Psychology 2030A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Malingering, Durham Rule, Diminished Responsibility

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2030A/B
• Professor: David Vollick

Document Summary

Chapter 16- mental health services: legal and ethical issues. All canadian jurisdictions require the their and some also require the 1st(legal definition) and. Subsequent stages: involve normal legal proceedings in most cases. Determination is made by a judge regarding whether to commit the person. The concept of mental illness in civil commitment process. Early supreme court ruling: restrictions on involuntary commitment: a non-dangerous person cannot be committed, need for treatment alone is not enough to be committed, having a grave disability is insufficient. Civil commitment criteria were broadened: involuntary commitment for dangerous and non-dangerous persons, involuntary commitment for persons in need of treatment; not specific. Nature of criminal commitment: accused of committing a crime, detainment in a mental illness health facility for evaluation of fitness to stand trial, found guilty of not guilty by reason of insanity. I. e. a schizophrenic who killed someone because voices told him to, he would never go to trial; would not be found guilty.