"Insanity Defense" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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A legal concept that an accused is not criminally responsible if, at the time of committing the act, the person was laboring under such a defect of reason from disease of the mind as not to know the nature and quality of the act done or if the act was known, to not have known that what was done was wrong. (From Black's Law Dictionary, 6th ed)
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D007298
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F04.096.544.335.528 I01.198.780.937.469.528 I01.880.604.583.310.528 N03.706.535.351.528
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Insanity Defense" by people in Profiles.
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Wall BW, Ash P, Keram E, Pinals DA, Thompson CR. AAPL Practice Resource for the Forensic Psychiatric Evaluation of Competence to Stand Trial. J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 2018 Sep; 46(3 Supplement):S4-S79.
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Anfang SA, Gold LH, Meyer DJ. AAPL Practice Resource for the Forensic Evaluation of Psychiatric Disability. J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 2018 03; 46(1):102.
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Anderson PD, Bokor G. Forensic aspects of drug-induced violence. J Pharm Pract. 2012 Feb; 25(1):41-9.
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Swanson J. What would Mary Douglas do? A commentary on Kahan et al., "Cultural cognition and public policy: the case of outpatient commitment laws". Law Hum Behav. 2010 Jun; 34(3):176-85.
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Grudzinskas AJ, Clayfield JC, Roy-Bujnowski K, Fisher WH, Richardson MH. Integrating the criminal justice system into mental health service delivery: the worcester diversion experience. Behav Sci Law. 2005; 23(2):277-93.
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Cochrane RE, Grisso T, Frederick RI. The relationship between criminal charges, diagnoses, and psycholegal opinions among federal pretrial defendants. Behav Sci Law. 2001; 19(4):565-82.
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Grisso T, Cocozza JJ, Steadman HJ, Greer A, Fisher WH. A national survey of hospital -and community-based approaches to pretrial mental health evaluations. Psychiatr Serv. 1996 Jun; 47(6):642-4.
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Borum R, Grisso T. Establishing standards for criminal forensic reports: an empirical analysis. Bull Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 1996; 24(3):297-317.
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Appelbaum PS, Jick RZ, Grisso T, Givelber D, Silver E, Steadman HJ. Use of posttraumatic stress disorder to support an insanity defense. Am J Psychiatry. 1993 Feb; 150(2):229-34.
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Hoge SK, Grisso T. Accuracy and expert testimony. Bull Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 1992; 20(1):67-76.