Question 1

Before a person can be tried for a crime, a determination of competence must be made. For this reason, most individuals with obvious and severe impairments who commit crimes are

Accepted Answer

A) found NGRI. 
B) found GBMI. 
C) never tried. 
D) medicated before trial.

Question 2

In the early 1980s, public opinion turned against the use of the insanity defense when

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A) Ted Kaczynski was found not guilty by reason of insanity. 
B) Jeffry Dahmer was found not guilty by reason of insanity. 
C) John Hinkley was found not guilty by reason of insanity. 
D) None of these are correct

Question 3

In comparison to people judged NGRI, those who are judged GBMI

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A) are more likely to be imprisoned. 
B) receive shorter sentences. 
C) get mental health services more frequently than other mentally ill prisoners. 
D) spend more time in mental hospitals and less time in prisons.

Question 4

Which of the following is an accurate statement regarding mental health and the law?

Accepted Answer

A) A person can be found incompetent to stand trial and still be convicted of the crime. 
B) A person can be found NGRI but competent to stand trial. 
C) A person who is found NGRI is never competent to stand trial until he or she has received adequate treatment. 
D) A person found incompetent to stand trial is placed in a mental hospital for an indefinite period of time.

Question 5

If an individual accidentally injures another person, he or she cannot be convicted of a crime because there was no "criminal intent," a theoretical concept known legally as

Accepted Answer

A) mens rea. 
B) actus rea. 
C) sociopathy. 
D) NGRI.

Question 6

Since Roberto has been found incompetent to stand trial, he will be committed to a mental health facility. After a reasonable period of time, the law requires any one of the following outcomes EXCEPT that

Accepted Answer

A) he must be found competent. 
B) he must be set free. 
C) he must be medicated. 
D) he must be committed under civil law.

Question 7

If you are Lea's therapist and she makes threats about wanting to hurt others, you ONLY have a duty to warn potential victims if Lea's threats are ___________.

Accepted Answer

A) specific threats against specific people. 
B) sexual in nature. 
C) in the immediate future. 
D) involve children.

Question 8

When Congress passed the Insanity Defense Reform Act of 1984, it made successful use of the insanity defense

Accepted Answer

A) more difficult for all individuals. 
B) easier for any individual. 
C) more difficult for the mentally ill only. 
D) easier for the nonmentally ill.

Question 9

Whether a particular intervention is effective with different patients, in different settings, or with different therapists is referred to as

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A) generalizability. 
B) feasibility. 
C) external reliability. 
D) clinical replication.

Question 10

The "criminalization" of the mentally ill in the 1960s and 1970s refers to

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A) Passing of legislation that made it illegal to be mentally ill without actively seeking care 
B) A sharp rise in the number of illegal activities committed by the mentally ill 
C) Mentally ill individuals not receiving needed care due to restrictions on involuntary commitment, eventually committing crimes because of their behavior 
D) All of these are correct.

Question 11

Provisions of the Supreme Court decision in Addington v. Texas (1979) included all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A) more than just the promise of improving one's quality of life is required for involuntary commitment. 
B) if nondangerous people can survive in the community with the help of others, they should not be detained against their will. 
C) needing treatment or having a grave disability is sufficient to commit someone with a mental illness. 
D) the government has limited ability to commit individuals unless they are dangerous.

Question 12

Andrew has been accused of committing a crime and is currently in a mental health facility. He will stay there until it is determined that he is fit to participate in legal proceedings against him. The commitment process by which Andrew is being held is called

Accepted Answer

A) civil (involuntary) commitment. 
B) criminal commitment. 
C) parens patriae. 
D) mens rea.

Question 13

With regard to the mentally ill, popular opinion holds that

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A) the mentally ill are more dangerous than those who are not mentally ill. 
B) the mentally ill are less dangerous than those who are not mentally ill. 
C) normal people and mentally ill people are equally dangerous. 
D) normal people are more dangerous than the mentally ill.

Question 14

Which of the following is an accurate statement regarding public perception of the insanity defense?

Accepted Answer

A) The public underestimates how often the insanity defense is used in criminal cases. 
B) The public overestimates how often the insanity defense is successfully used. 
C) The public overestimates the length of hospitalization of those who are found not guilty by reason of insanity (NGRI). 
D) The public underestimates how often people judged NGRI are set free.

Question 15

Although the clinical efficacy axis is concerned with research settings, the clinical utility axis is concerned with

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A) effectiveness of the intervention in clinical practice, including feasibility and cost-effectiveness. 
B) the rate at which a particular practice is utilized in the mental healthcare system. 
C) both a and b 
D) neither a nor b

Question 16

The question of whether a person can be "forced" to become competent to stand trial involves the issue of

Accepted Answer

A) medication. 
B) research participants' rights. 
C) a patient's right to treatment. 
D) legal representation.

Question 17

Trace the historical changes in civil commitment procedures, noting previous and current criteria.

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Question 18

The insanity defense is originally based on a historic case in England involving a man named

Accepted Answer

A) Durham. 
B) Addington. 
C) M'Naghten. 
D) Tory.

Question 19

Define the terms grave disability and parens patriae, giving examples of each.

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Question 20

A TV reporter is interviewing students about the insanity plea. If these students are similar to about 90% of the population, they will agree with which of the following statements?

Accepted Answer

A) "The insanity defense is not used in enough cases. Too many mentally ill people are in jail instead of in hospitals." 
B) "Too many people escape responsibility for their crimes by pleading insanity." 
C) "If someone successfully pleads NGRI, he or she will spend more time in jail than in a mental hospital." 
D) "Mentally ill people are carrying too much legal burden from their conditions."

Exam 14: Mental Health Services: Legal and Ethical Issues