Abnormal Psychology Chapter 15 Quiz

which of the following established the idea that the burden of proof was the defendants responsibility

Medina v california

The duty-to-warn provision in __________ recognized that the rights of the intended victim outweigh the rights of confidentiality toward the client.

Tarasoff v. the Regents of the University of California

guilty but mental ill verdict

a defendant is mentally ill but the mental illness did not cause the defendant to commit the crime -go to prison but receive treatment while incarcerated -controversial -failed to reduce the number of not guilty by reason of insanity verdicts -viewed by many as a. social experiment that has failed to prove its usefulness

Which of the following individuals would be most likely to endorse this statement? "Civil commitment and the loss of liberty cannot be justified in a free society."

Thomas Szasz

which of the following would be most likely to endorse this statement "civil commitment and loss of liberty cannot be justified in a free society

Thomas szasz

which of the following statements regarding cases related to patients rights is

Wyatt v sticky resulted in the establishment of a minim um standard of care in hospitals

Which case ruled that patients in mental hospitals do not have to perform work to maintain the treatment facility?

Wyatt v. Stickney

In the case of __________, the Supreme Court ruled involuntarily committed patients have a right to be confined in less-restrictive conditions, such as being freed from physical restraints, whenever possible.

Youngberg v. Romeo

jasper has been found not guilty of a crime by reason of insanity and was placed in a psychiatric institution for treatment

criminal commitment

Among schizophrenia patients, the risk of violent crime is greater in those with symptoms of __________.

delusions of persecution

base rate problems

difficult to make predictions about infrequent or rare events -false neg: predicting that a violent behavior will not occur. but it does -false pos: predicting that a violent behavior will occur but does not

Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California

duty to warn

post hoc problem

easier to piece together fragments of people's prior behaviors as evidence of violent tendencies after they have committed acts of violence -generalized perceptions of violent tendencies may not predict specific acts of violence

Dr. Johnson was wrong when he predicted that his patient would not physically abuse his wife. This is an example of a __________.

false negative

Civil commitment in a psychiatric hospital usually requires that a relative or professional __________.

file a petition with the court

sell v united states

forced medication of mentally ill defendants

Persons convicted under the "guilty-but-mentally-ill" statute usually __________.

go to prison, but receive treatment while incarcerated

Michael Jones (Jones v. United States), arrested in 1975 for __________, was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and was kept hospitalized for about __________ until he was judged competent to stand trial.

petty larceny; 6 months

Michael jones arrested for __was diagnosed with paranoid schizo and was kept hospitalized for about __ until he was judged competent to stand trial

petty larceny; 6 months

When attempting to predict violent tendencies in people, the observation that identifying causes of violent behavior after the fact is much easier than predicting it beforehand is referred to as the __________.

post hoc problem

when attempting to predict violent tendencies in people, the observervation that identifying causes of violent behavior after the fact is much easier than predicting it beforehand is referred to as the ___

post hoc problem

young berg v romeo

right to confinement in less restrictive conditions

rogers v ohio

right to refuse treatment

the mcnaghten rules

-holds that people do not bear criminal responsibility if, by reason on mental disease or defect, they either have no knowledge of their actions or are unable to tell right from wrong -focuses on lack of cognitive capacity to understand the difference between right and wrong and not on the ability to control one's actions

problems of defining dangerousness

-lack of agreement over what types of behavior are violent or dangerous -many pros are not accurate, they overdiagnose

o'connor vs donaldson

A patient's right to refuse treatment is a legal doctrine that applies to all persons except during emergencies. What 1976 court case originally determined a patient's right to refuse treatment?

Prior to the Supreme Court ruling of __________, people were often committed to psychiatric institutions even if their behavior did not pose a present threat to themselves or others.

Addington v. Texas

Samantha has a history of schizophrenia that is marked by delusions of persecution. She is on trial for murdering her husband, who she feels was an agent of the devil and out to harm the president. The jury must establish whether or not she lacks the substantial capacity to be aware of the law or can adapt her behavior to the law. The jury is using the __________ to make this determination.

American Law Institute guidelines

The __________ rule required juries to determine whether a defendant suffered from a mental disease or defect and that this mental condition was causally connected to the criminal act.

Durham

prior to the Supreme Court ruling of ___ people were often committed to psychiatric institutions even if their. behavior did not pose a present threat to thesmelves

Haddington v texas

Wyatt v. Stickney

Right to treatment decision- established minimum standards of treatment for individuals in mental health facilities

Both the American Psychological Association and the American Psychiatric Association have made formal statements that professionals in their respective organizations __________.

are unable to reliably predict violent behavior

The doctrine of free will, as applied to criminal responsibility, states that people can only be held responsible for an act if they are in control of their actions __________.

at the time they committed the act

the doctrine of free will, as applied to criminal responsibility states that people can only be held responsible for an act if they are in control of their actions

at. the time they c committed the act

Medina vs. California

burden of proof for determining mental competency

although both involve placement into psychiatric hospitals without consent, ___results from a determination that the individual is mentally ill and a possible threat to others, whereas __results from a determination that a crime was committed by a person due to a mental illness

civil commitment; criminal commitment

Jackson v. Indiana

competency to stand trial

durham v united states

insanity defense -durham rule was proved to be unsuccessful for several reasons, such as a lack of precise. definitions for terms such as mental disease or mental deficit

in the case of ___ the Supreme Court ruled that the persons who are criminally committeed can be confined to mental health insititutions until they regain sanity

jones v United States

Laith is a hospitalized patient who has refused medication. Usually in cases like Laith's, after an independent review panel rules against the patient, a __________ makes the final decision as to whether a patient may be forcibly medicated.

judge

civil commitment

legal placement in a psychiatric institution without their consent. applies to those who are a threat to themselves or others -requires that a relative or pro file a petition with the court -confiding a person found not guilty by reason of insanity in a mental institution

criminal commitment

legal procedure by which a person found not guilty of a crime by reason of insanity must be confined in a psychiatric hospital -

jones v united states

length of criminal commitment

Defendants who __________ are more likely than those without this characteristic to be judged as incompetent to stand trial.

suffer from a psychotic disorder

The duty-to-warn provision in __________ recognized that the rights of the intended victim outweigh the rights of confidentiality toward the client.

tarasoff v regents of university of cali

The relative difficulty of making predictions about infrequent or rare events is known as __________.

the base-rate problem

In emergency situations in which people are deemed a present threat to themselves or others, __________ can authorize immediate hospitalization for a period of up to __________ hours until a formal commitment hearing can be held.

the court; 72

in emergency situations in which people are. deemed a Clear and imminent threat. to themselves or others ___ can authorize immediate hospitalization for a period of ___ hours until a formal commitment hearing can be held

the court; 72

The ruling in Jones v. United States implies that the principle of criminal commitment is based on the idea that the length of an individual's confinement after an acquittal by reason of insanity should be determined by __________.

the person's mental state