Chapter 8 Flashcards
(28 cards)
approx. of how many US adults have a mental illness
18%
about 1 in 5
approx. how many diagnosed with a mental disorder have severe mental illness
1 in 5
less than 4% of adult US population
severe mental illness
the class of disorders w/ psychotic features (schizophrenia, MDD, bipolar do) OR other symptoms that have the potential to very substantially affect an individual’s interpersonal and vocation functioning
(psychotic features=detachment from reality)
mental illness
the disorders of the mind that interfere substantially w/ a person’s ability to cope w/ life on a daily basis
What is the most common type of forensic assessment conducted for the criminal courts?
Assessment of competency to stand trial
What refers to the phenomenon that occurs when a mental disorder or syndrome is unintentionally caused by a clinician or practitioner.
Iatrogenic
Which disorder has been referred to as the “UFO of psychiatry”
Dissociative Identity Disorder ( or Multiple Personality Disorder)
What is a legal term that refers to a defendant’s state of mind at the time of the crime.
Insanity
Adjudicative competence is now the standard term for ______________.
competence to stand trial
Symptoms in which an individual feels detached from himself or herself and his or her surroundings and basically loses some contact with reality is known as a what
dissociated state
True or false
The use of amnesia as a defense has been largely unsuccessful in the United States.
true
True or false
According to the text, the best predictor of future behavior is past behavior
true
True or false
Supermax prisons, which exist in every state as well as the federal prison system, are notorious for producing psychological breakdowns among inmates who are often confined in individual cells for 23 hours a day
true
diathesis stress model
you break at your weakest point
DSM 5 (diagnostic & statistical manual 5th edition)
used to make a diagnosis (psychiatrists (MDs), psychologists, social workers and counselors can make diagnoses)
diagnoses associated with criminal behavior
- schizophrenia spectrum
- bipolar disorder
- depression
- antisocial personality disorder
(1-3 are most often used in insanity defense and are not usually successful)
schizophrenia
-disturbances in cognition, emotion and behavior
-most often associated with crazy behavior
-made up of positive and negative symptoms
psychotic disorder
individuals are detached from reality
positive symptoms of schizophrenia
-hallucinations: sensing of perceiving things that aren’t there
-delusions: deeply entrenched beliefs that aren’t there (bizarre)
-disorganized thinking: derailment (hopping from idea to idea)
-neologisms: made up words
-abnormal motor behavior
negative symptoms of schizophrenia
-avolition: lack of drive
-alogia: lack of speech
-asociality: withdrawn socially
delusional disorder
1 symptom= delusions
bipolar disorder
-alternations in mood (mania and depression), can be psychosis with bipolar
-high suicide rate (15x general population)
-coming down from a manic phase
major depressive disorder
at least 2 weeks of depressed symptoms
antisocial personality disorder
-history of violating rights of others
-cannot diagnose prior to age 18
-conduct disorder as a child –> about 1/3 –> APD
