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abnormal psych 224
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Psychology
Undergraduate 2
10/08/2009

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Civil Commitment Law
Definition
Legal proceeding that determines a person is mentally disordered and may be hospitalized, even involuntarily.
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Mental Illness
Definition
Term formerly used to mean psychological disorder but less preferred because it implies that the cause of the disorder can be found in a medical disease process.
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Dangerousness
Definition
Tendency to violence that, contrary to popular opinion, is not more likely among mental patients.
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Deinstitutionalizaiton
Definition
Systematic removal of people with severe mental illness or mental retardation from institutions like psychiatric hospitals.
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Transinstitutionalization
Definition
Movement of people with severe mental illness from large psychiatric hospitals to smaller group residences.
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Criminal Commitment
Definition
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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Diminished Capacity
Definition
Evidence of an abnormal mental condition in people that causes criminal charges against them requiring only reckless or criminal neglect.
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Competence
Definition
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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Duty to Warn
Definition
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
Definition
Person who because of special training and experience is allowed to offer opinion testimony in legal trials.
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Clinical Efficacy Axis
Definition
One of a proposed set of guidelines for evaluating clinical interventions on the evidence of their effectiveness.
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Clinical utility Axis
Definition
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.
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