Psych 342: Chapter 16 Vocabulary
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9 Terms
Competency
The mental ability to handle one's own legal affairs and to understand and assist in legal proceedings
Confidentiality
An ethical obligation on the part of the therapist not to reveal sensitive information to others
Durham Rule
Legal guideline that insanity concerns the extent to which the criminal act was a product of mental disorder
Institutionalization
The tendency for residents of an institution to become less able to function in the outside world the longer they remain within the institution
Irresistible Impulse rule
Legal guideline that insanity concerns a person's inability to resist committing the crime
McNaughton Rule
Legal guideline that insanity concerns an individual's inability to distinguish right from wrong in committing the crime
Privileged communication
Information disclosed to a therapist that cannot be legally revealed without the written consent of the patient
Sanity
The mental ability to distinguish right from wrong and to form the intent to commit an act such as a crime
Treatment guardian
A person appointed by the court to make treatment decisions for another person who is not competent to do so