PSYC 2400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Psychiatric Hospital, Mythbusters, Actus Reus
22 Apr 2016
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Vince li: beheaded a passenger on a greyhound bus. Believed god selected him to save us from an alien attack (2008) Found not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder. Jeffrey arenburg (paranoid schizophrenic): shot a tv news reporter (1995) Believed the station was broadcasting messages in his head. 73% of mentally disordered characters on prime time american tv display some form of violent behaviour (gerbner et al. Despite the media, most seriously mentally ill people do not commit serious violent crime; they are more likely to trespass, shoplift, or commit minor assault. A disorder (disease) or the mind that experts judge to interfere significantly with a person"s ability to cope with daily life (bartol + bartol 2011) Diagnostic + statistical manual of mental disorder (dsm-5, apa, 2013) Depression: feeling down in the dumps/extreme sadness + loss of interest/pleasure in activities. Mania: where this is an abnormally + persistently elevated, expansive or irritable mood.
