Psychiatrists State Position on Insanity Defense

1983 ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Insanity Defense ◽  
State Position

Successful Insanity Defense Means Everyone Will Escape Responsibility

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason Henle ◽  
Lindsay Doran ◽  
Uduakobong N. Ikpe ◽  
Jaime Lurie
Keyword(s):  
Insanity Defense

Examining the Qualification of Jurors for Trials Involving the Insanity Defense

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Len B. Lecci ◽  
Katherine A. Nash ◽  
Niall Moreira ◽  
James Rossi ◽  
Sara Riggs ◽  
...  
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Insanity Defense

Ideology as determinant of views on the insanity defense

1986 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert J. Homant ◽  
Daniel B. Kennedy ◽  
Thomas M. Kelly ◽  
Michael O. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Insanity Defense

The Insanity Plea: The Uses and Abuses of the Insanity Defense

1984 ◽  
Vol 82 (4) ◽  
pp. 1136
Author(s):  
William J. Winslade ◽  
Judith Wilson Ross
Keyword(s):  
Insanity Defense ◽  
Insanity Plea

Split Sciences: The Legal Accountability of Patients With Dissociative Identity Disorder

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Madhalasa Iyer ◽  
James Neve
Keyword(s):  
American Psychiatric Association ◽  
Dissociative Identity Disorder ◽  
Insanity Defense ◽  
Psychological Disorder ◽  
The Public ◽  
Course Of Action ◽  
Legal Accountability ◽  
The Brain ◽  
Multiple Personalities

The thriller “Split” by M. Night Shyamalan showed a glimpse into the multiple personalities of the antagonist in the film. While many elements were added for intense suspense, the existence of such a disorder was factual. Dissociative Identity Disorder is defined by the American Psychiatric Association as a “psychological illness with 2 or more distinct identities, each accompanied by changes in behavior, memory, and thinking” (American Psychiatric Association). In a legal setting, the actions of the patients with DID have numerous ramifications. This paper aims to illustrate how the accountability of DID patients during a crime should be assessed. To find out how DID patients could be held accountable, we analyzed the disorder by researching the transformations in the brain, identified its origins, and explored the consequences in a judicial milieu. After conducting this research, we identified the solution that could be seamlessly embedded into our current society and benefit the patient as well as the courts. Through the analysis of the psychological disorder with a social lens, we evaluated that the jury and the public should be made more aware of the disorder and the court should not automatically assume innocence based on just the Insanity Defense. This plan is the best course of action for patients and the court systems and also aims to adapt societal thought to be more aware of DID’s difficulties. 

The Insanity Defense and Mental Illness

Science ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 256 (5055) ◽  
pp. 292-293
Author(s):  
Melvin Sabshin ◽  
Harold Alan Pincus ◽  
Wendy Davis
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Insanity Defense
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