Exam 16: The Law and Mental Health

The Durham rule was based on a case that occurred in ______.

Therapists MUST consider emergency commitment for ______ clients.

Describe two ways in which neuroscience research has been used to influence legal decisions and, therefore, the law.

As compared to the usual guilty verdict, the verdict of guilty but mentally ill ______.

The MOST recent legal criteria for determining insanity are specified in the ______.

Forensic neuroscience is to categorical answer as legal system is to probabilistic answer.

Andrea Yates ______.

Confidentially is legally required for those who are legally licensed to practice psychotherapy.

The Tarasoff II decision made it mandatory for therapists to ______.

Individuals with ______ personality disorder are MORE likely to commit crimes than are other people.

In a field called ______, professionals use neuroscience to answer legal questions.

It is ______ to use brain imaging techniques to predict whether a given individual will commit a crime.

Marti's friend is considering psychological therapy for depression. Marti would like her friend to take full advantage of her right to informed consent. List the things that Marti's friend is entitled to know upon entering therapy.

Over the past 75 years, the criteria for the insanity defense have ______.

The ______ decision determined that therapists have a duty to protect individuals who they believe their patients may harm.

By the principle of ______, the client has the right to know what will take place in the therapy sessions and what sort of relationship with the therapist the treatment will entail.

An individual who has committed a sexual crime may be held after his or her sentence has been committed if he or she is believed to pose a continued threat to public safety.

Individuals with mental health problems are often sent to jail, released, and reappeared in court for repeat offenses. This is referred to as the ______ phenomenon.

Although brain research cannot tell us whether a specific individual will commit a crime, it can suggest which groups of people may be more likely to commit crimes. One such group is people with ______ personality disorder.

Andrea Yates was eventually found guilty but mentally ill by the courts.