:

According to Hilton and Simmons (2001), which of the following is the most robust predictor in the decision to continue to detain forensic patients in maximum security facilities?

Among the variables of the VRAG, which is most correlated with violent recidivism?

The two most violent groups of people are substance abusers and the mentally ill.

The Violence Risk Appraisal Guide (VRAG)is used to predict the likelihood of violence.

The M'Naghten rule states that the insanity defence is appropriate if a person

Quinsey and colleagues criticize HCR-20 because:

You are an attorney appointed to represent a poor client accused of rape who has a history of mental illness. During your first several meetings, the man is completely incoherent. Which of the following issues should you address first?

The two best predictors of violence within the VRAG are:

There is currently a push in Canada to allow for the indefinite detention of people who are NCRMD and deemed to be at high-risk of re-offending (i.e., Bill C-54). According to the Chief Justice of Canada's Supreme Court, this is:

According to Rice & Harris (2013), treatment is not recommended for psychopaths, as they can use it to:

Scott Starson has:

The "leash law" (so-called because critics claimed that the mentally ill would be dragged away by police)is another name for:

The onus of resolving any uncertainty about whether an offender poses a risk is on which of the following parties?

In Regina v. Chaulk, the Supreme Court of Canada expanded upon the term "wrong" to include:

Lucia Piovesan was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia but rarely took her prescribed anti-psychotic medication. She stabbed to death the child of a neighbour after being convinced that the soul of her dead son was inhabiting the child's body. Based on the circumstances, she was: