PSYC 260 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Mens Rea, Parens Patriae, Outpatient Commitment

• School: University of Victoria
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 260
• Professor: Brianna Turner

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Medications could not cure serious mental illnesses, but they could control seriously disordered behaviours, allowing for some people to leave locked wards & contribute to society reduced the # of people hospitalized for mental illnesses, but increased the. Must possess mens rea: criminal intent insanity: a legal term (not a psychological disorder), which is determined as the result of legal processing. Mental disorder defence: based on the rationale that the defendant lacked the capacity to distinguish right from wrong. <10% of people in need of psychiatric treatment refuse it: privacy, con dentiality, & privilege environments that provide protection against unwilling disclosure of patient information. Privacy: the right of an individual who alone can give it away by revealing their thoughts, behaviours, & feelings to another person. Must pass a national exam & a provincial/territorial exam. Psychiatrists: physicians trained in abnormal psych, who can prescribe meds & practice psychotherapy. Psychologists: a doctoral-level health care provider trained in normal.