CLP-4143 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: American Psychiatric Association, Irresistible Impulse, Mental Disorder
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Very small chunk of the test so this is the chapter vocab and 2 cases. 1. grave disability: requires that people be so incapacitated by a mental disorder that they cannot provide for their basic needs of food, clothing, and shelter: dangerousness of self, dangerousness of others. O"connor vs. donaldson ruled that you can"t constitutionally confine a non-dangerous person. Tarasoff v. regents of the university of california- ruled that if mental health professionals believe that an individual may harm another person then they have a duty to a warn. 25% off admissions to inpatient psychiatric facilities in involuntary. Right to treatment: 1 basic right of people who have been committed. Right to refuse treatment: basic patient right. Informed onset: a patient accepts treatment after receiving a full and understandable explanation of the treatment being offered and making a decision based on his or her judgement and the risk and benefits of that treatment.
