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Match Up the Terminology in the Left Column to the Definitions

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Match up the terminology in the left column to the definitions in the right column.

Premises:

Responses:

The Multiple Iterative Classification Tree

Major disturbances in perception which involve sensing or perceiving things or events that others do not sense or perceive

Insanity

A person's state of mind at the time an offense was committed

The Durham Rule

Assumes that one cannot be held responsible if an unlawful action is the product of mental disease or defect

Mental illness

False beliefs about the world

Actuarial approach

The guidebook for clinicians seeking to define and diagnose specific mental disorders

The Tarasoff case

Addressed directly the question of what duty therapists owe to third parties in warning them of possible harmful behavior from their clients

Hallucinations

A risk assessment instrument developed by the MacArthur Research Network

DSM

An approach to risk assessment that focuses on small number of risk factors,may ignore others

Guilty but Mentally Ill

Allows the court to render a "middle-ground" verdict in the case of allegedly mentally disordered defendants

Delusions

A disorder (some say a disease)of the mind that is judged by experts to interfere substantially with a person's ability to cope with life on a daily basis

Premises:

The Multiple Iterative Classification Tree

Insanity

The Durham Rule

Mental illness

Actuarial approach

The Tarasoff case

Hallucinations

DSM

Guilty but Mentally Ill

Delusions

Responses:

Major disturbances in perception which involve sensing or perceiving things or events that others do not sense or perceive

A person's state of mind at the time an offense was committed

Assumes that one cannot be held responsible if an unlawful action is the product of mental disease or defect

False beliefs about the world

The guidebook for clinicians seeking to define and diagnose specific mental disorders

Addressed directly the question of what duty therapists owe to third parties in warning them of possible harmful behavior from their clients

A risk assessment instrument developed by the MacArthur Research Network

An approach to risk assessment that focuses on small number of risk factors,may ignore others

Allows the court to render a "middle-ground" verdict in the case of allegedly mentally disordered defendants

A disorder (some say a disease)of the mind that is judged by experts to interfere substantially with a person's ability to cope with life on a daily basis

Correct Answer:

Premises:

Responses:

The Multiple Iterative Classification Tree

Insanity

The Durham Rule

Mental illness

Actuarial approach

The Tarasoff case

Hallucinations

DSM

Guilty but Mentally Ill