Are phychiatrists allowed2 plead insanity,surely this is unfair cos they are able2 fake insanity?
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Everyone, including psychiatrists, are allowed to plead insanity.  But, keep in mind that "insanity" is actually a legal term, not a medical term.  Interestingly, a lawyer is probably more qualified to determine insanity than a psychiatrist.  \n\n"Insanity" means that someone is of unsound mind for any legal transaction, including imprisonment.
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Strictly speaking it's not allowed because you can't mix private and NHS treatment on the same patient.\nG.A.s are actually available on the NHS but it's difficult to find someone who'll do it.\nHave you considered vodka? Or tequila?
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contact your nearest phsycology help centre, you'll find plenty of help there. internet is very limited.
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if someone has scizophenia the right meds are the lesser evil ,i can if i wanted show you ,if i had something to film with what one of my neighbors is like because HIS AA GROUP said meds for that were drugs to.he screams at everything ,but he is nice to your face though.but anyway the meds are a help,going off them are not .if you have that scizophrenia,you will probably be better off on the meds .
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Not unless they are certifiably mentally ill with absolutely NO CHANCE OF REHABILITATION!!!\n\nIf they can be rehabilitated, then NO. If they can't SURE but on certain stipulations!
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In todays society, there is limited space and money in the state mental health departments.  Normally those prisoners who are beleived to be functional if they merely take medication will not be keep in a mental health facility for long any more.  ( states over the past few years often "dump" thier residences on to the street with instructions to report to a state hospital daily for medication)  ** and we all know how well that works.\n\nAnd it is possible that they may be "giving" him medication, not forcing him to take it.  ( jailis and prisons unless there is an order can not force someone to take medication)\n\nThis is sadly about norm for our system of justice today.\nYour money would be better spent on an attorney to file a motion to get him on his medication.
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This might be a better question for your psychiatrist.
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I'm finding that I enjoy your questions quite a bit ProfessorAdam.  Now on to the question:\n\nBipolar justifying a crime? No.  It does not hinder your ability to think and comprehend what you are doing to that extent....often.  Having a manic episode can in fact impair that ability, but as an excuse no.  If you wish to send the individual to a mental institution to get help then by all means do so.\n\nAs a mental health professional (I use the term professional lightly as I'm just starting my career), I've found that we tend to invision Mental health issues as we see them in movies when that is far from the truth.  Most of the people I work with just want to get "better", to stop the stares that people give them, to be what we consider "normal".  There are those who have given up and will descend into insanity but they give up because no one helps them.\n\nOne thing that disturbs me the most is when a person with a mental illness is arrested and taking into custody, they are treated as if they can comprehend everything perfectly.  In a lot of places they are just thrown into jails for crimes rather than sent to an institution that will keep them out of jails and on track to having a "normal" life.  We waste tax money locking these people up.  And as a side note, they aren't stupid.  A lot of mentally ill people will commit a crime to get locked up for a night, it brings the promise of a warm cell and meals with impending freedom the next day (Small crimes, like public drunkeness).\n\nSo back to the question at hand, should it justify a crime? Never, should it be an explanation for the crime? Sometimes, that depends on the illness.  Should we just toss those individuals into a cell? Never, we should react and help them to allow to become a part of society, rather than a person thrown to the side.
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uuummmm....yes I think this is highly unsual!\nPerhaps a trip to a good shrink is in order.
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a real phychic will not charge,they have the gift to help other people not to make profit out of them ,so honestly i think is really hard to find a real one!
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McMurphy is faking insanity in order to avoid hard prison time.  That's the irony of the story - he would probably have had a better chance in prison than in the mental institution.
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Generally, no; but any insane asylum needs to know how to make survival compulsory for their suicidal inmates. I'd think some of the more basic forms of learning could also be forced.
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I think u make a really good point! All kinds of Doctors are in bed with the drug industry! \n\nI am not sure how that makes psychiatry evil but i think they should lower their rates so the people that really need their help can afford it if they are making BIG BUCKS from the drug industry! It is a shame that they would take kick backs to prescribe a drug u might not need! \n\nDr Phil is a mean spirited entertainer. I know he us supposed to be a psychologist but i seen him call a mother stupid because her son was overeating! I think he is obnoxious!
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He is an adult, so unless you can prove (in a court of law) that he is mentally incompetant, you cannot force him to do anything against his will. Even if you could put him in a treatment center, it wouldn't do any good if he didn't really want to get better. Sometimes, as hard as it is to do, you just have to let them hit rock bottom. That is when  they will ask for help....then you move heaven and earth to get them the help they need.
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A Psychiatrist or Psychologist, Doctors themselves, would ask Why are YOU getting so mad at Doctors?\n\nPeace.
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There are a lot of issues in this situation. For example, there are crimes for which a 'free pass' is given in this society. Vehicular homicide by senior citizens is one (they even sue the car manufacturers for faulty brakes and/or gas pedals) and killing one's children due to insanity is another. \n\nEver since the story of Abraham hearing voices (from God?) in his head telling him to kill his son Isaac, we've been acculturated to allow people to rejoin society as normal after a period of mental health treatment.\n\nMaybe the real question is "Should mental health professionals be allowed to declare people 'cured' when heinous crimes have been committed?"\n\nI think if we could all acknowledge that the bible story relates a tale of schizophrenia described in a primitive fashion and that child murder, even by parents, results in guilty but insane verdicts, then we'd all be better off.
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If you are accused of a crime,a lot of people try to use this defence as away to get a lesser sentence.  They say that they were temporarily insane;not in their right frame of mind when they committed the crime. Then they usually have to be evaluated by a psychiatrist to gaet their input for court.