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civil commitment laws
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Legal proceedings that determine a person is mentally disordered and may be hospitalized, even involuntarily.
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clinical efficacy axis
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One of a proposed set of guidelines for evaluating clinical interventions on the evidence of their effectiveness (compare with clinical utility axis).
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clinical utility axis
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One of a proposed set of guidelines for evaluating clinical interventions by whether they can be applied effectively and cost effectively in real clinical settings (compare with clinical efficacy axis).
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competence
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Ability of legal defendants to participate in their own defense and understand the charges and the roles of the trial participants.
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criminal commitment
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Legal procedure by which a person found not guilty of a crime by reason of insanity must be confined in a psychiatric hospital.
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dangerousness
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Tendency to violence that, contrary to popular opinion, is not more likely among mental patients.
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deinstitutionalization
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Systematic removal of people with severe mental illness or mental retardation from institutions like psychiatric hospitals.
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diminished capacity
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Evidence of an abnormal mental condition in people that causes criminal charges against them requiring intent or knowledge to be reduced to lesser offenses requiring only reckless or criminal neglect.
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duty to warn
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Mental health professional''s responsibility to break confidentiality and notify the potential victim whom a client has specifically threatened.
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expert witness
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Person who because of special training and experience is allowed to offer opinion testimony in legal trials.
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impulse-control disorders
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Disorders in which a person acts on an irresistible, but potentially harmful, impulse.
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inappropriate affect
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Emotional displays that are improper for the situation.
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insanity defense
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Legal plea that a defendant should not be held responsible for a crime because that person was mentally ill at the time of the offense.
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mental illness
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Term formerly used to mean psychological disorder but less preferred because it implies that the causes of the disorder can be found in a medical disease process.
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parens patriae
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Latin term (parent of his country) used to describe when the government takes on the role of guardian for a minor or person incapacitated.
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transinstitutionalization
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Movement of people with severe mental illness from large psychiatric hospitals to smaller group residences.
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