PSYCO239 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Outline Of Health Sciences, Mental Disorder, Psychopathy
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It affects the lives of relatives, friends, and acquaintances. Mental health professionals often play a role in the criminal justice system. Psychological dysfunctioning of an individual does not occur in isolation. Clinical scientists and practitioners do not conduct their work in isolation. They are affecting and being affected by other institutions of society. Law, society and the mental health profession. Two social institutions have a particularly strong impact on the mental. For example, people who suffer from (cid:498)severe mental instability(cid:499) may not be. To arrive at just and appropriate punishments, the courts need to know whether defendants are responsible for committing crimes and capable of defending themselves in court. The intersection between the mental health field and the legal and judicial. The legislative and judicial systems act upon the clinical field, regulating responsible for their actions or be able to defend themselves in court. These determinations are guided by the opinions of mental health professionals.
