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Insanity Defense |
A legal concept that an accused is not criminally responsible if, at the time of committing the act, the person was laboring under such a defect of reason from disease of the mind as not to know the nature and quality of the act done or if the act was known, to not have known that what was done was wrong. (From Black's Law Dictionary, 6th ed) |
Criminal Insanity,M'Naghten Rule,McNaughton Rule,Defense, Insanity,Insanity, Criminal,Rule, M'Naghten,Rule, McNaughton |
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Patient Advocacy |
Promotion and protection of the rights of patients, frequently through a legal process. |
Patient Ombudsmen,Patient Representatives,Clinical Ombudsman,Patient Ombudsman,Advocacy, Patient,Ombudsman, Clinical,Ombudsman, Patient,Ombudsmen, Patient,Patient Representative,Representative, Patient,Representatives, Patient |
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Canada |
The largest country in North America, comprising 10 provinces and three territories. Its capital is Ottawa. |
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Commitment of Mentally Ill |
Legal process required for the institutionalization of a patient with severe mental problems. |
Outpatient Commitment,Commitment, Outpatient,Mentally Ill Commitments |
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Forensic Psychiatry |
Psychiatry in its legal aspects. This includes criminology, penology, commitment of mentally ill, the psychiatrist's role in compensation cases, the problems of releasing information to the court, and of expert testimony. |
Jurisprudence, Psychiatric,Psychiatric Jurisprudence,Psychiatry, Forensic |
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Humans |
Members of the species Homo sapiens. |
Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man |
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Mental Disorders |
Psychiatric illness or diseases manifested by breakdowns in the adaptational process expressed primarily as abnormalities of thought, feeling, and behavior producing either distress or impairment of function. |
Mental Illness,Psychiatric Diseases,Psychiatric Disorders,Psychiatric Illness,Behavior Disorders,Diagnosis, Psychiatric,Mental Disorders, Severe,Psychiatric Diagnosis,Illness, Mental,Mental Disorder,Mental Disorder, Severe,Mental Illnesses,Psychiatric Disease,Psychiatric Disorder,Psychiatric Illnesses,Severe Mental Disorder,Severe Mental Disorders |
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