PSYC 268 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Pater Familias, Psychological Abuse, Physical Abuse

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 268
• Professor: Deborah Connolly

Document Summary

Civil forensic assessments: psychological evaluations intended to assist decision making in matters of civil law. Civil law: law which is focused on regulating the day to day conduct of human affairs and, in particular, attempting to prevent and resolve conflicts between parties. Civil justice system resolves problems ranging from family disputes to conerns over people"s ability to manage their own business affairs and decisions. Focus on evaluating the nature and severity of psychological impairment. Focus on determining what caused it or the results of it. Focus on deciding if people who pose a risk for harm on account of mental disorder should be involuntarily hospitalized. Focus on deciding if people are capable of expressing informed, rational and voluntary decisins to their health care. Focus on seeing to what extent people have suffered emotional, cognitive or physical harm due to others actions. Law governs how marriages and other civil unions are formed and dissolved.