Question 1

Based on law established and interpreted by the U.S.Supreme Court,list the major rights to treatment that people committed to mental institutions have.

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Question 2

List and briefly explain the seven major points in the American Psychological Association's code of ethics for mental health professionals as they apply to clinical work.What is the overall objective of a code of ethics?

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Question 3

Discuss three distinct criticisms of the insanity defense.

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Question 4

Using research to support your answers,describe whether mental disorders may or may not be a risk factor for violence.Then,discuss the challenges in predicting who will commit violent acts.

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Question 5

Explain the verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity based on the M'Naghten rule,irresistible impulse test,Durham test,and American Law Institute test.Give an example of a case in which each may be applied.(The case may be fictional.)

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Question 6

The idea that a person was not guilty by reason of insanity if the unlawful act was the product of a mental disease or mental defect was based on the _______.

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Question 7

Imagine that you are a defense attorney arguing against civil commitment for your client.Based on text material,describe three different reasons you could give the judge for not committing your client.

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Question 8

A verdict of _______ is given to defendants who are found to have had a mental illness at the time of their crime,but the illness was not fully related to or responsible for the crime.

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Question 9

Define criminal commitment.How do the two forms of criminal commitment discussed in the text differ?

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Question 10

Two therapists have just started their careers.What are some common events that might occur in their early years? What might be one of the reasons they chose to become a therapist? What are some of the top fears these therapists might have regarding their clients?

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Question 11

List and briefly describe the four key areas in which the mental health and legal professionals influence each other's work.

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Question 12

What other verdicts are available to a defendant other than not guilty by reason of insanity?

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Question 13

An employer wants to address the high level of stress his employees are reporting.Discuss two types of mental health services that would be appropriate in a workplace situation and briefly describe both.

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Question 14

Describe how mentally disordered sex offender laws have changed and why.

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Question 15

The requirement that a person must be able to know right from wrong to be convicted of a crime is known as the _______.

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Question 16

How does criminal commitment differ from civil commitment?

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Question 17

Generally,people can be committed to a mental hospital against their will if a judgment is made that they are mentally ill and gravely disabled.If no criminal act is involved,the procedure is called _______.

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Question 18

Explain the circumstances that drive civil commitment and the reasoning behind it.

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Question 19

What are the basic common procedures for civil commitment?

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Question 20

Confidentiality between a therapist and a client may be broken due to the therapist's responsibility and _______.

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Quiz 16: Law,society,and the Mental Health Profession