Question 1

The legal test that someone experiencing a mental disorder at the time of the crime also had to be unable to know right from wrong or the nature of the act is known as the:

Accepted Answer

A)   M'Naghten test.
B)   irresistible impulse test.
C)   Durham test.
D)   American Law Institute test.

Question 2

"I can't help myself. I had to do it," would likely be a successful insanity defense:

Accepted Answer

A)   in most states of the United States due to the American Law Institute test.
B)   in federal courts due to the M'Naghten rule.
C)   virtually nowhere in the United States.
D)   in fewer than half of the states in the United States.

Question 3

If a therapist has a client who is threatening to kill another person, the therapist must inform that other person because of the ethical principle of:

Accepted Answer

A)   confidentiality.
B)   right to know.
C)   duty to protect.
D)   sunshine.

Question 4

A man killed a stranger in a fit of rage when he heard voices telling him that the stranger was about to destroy the Earth and must be stopped. The killer is likely to be sent to a mental institution because:

Accepted Answer

A)   no crime was committed.
B)   he was mentally unstable at the time of the crime.
C)   a person who commits such a crime must be insane.
D)   he was mentally unstable at the time of the trial and unable to defend himself.

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The legal test that someone experiencing a mental disorder at the time of the crime also had to be unable to know right from wrong or the nature of the act is known as the:

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If a therapist has a client who is threatening to kill another person, the therapist must inform that other person because of the ethical principle of:

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"I can't help myself. I had to do it," would likely be a successful insanity defense:

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A man killed a stranger in a fit of rage when he heard voices telling him that the stranger was about to destroy the Earth and must be stopped. The killer is likely to be sent to a mental institution because:

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The legal test that someone experiencing a mental disorder at the time of the crime also had to be unable to know right from wrong or the nature of the act is known as the:

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If a therapist has a client who is threatening to kill another person, the therapist must inform that other person because of the ethical principle of:

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"I can't help myself. I had to do it," would likely be a successful insanity defense:

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A man killed a stranger in a fit of rage when he heard voices telling him that the stranger was about to destroy the Earth and must be stopped. The killer is likely to be sent to a mental institution because:

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