PSYCH 3CC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Rorschach Test, Forensic Psychiatry, Chartered Management Institute
10 Apr 2019
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History of insanity verdict: canada criminal code. Not criminally responsible for an act or omission made while suffering from mental disorder that causes you to be incapable of understanding the nature of the crime. Assessment methods for ncrmd: clinical interview (structured or unstructured, objective personality tests. Rorschach inkblot test: cognitive & intelligence tests, neuropsychological tests, specific forensic instruments. Borum & grisso (1995: results of questionnaire among forensic psychologists and forensic psychiatrists as to what instruments they felt were appropriate that they used. What was happening: work through the day of the offense, work through days before the offense. Schedule for affective disorders and schizophrenia (sads: semi-structured diagnostic interview: Takes about 90-150 minutes: part i: What were they like at their worst: part ii: What diagnoses, what treatments: supplements, does not replace clinical judgment. Projective tests: based on psychodynamic perspective assume primacy of unconscious factors in personality, behaviour.
