Psychiatry

New psychiatry research from Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons outlined

Published in Mental Health Law Weekly, November 18th, 2006

A report, "Law & psychiatry: insanity, guilty minds, and psychiatric testimony," is newly published data in Psychiatric Services. "This column describes a recent Supreme Court case, Clark v. Arizona, in which an adolescent who had schizophrenia was convicted of first-degree murder of a police officer who he believed was a hostile space alien," researchers in the United States report.

"The Arizona courts had rejected his insanity defense as well as a second defense that he lacked the required intent to commit the crime (mens rea) because his delusions interfered with his knowing that the victim was a police officer. The Court ultimately declined to overturn Arizona's...

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Source: Mental Health Law Weekly (2006-11-18)

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