Exam 16: Mental Health and the Law

A) 1 year
B) 3 years
C) 6 years
D) 10 years

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A) community courts
B) mental health courts
C) drug courts
D) juvenile courts

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A) definite
B) indirect
C) imminent
D) specific

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A) psychological term as opposed to a psychiatric term.
B) legal term as opposed to a psychological term.
C) medical term as opposed to a legal term.
D) psychiatric term as opposed to a medical term.

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A) tends to be overestimated by clinicians.
B) tends to be overrated by clinicians and psychiatrists.
C) tends to be underestimated by clinicians.
D) tends to be underreported by clinicians and psychiatrists.

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A) Critics' argue that while it maintains the insanity defense, the defendant does not get the treatment he or she needs to become a fully functioning member of society.
B) Proponents argue that it recognizes defendants' mental illness while still holding them responsible for their actions.
C) This verdict ensures that defendants be held accountable for their actions, but also get treated for their mental illness.
D) It is left to state authorities to determine whether the defendant goes to jail or to a mental institution, but in either case the defendant is required to receive therapy.

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A) Family members
B) Medical doctors
C) Acquaintances
D) Strangers

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A) will be medicated and placed in isolation in a traditional hospital.
B) does not meet the criteria currently used in the United States.
C) is imminently suicidal and will most likely be held in a psychiatric facility.
D) is gravely disabled and needs someone to meet her basic needs.

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A) These courts tend to be controversial as they may coerce offenders into treatment.
B) These courts are helpless in the event that offenders are uncooperative.
C) These courts use milder sanctions instead of threatening incarceration.
D) These courts rely on high-quality community services which are readily available.

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A) Mistaken identity
B) Self-defense
C) Insanity
D) Duress

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A) when a person is so incapable of caring for his or her personal needs that it may endanger the person's life.
B) when it is believed that a person is imminently suicidal.
C) when a mentally ill person refuses to take required medication, which may result in the person endangering his or her life.
D) when it is believed that a mentally ill person is non-responsive to all forms of treatment.

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A) Grave disability
B) Need for treatment
C) Danger to self
D) Danger to others

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A) According to research, about 45 percent of all inpatient admissions in European countries are involuntary.
B) Admissions to state and county mental hospitals are much more likely to be involuntary than admissions to other types of hospitals.
C) Court orders for outpatient care are less common among individuals who have lived in residential psychiatric facilities.
D) Almost all voluntary patients believe they would have been involuntarily committed if they had not agreed to be hospitalized.

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A) Former patients with a major mental disorder and a history of substance abuse.
B) Former patients with a major mental disorder without a history of substance abuse.
C) Former patients with a diagnosis of "other" mental disorders and a co-occurring substance abuse problem.
D) Former patients with a diagnosis of adjustment disorder and a co-occurring substance abuse problem.

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A) it requires that a person not know right from wrong at the time of the crime in order to be judged not guilty by reason of insanity.
B) it ignores the issue of whether the person has a "guilty mind" or the intention to commit the illegal act in order to be held responsible for the act.
C) it consistently recognizes psychoses as "diseases of the mind" but completely disallows other disorders that can impair judgments of right and wrong.
D) it acts as a means by which guilty people "get off," thereby promoting antisocial behaviors among members of society.

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A) the irresistible impulse rule.
B) the duty of clinicians to protect others from their clients.
C) that temporary insanity created by the voluntary use of alcohol or drugs did not qualify a defendant for acquittal by reason of insanity.
D) that the insanity defense could be used for any crimes that were the product of a mental disease or mental defect.

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A) antisocial personality disorder and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
B) substance use disorders and antisocial personality disorder
C) anxiety disorders and substance use disorders
D) paranoid personality disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder

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